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# 1  
Old 04-13-2007
variable inside awk '{print $c}'
i'm trying to do this (in bash darwin);

echo "give me some words: "
read a
c=2 # this is get by other ways
echo $a | awk '{print $c}' # i want to print the column given
# by de $c variable

if there is someone understand what i pretend and see what im doing wrong, please help me.thanks
# 2  
Old 04-13-2007
Code:
echo $a | awk -v c=$c '{print $c}'

or
Code:
echo $a | awk '{print $'$c'}'

# 3  
Old 04-13-2007
Code:
awk 'BEGIN { print "Give me some words (Ctrl+C to exit):" }
{ print $c; next }' c=2

# 4  
Old 04-13-2007
thank you man.it works perfectly.
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