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From: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (Bruce G Barnett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: #! magic number
Message-ID: <1895@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 17:01:35 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 26 17:01:35 1987
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Reply-To: barnett@ge-crd.arpa  (Bruce G Barnett)
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In article <1877@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP> I wrote: 
>That is, in file t.awk, I have
>
>	#!/bin/awk -f t.awk
>
>No matter what I try, I get the "bailing out near line 1" error.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yes, I did try #!/bin/awk -f

I STILL get the "bail" error:
Exhibit A, Ultrix 1.2:

csh >cat t.awk
#!/bin/awk -f 
  BEGIN { print "Begin"}
  { 
  print;
  }
  END { print "End"}
csh> awk -f t.awk </dev/null
Begin
End
csh> t.awk
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1  

I also tried "#!/bin/awk -f -"

Does someone have an invocation that WORKS?

Why am I "bailing out"?
-- 
Bruce G. Barnett  (barnett@ge-crd.ARPA) (barnett@steinmetz.UUCP)
-- 
"The difference between a Buddha and an ordinary man is that one knows
the difference and the other does not."