On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Harald Kierer wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 4:29 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: awk CR/LF issue
>
> [snap]
>
> > >So the 3.0.3 GNU awk works as expected. awk 3.1.1 does not!
> > >It outputs to POSIX style only, disregarding the mounts.
> >
> > Correct. That was the whole point of the release.
>
> That made an evil awk IMHO. The reason of mounting something
> as "--text" is that "text files get \r\n line endings" (says mounts
> usage). Other means of output stick to that anyway.
>
> But I'll shut my mouth for now and just consider your options:
>
> > Your options are to 1) stick with the old release, 2) rebuild
> > gawk yourself from source, 3) submit a patch to make the behavior
> > selectable via a command-line option.
>
> Yepp, I'll try to progress from 1 to 3 :)
>
> thanks,
> harry
FYI, for a quick workaround (if you stick to 1 for now), use the feline. ;-)
("| cat").
Igor
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