#!/usr/bin/awk -f { pos=index($2,$1) print $2, (pos==1 ? "begins" : "does not begin" ), "with " $1 print $2, (pos ? "contains an" : "does not contain" ), "\"" $1 "\"" if (pos) { l=length($1) Pos=pos s=$2 while (Pos){ print " " $1 " is at index", x+Pos x+=Pos s=substr(s,Pos+l) Pos=index(s,$1) } } print $2, (substr($2,pos)==$1 ? "ends" : "does not end"), "with " $1 }