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Old 07-07-2006
nawk command not found

Guys, i have an issue. I tried to ran a script and the whole thing was fine.. except when i came to a part,

nawk '
BEGIN {
machine=0
then system prompted that the nawk command was not to be found...
I tried looking for the nawk command by using the "locate" command, and it returns nothing...

how do i solve this problem? thanks in advance people...
Smilie
# 2  
Old 07-07-2006
What system are you using? 'nawk' on Solaris should be in the /usr/bin directory. Try using the command 'which nawk' to find where nawk is in your path.
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Old 07-07-2006
My bad... am using linux.. don't think it caters right?
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Old 07-07-2006
On a Linux system, you're likely using gawk (GNU awk). My /usr/bin/awk is a symlink to /usr/bin/gawk. You can see if they are compatible by changing "nawk" to "awk" in the command. If not, you'd need to track down and install nawk.
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Old 07-07-2006
hi macosta, thanks for the info... i tried changing the script to use awk.. but i guess it doesn't work... as there were errors generated after that...
any info on how to install nawk in linux?
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Old 07-07-2006
Can you post more on the error? One of the helpful awk experts here may be able to help - I thought gawk was mostly compatible with nawk...
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