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# Evaluate an Awk expression given on the command line with an optional format
# Count arguments
case $# in
# If one argument, we assume format is %s
1) form=%s expr=$1 ;;
# If two arguments, first is format, second expression
2) form=$1 expr=$2 ;;
# Any other number of arguments is wrong
*)
printf >&2 'ax: Need an expression\n'
exit 2
;;
esac
# Form program
prog=$(printf '
BEGIN {
printf "%s\\n", %s
}
' "$form" "$expr")
# Run program
awk "$prog"
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