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Re: gawk only execute Win NT command once
From: |
Albert Kwok |
Subject: |
Re: gawk only execute Win NT command once |
Date: |
Mon, 02 Apr 2001 12:51:38 -0800 |
I am using CMD.EXE. I will try bash. Do you know where can I download a Win32
bash?
I got the gawk by following one of the links in
http://www.gnu.org/manual/gawk/html_mono/gawk.html.
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Albert Kwok <address@hidden>
> > Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 11:49:39 -0800
> >
> > Hi, I am trying to run a awk program under Windows NT that execute a NT
> > batch
> > program. It seems to only work the first time I run it and it seems to skip
> > the
> > system call after. I have reproduced the problem with the following program:
> > gawk "{ \"echo\"|getline line; print line; }"
> >
> > I am running GNU Awk 3.0.4 version. Could you tell me if this version
> > support Win
> > NT or what do I have to do to get it running properly under NT?
>
> I'm guessing that the problem is with how the shell you use handles
> the quoting. Quoting special shell characters such as `|' is
> especially notorious.
>
> Can you try it in another shell (CMD.EXE or a ported Bash)?
>
> Also, where did you get the port of Gawk that you use?
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Thanks
Albert