Subject: Re: Awk scripts & Debian awk version Date: Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 01:25:15PM -0600
In reply to:Stephen Pitts Quoting Stephen Pitts([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 01:48:57PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > > > I have some small scripts that keep a log file of notes. The > > searchlog feature uses awk. Now that I have decided to move my > > operating from the Slackware box that the scripts work in to debian, > > the scripts no longer work. > > > > > Have you looked at the gawk pacakge? I think it does what you want. AFAIK, > the mawk package is installed by default in the base system because it > is smaller and space on the floppies is a premium. > -- > Stephen Pitts > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > webmaster - http://www.mschess.org Thanks Stephen, that was the fix. doh! Why I hadn't looked for gawk I don't know. I sure knew about cut I guess I got lost in the trees! Changing the awk call to gawk fixed it Thanks!! -- There are two ways to write error-free programs. Only the third one works. _______________________________________________________ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>