Re: [9fans] awk, not utf aware...

[Uriel <uriel99@gmail.com>]

>  > %  echo |awk '{print |"echo $KSH_VERSION"}'
>  > @(#)PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2
>
>  Why is this broken?  If the shell that awk is running is PDKSH, or
>  KSH_VERSION exists in the environment, this is to be expected.

I thought it was obvious that the output was from a 'standard' Plan 9
terminal. But given the percentage of people actually using plan9 in
this list, I guess I should have been much more explicit.

And the problem is precisely that the environment under which awk run
commands is completely different from the one awk is run in; in other
words, awk spreads its 'simian' (ape-ish) nature.

uriel