awk -v BINMODE=rw '{print}' # future sed revs binary too?
Tom Rodman
cygwin@trodman.com
Tue Apr 11 20:22:00 GMT 2006
On Tue 4/11/06 11:19 +0200 cygwin@cygwin.com wrote:
> 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
Thanks Corinna, that worked; nice that your back..
> > How do I get sed 4.1.5-1 to act in text mode again?
>
> Use dos2unix/unix2dos in scripts.
So the change to sed is intentional, I assume. I always thought 'sed' should be
binary by default, but for years the cygwin version was not.
Will you reassure me that sed will stay this way? :->
--
thanks again,
Tom
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