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 -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/