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Article #1711Re: gawk's exit # statement doesn't work
From: Cliff Stanford
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1990 15:06
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1990 15:06
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In article <200@audfax.audiofax.com> arnold@audiofax.com (Arnold Robbins) writes:
> If you type
>
> echo hi | gawk '{exit 2}'
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> then it will indeed exit with a status of 2. I just checked.
Just tried it under MsDos --- Works fine there too!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!demon From: demon@ibmpcug.co.uk (Cliff Stanford) Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug,alt.msdos.programmer,connect.audit Subject: Re: gawk's exit # statement doesn't work Message-ID: <1990Feb3.150601.4719@ibmpcug.co.uk> Date: 3 Feb 90 15:06:01 GMT Distribution: gnu Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK. Lines: 19