helpful awk aliases

awk.sh

function awkn {
    local ARGS=""
    local FLAG=""

    local N="$1"
    shift

    while getopts "F:v:" FLAG; do
        case "$FLAG" in
            F) ARGS="$ARGS -F$OPTARG" ;;
            v) ARGS="$ARGS -v$OPTARG" ;;
        esac
    done
    shift $((OPTIND-1))

    awk "${ARGS##*( )}" "{print \$$N}" "$@"
}

alias awk1="awkn 1"
alias awk2="awkn 2"
alias awk3="awkn 3"
alias awk4="awkn 4"
alias awk5="awkn 5"
alias awk6="awkn 6"
alias awk7="awkn 7"
alias awk8="awkn 8"
alias awk9="awkn 9"

alias awk1c="awkn 1 -F,"
alias awk2c="awkn 2 -F,"
alias awk3c="awkn 3 -F,"
alias awk4c="awkn 4 -F,"
alias awk5c="awkn 5 -F,"
alias awk6c="awkn 6 -F,"
alias awk7c="awkn 7 -F,"
alias awk8c="awkn 8 -F,"
alias awk9c="awkn 9 -F,"