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Re: doubts on awk possibilities


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: doubts on awk possibilities
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 20:40:42 +0300

> From: Juergen Kahrs <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 08:21:18 +0200
> 
> > Hi, is it possible to call another awk program from one?
> 
> Use the system() function of AWK.
> It invokes a standard Bourne shell (sh).

Actually, it invokes the system shell.  On Posix systems, this is
generally the Bourne shell (or its emulation), but on Windows, for
example, it's something else.

Of course, this does not mean one cannot run an Awk program via
`system', but you may need to invoke Gawk via the shell explicitly.




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