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-rw-r--r--awklib/eg/prog/cut.awk11
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/awklib/eg/prog/cut.awk b/awklib/eg/prog/cut.awk
index 1399411e..56e35e71 100644
--- a/awklib/eg/prog/cut.awk
+++ b/awklib/eg/prog/cut.awk
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ function usage( e1, e2)
print e2 > "/dev/stderr"
exit 1
}
-BEGIN \
-{
+BEGIN {
FS = "\t" # default
OFS = FS
while ((c = getopt(ARGC, ARGV, "sf:c:d:")) != -1) {
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ BEGIN \
OFS = ""
} else if (c == "d") {
if (length(Optarg) > 1) {
- printf("Using first character of %s" \
+ printf("cut: using first character of %s" \
" for delimiter\n", Optarg) > "/dev/stderr"
Optarg = substr(Optarg, 1, 1)
}
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ BEGIN \
if (FS == " ") # defeat awk semantics
FS = "[ ]"
} else if (c == "s")
- suppress++
+ suppress = 1
else
usage()
}
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ function set_fieldlist( n, m, i, j, k, f, g)
if (index(f[i], "-") != 0) { # a range
m = split(f[i], g, "-")
if (m != 2 || g[1] >= g[2]) {
- printf("bad field list: %s\n",
+ printf("cut: bad field list: %s\n",
f[i]) > "/dev/stderr"
exit 1
}
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ function set_charlist( field, i, j, f, g, n, m, t,
if (index(f[i], "-") != 0) { # range
m = split(f[i], g, "-")
if (m != 2 || g[1] >= g[2]) {
- printf("bad character list: %s\n",
+ printf("cut: bad character list: %s\n",
f[i]) > "/dev/stderr"
exit 1
}