From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 7 09:40:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EA9D16A4CF for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:40:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B89643D53 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:40:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i27HeDbv071321 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:40:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i27HeD65071320; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:40:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:40:13 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <200403071740.i27HeD65071320@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jason Bacon Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18A7116A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:39:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from smithers.neuro.mcw.edu (smithers.neuro.mcw.edu [141.106.106.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C602043D41 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:39:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bacon@smithers.neuro.mcw.edu) Received: from smithers.neuro.mcw.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i27HdT8f025087 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:39:29 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bacon@smithers.neuro.mcw.edu) Received: (from bacon@localhost) by smithers.neuro.mcw.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id i27HdT7o025086; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:39:29 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <200403071739.i27HdT7o025086@smithers.neuro.mcw.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:39:29 -0600 (CST) From: Jason Bacon To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: bin/63886: print redirection broken in awk X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jason Bacon List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 17:40:14 -0000 >Number: 63886 >Category: bin >Synopsis: print redirection broken in awk >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 07 09:40:13 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jason Bacon >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin >Environment: System: FreeBSD smithers.neuro.mcw.edu 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #1: Thu Feb 19 13:09:05 CST 2004 bacon@smithers.neuro.mcw.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/smithers i386 >Description: The print command within /usr/bin/awk under FreeBSD 5.x no longer accepts concatenated strings for filenames after the redirection symbol '>'. For example: awk ' { print "hello" > FILENAME"."NR }' file produces the error: awk: syntax error at source line 1 context is { print "sadfsad" > >>> FILENAME"." <<< awk: illegal statement at source line 1 The same error does not occur under FreeBSD 4.9, or with gawk. Parenthesizing the filename eliminates this error, but instead produces another: awk ' { print "sadfsad" > (FILENAME"."NR) }' filename awk: filename.18 makes too many open files input record number 18, file filename source line number 1 >How-To-Repeat: awk ' { print "hello" > FILENAME"."NR }' file >Fix: Workaround: use gawk >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: