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From: vzb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mike Rieser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Need latest version of Amiga awk.
Message-ID: <12848@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 7 Aug 90 08:13:38 GMT
Organization: G.L.A.U.G. - Greater Lafayette Amiga Users Group
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I have a project for which I need the lastest version of awk.
Specifically, I need a recent version which incorporates the
enhancements made to the language as of 1985.
(As outlined in _The_AWK_Programming_Language_, Aho, Kernighan, Weinberger)
I've become frustatrated trying to use examples in the book which
won't work with my version of awk.

A quick test:
	{ gsub(/USA/, "United States") }
Should replace all references to the reg-exp /USA/ with "United States".
Older versions do not recognize the gsub, and flag it as a syntax error.

I simply need direction to an ftp site that contains the binary/source.
Please e-mail me to make sure I get your suggestion.

Thanks,
Mike
(vzb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu)