Hi
No the jist was that
I wanted to so something like this
awk '/regex/ {awk code}'
Ah Ha!
This is a question that I had asked on this list some time back under the subject "Awk parameter as a search string". Roger Barnes offered the answer below,
HTH
Pete.
-- Roger Barnes wrote:
/regexp/ is considered a constant, so it won't let you put any variables in the pattern
This page: http://www.math.utah.edu/docs/info/gawk_5.html#SEC32 reckons that $0 ~ search { printf("%s\n",$0) } will work ... it did for me.
HTH, - Rog ... just learnt some awk :)
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