[GRASS5] wrapper for awk?

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 09:59:18AM +0700, Justin Hickey wrote:
> Hi Markus
> 
> Markus Neteler wrote - slightly rearranged:
> > Maybe "gawk" is a requirement which can't be fulfilled everywhere,
> > then we should consider option 2.
> 
> Yes, some machines do not install gawk by default, one being SGI.
> 
> However,
> 
> > I have just checked SUN's awk which offers:
> > 
> > awk
> > awk: Usage: awk [-Fc] [-f source | 'cmds'] [files]
>                                      ^^^^^^
> This is also the case on SGI so why can't we use awk? From the 
> fig2grass script we have the following
> 
> gawk --source='
> 
> function formerr() {
>     printf "*** WRONG FIG 3.2 FORMAT ! ***\n"
>     exit 1
> }
> <skip>
> ' $1 $2
> 
> So why can't we do the following?
> 
> awk '
> 
> function formerr() {
>     printf "*** WRONG FIG 3.2 FORMAT ! ***\n"
>     exit 1
> }
> <skip>
> ' $1 $2


You are right. Why not using this "simple" method :-)
Works on Linux... updated in CVS.

Thanks, Justin!

 Markus


> If this does not work, then the only option is the second one. That is,
> store the awk script in a separate file and have fig2grass call
> 
> awk -f fig2grass.awk
> 
> or something like that.
> 
> Just my 2 cents worth.
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> 
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