New awk Features (was: passing command line arguments to awk)

[W. H. Pollock x4575 3S235]

I'm not sure AT&T has released the new version of awk yet.  For all I know it
may be part of some new UNIX release.  I was a beta-site for it.  The new
release does contain an ARGC, ARGV argument passing mechanism, as well as many
bug fixes (I/O redirection and pipes now works properly), user definable
functions, improved error handling and diagnostics, performance improvments, and
the ability to "compile" awk programs to make them run real fast.

I don't know to official status of this, like whether its finished yet or still
in testing, but I liked it.

No, I can't mail you my copy, but you can try official channels (exptools, TOAD,
AT&T Tool Chest, your AT&T Sales Rep., or whatever).

DISCLAIMER: I am NOT an AT&T Company Representitive, or even an employee!

Wayne H. Pollock, ...!cbnap!whp  CB x4575  Room: 3S-235

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