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From: ok@quintus.uucp (Richard A. O'Keefe)
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Subject: Re: accessing shell variables from within awk?
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Date: 20 Sep 88 07:59:38 GMT
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In article <473@diamond.unix.ETA.COM> rscott@eta.unix.ETA.COM (Rich Scott) writes:
>
>	How can I access a shell variable (to wit, a few environment
>variables) from within "awk"?

Try
	awk -f script var=value... var=value file...
This is in the SunOS manual page, and worked on a 4.2 system which didn't
have it in the manual page.  Or use a temporary file:
	cat >$$.awk <