severity 393066 normal close 393066 thanks On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 09:01:32PM +0200, Bernd Warken wrote: >The `print' command in `awk' adds automatically a `\n' at the end. `a2p' >translates it just in a Perl `print' without adding a `\n'.
awk print output is followed by the value of ORS (newline by default). perl print output is followed by the value of $\ , which a2p sets initially to "\n". $ awk -F: '$3 == 0 { print $1 }' /etc/passwd root $ echo '$3 == 0 { print $1 }' | a2p -F: | perl - /etc/passwd root The trivial example above works fine and a trailing newline is produced in both cases. a2p is not intended to produce a perfect machine-translation of awk code to perl (please see the manual page under "Considerations"). You may need to modify the output. >Severity: grave >Justification: renders package unusable While a2p may not be behaving as you expect, this does not render the perl package unusable. --bod -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]