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From: abby@luna.math.ucla.edu (Abby Hossein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: awk -f - in Ultrix 4.0
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.171431.13307@math.ucla.edu>
Date: 20 Mar 91 17:14:31 GMT
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Does anyone know why, in 4.0 on DEC5000, "awk -f - filename" produces 
"Can't open -"!? The man page says it supports the "-" option but then 
again, this is not the first time I see a man page lie!


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