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Re: sparc 8.1.7: awk printf() doesn't like variable field widths
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Barker)
Mon Jul 21 15:07:04 1997
To: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Jul 1997 09:37:41 EDT."
<199707161337.JAA16959@mary-kay-commandos.MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 15:06:50 EDT
From: Mike Barker <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Just for comparison, on an SGI I get:
athena% where awk
/usr/bin/awk
/bin/awk
athena% (echo 1; echo 2; echo 3; echo 4)| awk '{printf "%*d\n", NR, NR}'
2057
263530108
263530108
263530108
seems to dislike the variable field widths even more than SUN does.
mike
