Bug in gawk.

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From: Stephen Ng
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1989 22:24

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I'm using gawk 2.01beta 13 Dec 1988.

The following command incorrectly produces no output:

ls | gawk ' { while (getline > 0) print $0 } '

However, this line does work (it produces a listing of the directory):

ls | gawk ' { while ((getline) > 0) print $0 } '

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Subject: Bug in gawk.
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