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From: chang@osc.COM (Lai-Chang Woo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: awk -f - in Ultrix 4.0
Message-ID: <4678@osc.COM>
Date: 22 Mar 91 19:32:43 GMT
References: <1991Mar20.171431.13307@math.ucla.edu>
Reply-To: chang@osc.UUCP (Lai-Chang Woo)
Organization: Versant Object Technology, Menlo Park, CA
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In article <1991Mar20.171431.13307@math.ucla.edu> abby@luna.math.ucla.edu (Abby Hossein) writes:
>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!

This is not the only thing that breaks in awk either.  Dump awk and just use
nawk instead.  Your life will be much easier.

					Lai-Chang Woo
					chang%osc.osc.com@uunet.uu.net