awk print help

[COKEDUDE]

In this:

$ awk '{ print "var is", var }' var=TEST file1

What does the print part do?

{ print "var is", var }

[stevea]

It's a nil pattern (matches every line of input and a sequence of actions between the {} braces.
Basically it will print
var is TEST
for every line in the file

man awk
describes all this. Full manual here
http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual

[satya164]

The print command will print the output to Terminal. Try print 'Hello World'

[jpollard]

Almost looks like a homework question, doesn't it?