Bug#691684: mawk: gsub does not substitute '\' correctly

2012-10-28 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 06:18:03PM +0100, Mònica Ramírez Arceda wrote: > Package: mawk > Version: 1.3.3-17 > Severity: normal ... > This issue has been also reported here: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mawk/+bug/102208 > http://code.google.com/p/original-mawk/issues/detail?id=14 (

Bug#691684: mawk: gsub does not substitute '\' correctly

2012-10-28 Thread Mònica Ramírez Arceda
Package: mawk Version: 1.3.3-17 Severity: normal Hi, $ cat mawk-backslash-error.awk !/^#/ { gsub(/'\\'/, "''"); print; } $ echo "'\'" | /usr/bin/mawk -f mawk-backslash-error.awk '\' If I use gawk: $ echo "'\'" | /usr/bin/gawk -f mawk-backslash-error.awk '\\' This issue has been