Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:22559 comp.unix.wizards:22230 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!fischer From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards,uva.cs.general,uva.cs.grads,uva.ee.grads Subject: Re: A question on awk and sort. Message-ID: Date: 31 May 90 22:24:48 GMT References: <1990May28.225953.222@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk (UseNet News) Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 11 In-reply-to: aj3u@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU's message of 28 May 90 22:59:53 GMT In article <1990May28.225953.222@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> aj3u@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU (Asim Jalis) writes: >I need to use awk and sort on files with records that are longer than >the maximum length the two utilities allow. Get gawk, the GNU AWK. Available at a ftp site near you :-). No silly restrictions. /Lars -- Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | NeXT: A disaster looking for a place CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | to happen -- Bill Joy