I want to filter 2nd column = 2 using awk
$ cat t
1 2
2 4
$ VAR=2
#variable worked in print
$ cat t | awk -v ID=$VAR ' { print ID}'
2
2
# but variable didn't work in awk filter
$ cat t | awk -v ID=$VAR '$2~/ID/ { print $0}'
I want to filter 2nd column = 2 using awk
$ cat t
1 2
2 4
$ VAR=2
#variable worked in print
$ cat t | awk -v ID=$VAR ' { print ID}'
2
2
# but variable didn't work in awk filter
$ cat t | awk -v ID=$VAR '$2~/ID/ { print $0}'
Try:
cat t | awk -v ID=$VAR '$2~ ID { print $0}'
$ id=2
$ awk -v ID=$id '{print $(ID)}' file