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From: steve@cs.su.oz (Stephen Russell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Filename expansion missing from MSDOS gawk, version 2.11
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Date: 4 Jul 90 14:43:17 GMT
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In article <2289@mindlink.UUCP> a563@mindlink.UUCP (Dave Kirsch) writes:
>> Nope, under MSDOS you have to do the work yourself. Anyway feel like
>> donating a glob() function to the public domain?
>
>Sure, here's one that will do all the files ending in the extension .C:
>
>  for %f in (*.c) do gawk %f
>
>There, simple wild card expansion.

This will often be enough, but not always, depending on what the awk
script does in its END action, for example. Some awk scripts may also
need all of the input file names (using ARGV[]) to perform their
function.

Unfortunately, you're also still stuck with MSDOS's simple wildcard
expansion.  No character classes, no embedded literals ("*[a-c]x???"),
etc. A full-blown UNIX style glob() would allow provide facilities.

Cheers,

Steve.