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Re: [bug-gawk] Errata 1.1.4
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Aharon Robbins |
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Re: [bug-gawk] Errata 1.1.4 |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:51:40 +0200 |
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Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 |
Hi. Re the below. There is already a footnote where #! is explained.
I added a sentence to it indicating that awk is found in /usr/bin
on some systems. It's not worthwhile to go into too much detail.
Thanks,
Arnold
> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:42:43 +0200
> From: Bruce Pieterse <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [bug-gawk] Errata 1.1.4
>
> Hi again :)
>
> My previous e-mail I sent a correction, please not this if for the PDF
> version (30 June 2011).
>
> In chapter 1, 1.1.4 you mention that you can use the shebang #!/bin/awk
> -f to set the interpreter for the file. Some distributions like Ubuntu,
> have awk under /usr/bin/awk:
>
> awk/gawkeapadr ? which awk gawk oawk nawk
> /usr/bin/awk
> gawk not found
> oawk not found
> /usr/bin/nawk
>
> Perhaps you can include the above to help the user locate the correct
> path of g/o/n/awk in case a person is new to linux as well as awk.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce