awk partly string match if column word partly matches

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My dummy file looks like this   C1    C2    C3     1     a     snow    2     b     snowman  snow     c     sowman   I want to get line if there is string snow in  3  I can do this like this     awk    3   snow      3   snowman    print   dummy file   But there should be more simpler way

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Maybe this will help  http   www math utah edu docs info gawk 5 html  awk   3    snow snowman   dummy file

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Print lines where the third field is either snow or snowman only   awk   3   snow man      file

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GNU sed sed    s    S   s      2   bsnow  man     b  d  file  Input   C1    C2    C3     1     a     snow    2     b     snowman  snow     c     sowman       snow     snow     snowmanx    output   1     a     snow 2     b     snowman

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awk   3    snow    print    dummy file

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Also possible by looking for substring with index   function   awk   index  3   snow      0   print   dummy file   Shorter version   awk  index  3   snow    dummy file

[awk] awk partly string match (if column/word partly matches)

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