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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>It sounds like a path problem. That is, it sounds like /usr/bin is not in your default path, or at least the one active within the GRASS environment. From the GRASS command line, type <BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B>Dave Kent <dkent@sasktel.net><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:11:40 -0600<BR>
<B>To: </B><GRASSLIST@baylor.edu><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>[GRASSLIST:10784] awk not found on Mac osx, Repost<BR>
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I posted this some time ago. Markus responded with a change which has been incorporated into CVS code.<BR>
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However, this hasn't helped things for me as I still am getting a problem with "awk required"<BR>
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I am using 6.1 CVS with Lorenzo's binaries (06 March 06 ) on a macintosh OS 10.4. <BR>
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When I try to add a database column I get:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="Courier, Courier New">v.db.addcol map=CondieHead layer=1 'columns=Elev varchar(10)'<BR>
csh: /sw/bin/init.csh: No such file or directory.<BR>
: awk required, please install awk/gawk first<BR>
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This suggests awk is absent. When I invoke awk from the grass command line, I get:<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier, Courier New">GRASS 6.1.cvs (SaskNad83UTM) > awk<BR>
Usage: awk [-f programfile | 'program'] [-Ffieldsep] [-v var=value] [files]<BR>
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This suggests that awk is present as it lists the help line.<BR>
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I have not installed awk/gawk. It is present in the Mac OSX installation at /usr/bin/awk<BR>
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Are there some environmental or other settings I need to set so that Grass sees awk?<BR>
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This also happens when opening a QGIS connection from the display manager.<BR>
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Thanks<BR>
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Dave<BR>
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