Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!ivor
From: ivor@geac.UUCP (Ivor Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Using pipes within awk programs
Keywords: awk, pipe
Message-ID: <2138@geac.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 88 15:55:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: geac.2138
Posted: Mon Jan 18 10:55:43 1988
References: <515@root44.co.uk>
Reply-To: ivor@geac.UUCP (Ivor Williams)
Organization: The little blue rock next to that twinkly star.
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In article <515@root44.co.uk> you write:
>	who | awk '{ print $1 | "sort" }'
>
>gives the same output as
>
>	who | awk '{ print $1 }' | sort

FYI, the two *don't* give the same results under Ultrix T2.0-1I.

Ivor
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