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Article #1317Re: awk
From: Brian Fitzgerald
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 1990 17:43
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 1990 17:43
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In article <8678@mirsa.inria.fr> mmartin@orphee.inria.fr (Michel MARTIN) writes:
>When I type
>
> awk ' { while (getline <"lettre" > 0 ) } '
>
If you are using GNU awk, eliminate the error by specifying a body for
the while loop. If you want no action, use ";", as in
gawk ' { while (getline <"lettre" > 0 ) ; } '
Additionally, if you are using Sun awk, I don't think you can use input
redirection with getline. The following runs without error in Sun awk.
awk ' { while (getline > 0 ) ; } '
Gawk is available by anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu (and many sites in
Europe as well.) I believe that to compile gawk, it is helpful to get "bison"
and "gcc", which are available from the same place.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!fitz From: fitz@mml0.meche.rpi.edu (Brian Fitzgerald) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: awk Summary: while needs a body Keywords: getline Message-ID: <=FQ%!2@rpi.edu> Date: 2 Oct 90 17:43:57 GMT References: <8678@mirsa.inria.fr> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 18