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Re: missing man example
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Re: missing man example |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Jun 2002 14:29:57 +0000 (UTC) |
> > ls | awk '{print |"echo for each line pass " $0 "to echo"} '
> First, this has a bug in it. The pipeline should be
> closed, otherwise it's possible to run out of processes:
> ls | awk '{ print |"echo for each line pass " $0 "to echo"
> close("echo for each line pass " $0 "to echo") }'
> Second, it is probably better to do it this way:
> ls | awk '{ system("echo for each line pass " $0 "to echo") }'
> Third, it's not clear to me why the lack of this example
> is a problem. Can you justify what is so special about it
> that it absolutely has to be included on the man page?
it is _very_ usefull. as you see i did it wrong even with help of few
people :/
maybe URL to awk tutor online would be sufficient ? i really lack in this
for perl, awk and other languages...
thanks for help !