awk doesn't use perl or python type regular expressions but much simpler ones, called "extended". Your constructs are managed by Gnu awk with the --posix option only. The following achieves what you want in a simpler way
niobe% echo "/"|awk 'gsub(/\/+/,"/")' / niobe% echo "//"|awk 'gsub(/\/+/,"/")' / -- Michel TALON _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
