BEC.SHAPIN@ECLA.USC.EDU (Ted Shapin) (01/20/89)
Return-Path: <@ECLC:tower@wheaties.ai.mit.edu> Received: from ECLC by ECLA with DECnet; Thu 19 Jan 89 15:33:16-PST Received: from [128.52.38.47.] (for wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu) by ECLC.USC.EDU; Thu 19 Jan 89 15:30:53-PST Received: by wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu; Thu, 19 Jan 89 18:28:11 EST Date: Thu, 19 Jan 89 18:28:11 EST From: tower@wheaties.ai.mit.edu (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) Message-Id: <8901192328.AA28455@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu> To: BEC.SHAPIN%ECLA@eclc.usc.edu In-Reply-To: Ted Shapin's message of Thu 19 Jan 89 13:06:44-PST <12463867081.27.BEC.SHAPIN@ECLA.USC.EDU> Subject: IBM PC AWK bug? please forward this to bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu, which is the right place for gawk bug reports. Return-Path: <BEC.SHAPIN%ECLA.#DECnet@eclc.usc.edu> Date: Thu 19 Jan 89 13:06:44-PST From: Ted Shapin <BEC.SHAPIN%ECLA@eclc.usc.edu> Subject: IBM PC AWK bug? To: info-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Phone: (714)961-3393; Mail:Beckman Instruments, Inc. Mail-Addr: 2500 Harbor Blvd., X-11, Fullerton CA 92634 # The version of GAWK for the IBM-PC that was created by # Andy Estes and Steve Liberty has a bug in gsub(). # It doesn't return the correct number of substitions made # The following program prints "1" instead of "2" {print gsub(/;/,"")} # when reading the input record: asdf ; zxcv ; # Does anyone have a fix? ------- -------