Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:36:26 GMT From: Alexander Melkov <melkov@comptek.ru> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/86514: awk -vVAR=val doesn't work without space after -v Message-ID: <200509231836.j8NIaQgG082275@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200509231840.j8NIe8eq036335@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 86514 >Category: bin >Synopsis: awk -vVAR=val doesn't work without space after -v >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Sep 23 18:40:08 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Alexander Melkov >Release: 5.4 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD melkov.ru 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #5: Tue Jun 7 01:38:07 MSD 2005 forspam@melkov.ru:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MELKOV i386 >Description: As freebsd-used awk was changed from gawk to 'real' awk in 5.x, all the shell scripts that set awk variables in a style -vVAR=val will silently produce incorrect results. >How-To-Repeat: # echo azb | awk -Fz -vOFS=q '{print $1,$2}' a b # echo azb | awk -Fz -v OFS=q '{print $1,$2}' aqb # echo azb | gawk -Fz -vOFS=q '{print $1,$2}' aqb >Fix: workaround: 1. install gawk 2. replace awk binary with gawk or put gawk into /usr/sbin as awk (/usr/sbin is normally before /usr/bin in $PATH). >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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