======AWK====== =====Print Column===== $ awk -F "," '{print $1}' =====Use Env Var in AWK==== Basic example. Notice that you do not use a $ sign when using the variable NUMBER=4 echo | awk -v my_var=$NUMBER '{print "My var is " my_var}' Produces the ouput My var is 4 =====Search Where Column Has Value===== To search a bunch of text where column 1 is made up of numbers and we only want to print the lines where the value of column 1 is greater than or equal to 100. cat file | awk '$1 >= 100' You could extend it using cat file | awk '$1 >= 100 && $1 <= 999'