How to use a variable in an awk expression

Question

I\'m trying to make this command:

sed bla bla filename | awk \'{printf \"%s %s_entry_%.3f %.3f %.3f %.3f\",$1,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7}\'

But the thi

Answer 1

If you mean that values is a shell variable, then this will work:

sed bla bla filename | awk '{printf "%s %s_entry_"ENVIRON["values"],$1,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7}'