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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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