bash: gawk - part I

$ gawk '{print $1}' data1.txt

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$ gawk -F : -f ./script2.gawk /etc/passwd


$ cat script2.gawk
{print $1 "'s home directory is " $6}

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$ gawk -F : -f ./script3.gawk /etc/passwd


$ cat script3.gawk
{text="'s home directory is "
print $1 text  $6
}