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use awk to find a variable
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # test_awk | |
| username="user" | |
| awk -v pattern="$username" -F: '$0 ~ pattern { print $5 }' /etc/passwd | |
| echo "-----" | |
| awk -v pattern="$username" -F: '$1 ~ pattern { print $5 }' /etc/passwd | |
| exit 0 |
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