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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: ok, i've got a question...
Message-ID: <9719@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 27 Sep 90 21:09:00 GMT
References: <42900@sequent.UUCP> <9651@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> <42947@sequent.UUCP> <9677@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> <43048@sequent.UUCP>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <43048@sequent.UUCP> lugnut@sequent.UUCP (Don Bolton) writes:
: Hmmmm.. did you try cat oldlist | awk -f filebelow > newlist ? Thats
: the way I've been running it.

Still dumps.  As I said, probably a line length limitation, which cat
would have no effect on.  Perhaps you're running gawk?  Dave is doing
a good job with that.  Nawk (the version I have, anyway) complains
about "input record `...' too long".

Tsk, tsk.  Well, at least it checks.  Give it half credit.

Larry