If you have a C compiler you can build gawk from source. David Pitts
ported it years ago.
On 20/12/21 3:13 am, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
I have been using awk from JCL using DD's as script source, input and output
files for years now. There is no issue using awk in normal JCL. I even use a
gawk script for decoding CSV input that I wrote literally decades ago in my
JCL-invoked awk steps.
JCL examples available on request.
Mind you, I'd far prefer a gawk implementation than the very limited POSIX awk
that is currently shipped with z/OS. Having to write my own time functions to
try to match the ones supplied by gawk was painful, and the crude versions I
managed to cobble together for a very business-specific function are far from
complete or acceptable for general use.
I haven't yet seen gawk on Rocket's ported tools page though (Hey Rocket: Hint!
Hint!).
Peter
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Id rather have easy access to AWK than python :-)
On the zos side without any USS involvement..
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