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- GNU awk is a pattern scanning and processing language and tool. gawk
- 3.0 should be upwardly compatible with the System V Release 4 awk.
- It is almost completely compliant with POSIX 1003.2.
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- An excellent source for learning how to use awk/gawk is the O'Reilly
- and Associates book "SED and AWK" by Dale Dougherty. ISBN
- 0-937175-59-5.
-
- To obtain a copy of my distribution:
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- ftp://next-ftp.peak.org:/pub/next/submissions/gawk-3.0.NIHS.bd.tar.gz
-
- To verify that you have a good copy of my distribution, execute the
- following command. Note that the first number is the 16-bit checksum
- which must match exactly and that the second number is the number of
- blocks and can vary.
-
- % sum gawk-3.0.NIHS.bd.tar.gz
- 26460 442
-
- To unpack the distribution:
-
- % gnutar xvzpf gawk-3.0.NIHS.bd.tar.gz
-
- This will create a .pkg file. You need to be logged in as "root" to
- install the package.
-
- Robert La Ferla
- Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant
- Boston, MA
- + 1 (617) 252-0088
- Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com
-