From: dj AT delorie DOT com (DJ Delorie) Subject: Re: awk acting funny 26 Oct 1996 07:54:31 -0700 Sender: daemon AT cygnus DOT com Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199610261416.KAA27517.cygnus.gnu-win32@delorie.com> Original-To: reed AT engr DOT orst DOT edu Original-CC: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-reply-to: <327182C0.1D0D@engr.orst.edu> (message from Brandon Reed on Fri, 25 Oct 1996 20: 17:20 -0700) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > 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. - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".