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Old 11-27-2009
awk: assign variable with -v didn't work in awk filter

I want to filter 2nd column = 2 using awk
Code:
 
$ cat t 
1 2
2 4
$ VAR=2

#variable worked in print
Code:
$ cat t | awk -v ID=$VAR  ' { print ID}'
2
2

# but variable didn't work in awk filter
Code:
$ cat t | awk -v ID=$VAR  '$2~/ID/  { print $0}'

# 2  
Old 11-27-2009
Try:

Code:
cat t | awk -v ID=$VAR  '$2~ ID  { print $0}'

# 3  
Old 11-27-2009
Code:
$ id=2
$ awk -v ID=$id '{print $(ID)}' file

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