Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:39:29 -0600 (CST) From: Jason Bacon <bacon@smithers.neuro.mcw.edu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/63886: print redirection broken in awk Message-ID: <200403071739.i27HdT7o025086@smithers.neuro.mcw.edu> Resent-Message-ID: <200403071740.i27HeD65071320@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 63886 >Category: bin >Synopsis: print redirection broken in awk >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 07 09:40:13 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jason Bacon >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin >Environment: System: FreeBSD smithers.neuro.mcw.edu 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #1: Thu Feb 19 13:09:05 CST 2004 bacon@smithers.neuro.mcw.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/smithers i386 >Description: The print command within /usr/bin/awk under FreeBSD 5.x no longer accepts concatenated strings for filenames after the redirection symbol '>'. For example: awk ' { print "hello" > FILENAME"."NR }' file produces the error: awk: syntax error at source line 1 context is { print "sadfsad" > >>> FILENAME"." <<< awk: illegal statement at source line 1 The same error does not occur under FreeBSD 4.9, or with gawk. Parenthesizing the filename eliminates this error, but instead produces another: awk ' { print "sadfsad" > (FILENAME"."NR) }' filename awk: filename.18 makes too many open files input record number 18, file filename source line number 1 >How-To-Repeat: awk ' { print "hello" > FILENAME"."NR }' file >Fix: Workaround: use gawk >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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