Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:16:26 -0800 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: Jack Mc Lauren <jack.mclauren@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: using AWK Message-ID: <18B0C79B-AF04-48D1-AF26-1B8A8B3641C1@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <1355744359.61103.YahooMailNeo@web160104.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1355744359.61103.YahooMailNeo@web160104.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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On Dec 17, 2012, at 3:39 AM, Jack Mc Lauren wrote:
> Hi guys
>=20
> How can I read a file which contains a number and assign that number to a=
variable via awk programming? By the way, I want to use this awk program i=
n a shell script.
>=20
> Thanks in advance
Try this:
awk -v file=3D/etc/ttys 'BEGIN { getline line <file; printf "First line fro=
m %s: %s\n", file, line }'
--=20
Devin
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