How do I pass a variable into an AWK program

[lauren]

I want to retrieve a number from an external file and then pass this number into an awk script.  Within the awk script I want then to increment the variable by 10 each time an input record (from a different file) is processed.  This variable will assume the position of field 1 after awk processes the record.  Also how can I loop through the input file until the end of file is reached.

 

[Guest_imported]

You can pass parameters to awk. you then manage it with ARGC and ARGV.

 

[bigscouse]

You can loop through the file using a for loop.<br><br>for A in `cat inputfile`<br>do<br>awk 'etc, etc, etc,<br>done <p>Ged Jones<br><a href=mailto:gedejones@hotmail.com>gedejones@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>