/regexp/ is considered a constant, so it won't let you put any variables in the
pattern
This page:
http://www.math.utah.edu/docs/info/gawk_5.html#SEC32
reckons that
$0 ~ search { printf("%s\n",$0) }
will work ... it did for me.
HTH,
- Rog ... just learnt some awk :)
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sluggers,
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> Does anyone know how to use an argument to awk as a pattern match?
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