Human readable formatting on the fly with awk

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Convert numerical parameters into human readable text

Example:

# echo 1 | awk '{ if ($1==1) print "Active"; if ($1==0) print "Standby";}'
Active

# echo 0 | awk '{ if ($1==1) print "Active"; if ($1==0) print "Standby";}'
Standby

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