title: awk print variable with spaces
body: <p>How do I pass a variable containing a space to awk as one variable? </p>
  
  <p>code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>a="one"
  b="two three"
  c="four"
  echo $a $b $c | awk '{ print "A="$1 "\nB="$2 "\nC="$3 }'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>expected output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>A=one
  B=two three
  C=four
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>actual output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>A=one
  B=two
  C=three
  </code></pre>