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Re: [bug-gawk] FIELDWIDTHS builtin variable name is too long to use in s
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arnold |
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Re: [bug-gawk] FIELDWIDTHS builtin variable name is too long to use in shell |
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Sun, 06 May 2018 18:54:40 -0600 |
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Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 |
Hyunho Cho<address@hidden> wrote:
> It would be good if there is a additional shortcut for long variable name like
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> FIELDWIDTHS -----> FW
> FPAT -----> FP
Thanks for the suggestion, but there is no way to alias two variables
together, and this would have negative implications for backwards
compatibility.
Thanks,
Arnold