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From: brennan@ssc-vax.boeing.com (Mike Brennan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: awk/mawk bug???
Keywords: awk
Message-ID: <5433@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.boeing.com>
Date: 10 Aug 92 16:30:36 GMT
References: <2472@nic.cerf.net>
Organization: Boeing Computer Services
Lines: 32
In article <2472@nic.cerf.net>, greggb@nic.cerf.net (Gregg Brekke) writes:
> #--- begin ----
> s="at;be;ca"
>
> site=`echo $s | awk '{FS = ";" ; print $1}'`
>
> echo $site
>
> - output on Sun/Interactive -
> at
>
> - output on 386bsd w/mawk -
> at;be;ca
>
This is an awk bug, not a mawk bug. The record is read *before*
the assignment to FS, so when the record is read FS is " ".
awk -F';' '{print $1}'
or
awk 'BEGIN{FS=";"} ; {print $1}'
should work with any flavor of awk.
--
Mike Brennan
brennan@boeing.com