passing variables into a nawk script 1

[ReeKetta]

Hi,

Is there a way to use nawk or grep to search a column in a data file when the column number and search string are input by the user? In other words, in this example I am searching the second column for the word Orient:

nawk '$2 ~ /Orient/ {print $0}' acmebooks

But what I'd like to do is use a variable instead of $2, and use a variable instead of Orient.

Thanks!

Ree

 

[vgersh99]

nawk -v column=${column2pass} -v value=${value2pass} '$column ~ value {print $0}' acmebooks

 

[olded]

Reeketta:

Check out the FAQ on passing variables to awk, submitted by grega.

Regards,

Ed
Schaefer