From: qwx@sciops.net
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] [PATCH] awk(1): quote argument for -v option
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 14:47:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F291C5D9B6F7EBD8F49F2D554C83B601@wopr.sciops.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y4X2srVryGMhBXDR@x1.home>
On Tue Nov 29 13:11:23 +0100 2022, anders@adamsgaard.dk wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Running awk from rc, I found that I need to quote the arguments to awk's
> -v option, as in:
>
> awk -v 'myvar=asdf' 'BEGIN{print myvar}'
>
> However, the awk man page specifies this without quotes as "awk -v
> myvar=asdf". I now realize that it will not work without quotes because
> rc tries to interpret the assignment operator.
>
> Is this just a beginner mistake, being used to unix behavior, or worth
> documenting as in the patch below?
>
> Thanks, Anders
Hi,
awk(1)'s manpage seems mostly unchanged from unix. I'm not sure it
makes sense to add quotes there since it's an rc specificity, not awk.
Perhaps a sentence could be added in the BUGS section? Just my 2c.
Thanks!
qwx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-29 13:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-29 12:10 Anders Damsgaard
2022-11-29 13:47 ` qwx [this message]
2022-11-29 14:52 ` Stanley Lieber
2022-11-29 15:14 ` Kurt H Maier
2022-11-29 15:22 ` Stanley Lieber
2022-11-29 16:24 ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2022-11-29 16:28 ` Jacob Moody
2022-11-29 16:43 ` Kurt H Maier
2022-11-29 19:06 ` Stanley Lieber
2022-11-29 19:52 ` Stanley Lieber
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