On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:29:20 -0400
Michael Butler via freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> wrote:
> I tripped over this while trying to build a local release ..
>
> imb@toshi:/home/imb> pkg --version | awk -F. '{print $$1 * 10000 +
> $$2 * 100 + $$3}'
> 10001
>
> imb@toshi:/home/imb> pkg --version
> 1.17.1
>
> Is this expected?
Yes, as you're using $$ instead of $.
With single dollar sign you'll get the expected value of:
11701
With double dollar you reference the content of the field, so in case
of 1.17.1:
$$1 * 10000 + $$2 * 100 + $$3
is equal to
$1 * 10000 + $17 + $1
Which is:
10000 + 0 + 1
Which equals
10001
-m
>
> imb
--
Michael Gmelin
