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From: MEGGIN@vm.epas.utoronto.CA (David Megginson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: AWK problems
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Date: 19 Sep 89 11:11:06 GMT
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I have been trying out the new AWK for the ST, and I have a couple of
problems.  First, when I change to record separator to, say, ".", AWK
takes every newline as a field.  According to the AWK book, "^n" should
always be a field separator, no matter what RS and FS are set to.  I have
tried removing CRs and removing LFs, but to no avail.

Second, AWK can use a program on its command line only when there are
no spaces in the program.  awk '{print}' ... or awk '/person/' ...
word, but not awk '{print $2}'.  I have tried running it from a CLI and
from the TTP dialog.  Is there any way to keep AWK from splitting the
program into fields when it processes the command line?

I would appreciate any help.  Please respond directly as well as to the
newsgroup, since I read the news on BITNET and have to wait quite a few
days for new messages.  Thanks.

David Megginson (MEGGIN@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA)