gawk 3.1.5-4 - how does BINMODE work.. tried BEGIN {BINMODE="rw";}

[Corinna Vinschen]

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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