How to print variable inside awk

Question

I want the awk to interpret the variable as follows

#!/bin/bash

file=tau
f=2.54
order=even

awk '{sum+=$2}; END {print '${file}_${f}_${order}_v1.xls', sum/NR}'
${file}_${f}_${order}_v1.xls >> safe/P-state-summary.xls

I want the desired output as follows -

tau_2.54_even_v1.xls   sum/NR

Can anybody help me out with this ?

You already received an answer to this question from **paxdiablo** here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1825509/printing-variable-inside-awk/1825622#1825622 - use awk's variable passing feature — Dennis Williamson, Dec 01 '09 at 21:48
Duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1825509/printing-variable-inside-awk — glenn jackman, Dec 01 '09 at 21:48
using the -v option : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19075671/how-do-i-use-shell-variables-in-an-awk-script?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa — Mojtaba Pourmirzaei, Apr 09 '18 at 05:25

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '09 at 21:45

First, you need to export environment variables if you want them to be passed in the environment of a child process like awk.

Second, you can use ENVIRON["name"] to get an environment variable in awk. So the following works for me:

#!/bin/bash

export file=tau
export f=2.54
export order=even

awk '{sum+=$2}; END {print ENVIRON["file"] "_" ENVIRON["f"] "_" ENVIRON["order"] "_v1.xls", sum/NR}'

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '09 at 05:58

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Don't forget that you can set "AWK variables" on commandline

awk -v FOO=bar '...<AWK code that uses the AWK variable FOO>...'

answered Dec 02 '09 at 05:58

TheBonsai

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ie: ### date | awk -v USER=$USER '{ print USER ": " $0 }' ### rzr: Sat Nov 30 18:25:24 CET 2013 ### – RzR Nov 30 '13 at 17:24

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 01 '09 at 21:43

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I think this is what you want:

#!/bin/bash

file=tau
f=2.54
order=even

awk "{sum+=\$2}; END {print \"${file}_${f}_${order}_v1.xls\", sum/NR}" \
  ${file}_${f}_${order}_v1.xls >> safe/P-state-summary.xls

answered Dec 01 '09 at 21:43

DigitalRoss

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 01 '12 at 20:31

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Well I used a mixture of the above solutions and got it working with this

printf "\n${file}_${f}_${order}_v1.xls  " >> Safe/P-state-summary.xls
awk '{sum+=$3}; END  {print sum/NR}' ${file}_${f}_${order}_v1.xls >> Safe/P-state-summary.xls

edited Apr 01 '12 at 20:31

PeeHaa

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answered Dec 02 '09 at 06:36

Sharat Chandra

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How to print variable inside awk

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