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Re: gawk 3.1.5-4 - how does BINMODE work.. tried BEGIN {BINMODE="rw";}
On Apr 6 08:35, Tom Rodman wrote:
> On Thu 4/6/06 8:04 CDT cygwin@cygwin.com wrote:
> > OK - I read Corinna's ANNOUNCEMENT on gawk-3.1.5-4. I'll try the BINMODE variable.
>
> I read the info page on gawk and BINMODE, it does not seem to be working:
>
> ~ $ cygcheck -c gawk
> Cygwin Package Information
> Package Version Status
> gawk 3.1.5-4 OK
> ~ $ printf "\r\n"|awk 'BEGIN {BINMODE=3;}; {print}'|od -c
> 0000000 \n
> 0000001
> ~ $ printf "\r\n"|awk 'BEGIN {BINMODE="rw";}; {print}'|od -c
> 0000000 \n
> 0000001
`info gawk' shows that BINMODE must be set before the awk script gets
executed. Use the -v option, like this:
printf "\r\n" | awk -v BINMODE=rw '{print}' | od -c
>
> How do I get sed 4.1.5-1 to act in text mode again?
Use dos2unix/unix2dos in scripts.
Corinna
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