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From: arnold@emory.mathcs.emory.edu (Arnold D. Robbins {EUCC})
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Subject: Re: "New" awk in SunOS
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Date: 14 Mar 89 16:37:01 GMT
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In article <466@salgado.stan.UUCP> you write:
>Does anyone know when Sun plans to put the new AT&T (SVR3.1) awk into
>SunOS?  I sure could use it, but, unless it's part of a standard release,
>am probably better off not depending on it.

You have two options. 1) Get GNU awk, which is nawk compatible and is
GNUware. If you find bugs, let us know. 2) Get nawk from the AT&T
Toolchest.  Source code is $300, binary relicensing is $5000.

 Arnold Robbins -- Emory University Computing Center
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