awk with variable

Shell Programming and Scripting
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echo "abc: cdef" | awk -v var=abc -F: '/$var/{print $2}'

I want to match the line contains abc but the "abc" need a variable "var" to instead, this doesn't work. any help?

Thanks

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echo "abc: cdef" | awk -v var=abc -F: '$0~var{print $2}'
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oops..
Use elixir solution..:b:

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var is awk variable and not a shell one.

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Or

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Edited in original post ..
Thanks a lot...:slight_smile:

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I don't know why it can't use /blashblash/