Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site inuxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!mcferrin From: mcferrin@inuxc.UUCP (P McFerrin) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.unix,net.wanted Subject: Re: csh, awk help Message-ID: <1002@inuxc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Aug-84 03:21:22 EDT Article-I.D.: inuxc.1002 Posted: Fri Aug 3 03:21:22 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 02:07:14 EDT References: <2505@seismo.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Consumer Products Div., Indianapolis Lines: 7 Parameters can be passed to awk of USG 5.0 systems by: awk [options] variable=value The variable on the command line will have the specified value within the program. If I recall, the variable will NOT be set during the execution on the BEGIN block.