[Gllug] issues with awk

[dudes dudes]

thanks Alain, 

unfortunately it doesn't return any results 

ak 

> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:58:14 +0100
> From: addw at phcomp.co.uk
> To: gllug at gllug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] issues with awk
> 
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 08:32:00AM +0100, dudes dudes wrote:
> 
> > However; if I script this in bash such as:
> > 
> > ip="127.0.0.1"
> > 
> > awk '$1==$ip {print}' test.txt
> > 
> > I never get the right results. 
> 
> $ip is in single quotes and so is not substituted by the shell.
> The following might work (not tested):
> 
> 	awk --assign ip=$ip '$1==$ip {print}' test.txt
> 
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