Re: [SLUG] escaping variables in bash

[Peter Rundle <prundle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alexander Samad wrote:
> 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  :)