Re: About gawk! Is this a bug???

[albertus]

º£Ìì wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   I am sorry to trouble you, i have a question!
>   Just look that the things below:
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> address@hidden cat /etc/passwd
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
> bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:
> daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:
> adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:
> lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:
> sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync
> shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
> halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt
> mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:
> news:x:9:13:news:/var/spool/news:
> uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:
> operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:
> games:x:12:100:games:/usr/games:
> gopher:x:13:30:gopher:/usr/lib/gopher-data:
> ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/home/ftp:
>
> address@hidden gawk '{FS="/"};{print $NF}' /etc/passwd
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
> bin:
> sbin:
> adm:
> lpd:
> sync
> shutdown
> halt
> mail:
> news:
> uucp:
> root:
> games:
> gopher-data:
> ftp:
>
> address@hidden gawk --version
> GNU Awk 3.0.4
> Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-1999 Free Software Foundation.
>
> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> (at your option) any later version.
>
> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> GNU General Public License for more details.
>
> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>   Why the first line of the file "/etc/passwd" is still 
> "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash" ?
>   Is it a bug of ver3.0.4 OR just my falt? What can I do about this? Please 
> help me! Thank U very much! (^o^)
>   
>                                                  Wed Mar 20  2002
>
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This should work(untested;)):

  gawk 'BEGIN{FS="/"} {print $NF}' /etc/passwd


albertus;)