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Old 05-08-2009
Question awk dodginess
Hello,

Code:
HP Alpha Tru64

cscyabl@comet:(tstbass)> echo "00000" | awk '{if ($0 == "") {print "lol"}}'
cscyabl@comet:(tstbass)>

Code:
Sun Solaris

-bash-3.00$ echo "00000" | awk '{if ($0 == "") {print "lol"}}'
lol
-bash-3.00$

Any idea how I can get around this issue? Itīs really weird.
I have re-aliased awk on Solaris to use the xpg4 build.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 05-08-2009
Code:
bash-2.05$ echo "0000" | /usr/xpg4/bin/awk '!NF {print "lol"}'
bash-2.05$ echo "0000" | /usr/xpg4/bin/awk '{if (!length($0)) {print "lol"}}'

# 3  
Old 05-08-2009
Cheers for the reply

As we are moving all our scripts to the Solaris platform we are mostly looking for a way of setting up the environment in a way the original scripts (like the command I wrote above) work the same.

I appreciate the alternatives you proposed though, but it would be even better to make the syntax work if it is possible...
# 4  
Old 05-08-2009
Code:
bash-2.05$ echo '0000' | /usr/bin/nawk '{if ($0 == "") {print "lol"}}'

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