Passing variables to gawk doesn't work?

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1 total messages Started by Srihari Kotcherlakota Mon, 13 Apr 1992 01:02

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Author: Srihari Kotcherlakota
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 01:02

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Script gawk.bug:

#!/bin/csh
nawk \
'\
END { print "var1 = ", var1 }' \
/dev/null var1="nawk works"
awk \
'\
END { print "var1 = ", var1 }' \
/dev/null var1="awk works"
gawk \
'\
END { print "var1 = ", var1 }' \
/dev/null var1="gawk works"

What happens when I run the above test:

gawk.bug
var1 =  nawk works
var1 =  awk works  # I had to hit Ctrl-D to force this message
gawk: var1=gawk works: No such file or directory

Question: Is this a known bug in gawk?

Please reply to hari@fai.fmiapd.com

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