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Ultrix 4.0 software problems

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From: cpsrk
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 1990 09:16
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Following bugs in Ultrix 4.0 software:

Assume file called 'test' exists:

echo test | xargs -i -t ls ./\{\}

--> Dumps core - segmentation fault

echo test | xargs -i -t ls \{\}

--> Does not substitute correctly (and dumps core)

If a command is specified for 'xargs', then always dumps core
after completion.


Problem with awk:

File D.awk:-
----snip snip----
BEGIN { FS = ":" ; RS = "#" }
  { printf "Record: %d  ->%s<-\n", NF, $0 }
----snip snip----


File D:-
-----snip snip-----
Rec1#
Rec2
-----snip snip-----

Command:  awk -f D.awk D

output:
-----snip snip-----
Record: 1  ->Rec1<-
Record: 3  ->
Rec2
<-
-----snip snip-----


--> Record 3 ?????
           ^

-Stuart Kemp
cpsrk@groper.jcu.edu.au
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From: cpsrk@groper.jcu.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Ultrix 4.0 software problems
Keywords: Ultrix, DECstation
Message-ID: <1086@iceman.jcu.oz>
Date: 20 Oct 90 09:16:10 GMT
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Organization: James Cook University, Qld
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