# Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:59:42 +0600 # From: Alexander Sashnov # Subject: addon to gawk test suite # Sender: asashnov@sashnov.plesk.ru # To: "Arnold D. Robbins" # Message-id: # # # Hello, Arnold. # # I'm hit bug on SuSE 9.1 with awk: # # vsuse91:~ # echo "a:b:c" | awk '{ print $2 }' 'FS=[ :]' # b # vsuse91:~ # echo "a:b:c" | awk '{ print $2 }' 'FS=[ :]+' # awk: cmd. line:2: fatal: Trailing backslash: /[ :]+/ # # vsuse91:~ # awk --version # GNU Awk 3.1.3 # # # # But on my Debian machine all OK: # # asashnov@sashnov:~$ echo "a:b:c" | awk '{ print $2 }' 'FS=[ :]' # b # asashnov@sashnov:~$ echo "a:b:c" | awk '{ print $2 }' 'FS=[ :]+' # b # asashnov@sashnov:~$ awk --version # GNU Awk 3.1.4 # # # Need add test for this sample to gawk test suite for avoid this problems in future. # -- # Alexander Sashnov # Plesk QA Engineer # SWsoft, Inc. # E-mail: asashnov@sw-soft.com # ICQ UIN: 79404252 { print $2 }