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From: dj AT delorie DOT com (DJ Delorie)
Subject: Re: awk acting funny
26 Oct 1996 07:54:31 -0700 :
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In-reply-to: <327182C0.1D0D@engr.orst.edu> (message from Brandon Reed on Fri,
25 Oct 1996 20: 17:20 -0700)
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> D:\bin> dir | gawk '{print "Hello " $1 }'
> GAWK.EXE: cmd. line:1: '{print
> GAWK.EXE: cmd. line:1: ^ Invalid char ''' in expression
> 
> The same command produces normal output on a unix machine, no errors.

Also works OK with djgpp's gawk.
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