I don't like using the last argument in awk.
Having that said
awk -v text=$1 -v RS="\n\n" '$2 == text {print }' < text.txt
Thanks for the tips folks. I'll have to have another read at el ol awk
manual.
On 5/2/06, Colm MacCarthaigh <colm at stdlib.net> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 08:05:41PM +0100, Paul Jakma wrote:
> > cat text.txt |awk -v text=$1 '$2 == text {print $4}' RS="\n\n"
> >
> > -v is a standard AWK feature.
>> So is taking a file as the last argument. For crying out loud people,
> think of the pipe carnage!
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