From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from seine.is.ed.ac.uk (seine.is.ed.ac.uk [129.215.17.202]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DCEB03857C65 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:38:30 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org DCEB03857C65 Received: from crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk (crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk [129.215.202.41]) by seine.is.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 06RGcTno024047 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:38:29 +0100 Received: from ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk (ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk [129.215.24.151]) by crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 06RGcSCx021133; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:38:28 +0100 Received: from ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 06RGcTP3005878; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:38:29 +0100 Received: (from ht@localhost) by ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 06RGcSw4005877; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:38:28 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk: ht set sender to ht@inf.ed.ac.uk using -f To: Bryan VanSchouwen Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem with output from gawk software in recent Cygwin installation References: From: "Henry S. Thompson" Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:38:28 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Bryan VanSchouwen via Cygwin's message of "Mon\, 27 Jul 2020 11\:47\:20 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1012 (Gnus v5.10.12) XEmacs/21.5-b34 (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Edinburgh-Scanned: at seine.is.ed.ac.uk with MIMEDefang 2.84, Sophie, Sophos Anti-Virus, Clam AntiVirus X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 129.215.17.202 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:38:32 -0000 Bryan VanSchouwen via Cygwin writes: > I just tried executing an awk script using the most recent version of gawk, > but the output did not turn out the way that it was supposed to. ... > and previously, this command always printed the values of the three > variables on a single line, separated by spaces; however, now the gawk > software is automatically adding hard-returns between the values The script hasn't changed, but before we know it's gawk that's changed, we need to check that the _input_ hasn't changed. Can you show us a sample? ht -- Henry S. Thompson, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@inf.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ [mail from me _always_ has a .sig like this -- mail without it is forged spam] The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.