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pass awk variable to bash

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pass awk variable to bash

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x=10
y=30
text="some_texts"
awk -v a=$x -v b=$y -v c="$text" 'BEGIN {ans=a+b; print c " " ans}'
					#	for text it need " "

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# Example usage (one variable):
variable="one shell\nvariable"
awk -v var="$variable" 'BEGIN {print var}'
--> one shell
--> variable

# Example usage (multiple variables):
var1="multiple"
var2="shell"
var3="variables"
awk -v a="$var1" -v b="$var2" -v c="$var3" 'BEGIN {print a,b,c}'
--> multiple shell variables

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