can variables be used as pattern for awk command?

[anandkumar biyani]

Hello everyone,

I wanted to know if we can use the variable as a pattern for awk command as shown below:

$c = "Dec Tue";
$log = `awk '/\$c/' in.txt`;
print $log;

I have to search for a pattern in $c occuring in file in.txt.

Thanks in advance.

[fred rosenberger]

What happened when you tried it?