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From: wordmj%phvax.dnet@SMITHKLINE.COM (Mike Word, L302, 6491)
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Subject: (G)AWK for VMS?
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Date: 3 Apr 89 17:17:00 GMT
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Has anyone ported awk to VMS?  We are looking for a stable and reliable version
to run under VMS 5.0.  Attempts at porting gawk in-house have been less than
satisfactory.  In the latest version, associative array indexes are getting
scrambled occasionally and we haven't had the chance to track down the culprit.

At the moment we are trying to get info on VAX SCAN as an alternative to awk
for parsing but I really like awk and wish I didn't have to give it up.  Any
suggestions?

Thanks