Re: [bug-gawk] string or regular expression longer than 399

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Hi

      Sorry for bothering. After check run the version information of awk, it 
just failed with error parameter and prompt out the usage. So I think it is not 
a GNU awk.

     Thanks for you help.

Best Regards
Krad


> "Andrew J. Schorr" <address@hidden> 於 2014年2月21日 22:53 寫道：
> 
> Hi,
> 
>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 06:35:06PM +0800, Krad Chan wrote:
>>      We are using awk to write some scripts on AIX 5, but following error
>> happened.
>> 
>>      0602-508 The string or regular expression beginning with the
>> characters "xxx" cannot contain more than 399 bytes.
>> 
>>     I find this is the limitation of awk on AIX 5 on forum, but nobody
>> answers me which version can overcome this limitation.
>> 
>>    So, is this limitation has been overcome in new release or not? If it
>> has been fixed, that which version of awk I should use?
> 
> Are you using gnu awk (gawk)?  If so, what do you see when you run
> gawk --version?  I don't think gawk has any such length limits.
> 
> For example, on my Linux system, I see:
> 
>   bash-4.2$ gawk --version
>   GNU Awk 4.1.0, API: 1.0 (GNU MPFR 3.1.1, GNU MP 5.1.1)
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> 
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> 
> If your problem is with gawk, please provide an example which
> triggers the error.
> 
> Regards,
> Andy