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Old 01-12-2010
How to read the value from a specific line and column BASH
Hi All,
I have the same problem as the one posted in
https://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...-variable.html

but I'm using bash.
Can anyone tell me how I have to modify the code to make it bash compatible?

Code:
eval `awk 'NR==3{print "set x="$2}' text1.txt

Thank you,
Sarah
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Old 01-12-2010
Hi.

Just remove the word set.
# 3  
Old 01-12-2010
or

Code:
x=$(nawk 'NR==3{print $2}' infile)

SmilieSmilie
# 4  
Old 01-12-2010
Thank you,
I have a problem feeding awk the line number as variable:
e.g.
Code:
awk '(NR==$ST_LINE){print $2}' file

won't work
while
Code:
awk '(NR==10142){print $2}' file

does

I tried also {} but it gives an error
# 5  
Old 01-12-2010
Code:
awk 'NR==st{print $2}' st="${ST_LINE}" file

# 6  
Old 01-12-2010
Code:

awk '(NR=='$ST_LINE'){print $2}' file

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