AWK - Re: Matching variable date not working

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Re: Matching variable date not working

Chris F.A. Johnson

2006-10-30, 7:01 pm

On 2006-10-27, Gianluca wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> have to match in a file field $1 that contains a date. I run:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> Thu=$(date --date="last thursday" +%d/%m/%Y)
> cat myfile | gawk -v thu=$Thu -f awkscript.awk

UUOC.

gawk -v thu=$Thu -f awkscript.awk myfile

> exit 0
>
>
> awkscript.awk:
>
> $1 ~ thu { matchvar++ }
> END { print matchvar }
>
>
> All seems not matching! Is this an error?

What is the format of the input?

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