awk script help

[ibcnum1]

i'm trying to convert this awk command from command line into an awk script, but just cannot get it to work:

awk -F: '$5 ~ /A/ {Acount++; print Acount}' file

this is what i have after my BEGIN

$5~/A/Acount++ {print Acount}

am i missing something here? this just prints out the count for everyline, not counting lines on 5th field that match 'A'

any help is appreciated.

[radoulov]

Your script should look like this:

/path/to/awk -f

BEGIN {
  FS = ":"
  }
$5 ~ /A/ {
    Acount++
    }
END {
  print Account
  }

And you should invoke it like this:

awk -f <script_name> <input_filename>