Awk variable query

[ranjit]

Is it possible to create an output file variable in awk, as in shell scripting, of the type:

DAT=`date +%d%m%y`
OUTFILE="/tmp/text."DAT

Thereby allowing data to be directed to $OUTFILE

 

[p5wizard]

as in:

# cat /tmp/testfile
cat: 0652-050 Cannot open /tmp/testfile.
# echo this should be in testfile|awk '{file="/tmp/" $NF; print >file}'
# cat /tmp/testfile
this should be in testfile

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[PHV]

In the man awk page pay attention to the getline fuction

Hope This Helps, PH.
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