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hi,

I want to compare i variable in the awk statement but its not working out. Pl help me out

If we do the comparison like this its OK,

Code:

cat sample | awk -F" ", '{if ($1=="1-Sep-2009") print $1,$2,$3,$4,$5}'

But if u use a variable instead of "1-Sept-2009", it does not return anything,

Code:

d1=$(TZ=GMT-24 date +%cc | awk -F" ", '{print $1}')
d1=$(TZ=GMT-24 date +%cc | awk -F" ", '{print $2}')
cat sample | awk -F" ", '{if ($1==($d1"-"$d2"-2009") print $1,$2,$3,$4,$5}'

Pl suggest how can i incorporate this?

Thanks

Hello,

Check this User guide:
The GNU Awk User's Guide

Translated for your problem:

Code:

awk -F" " -v d1="$d1" -v d2="$d2" '$1==d1"-"d2"-2009" {print $1,$2,$3,$4,$5}'

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