Re: [bug-gawk] (no subject)

[arnold]

This is all correct advice. You might also check the man page for
screenfetch (man screenfetch) and see if there is a bug reporting
address and report a bug to them.

Thanks,

Arnold

"Nelson H. F. Beebe" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Ahmed Zahoor asks about this warning:
>
>     $ screenfetch
>     awk: cmd. line:7: warning: regexp escape sequence `\"' is not a known 
> regexp operator
>
> Some time ago, gawk tightened up its checking of escape sequences, and
> many of us have had to tweak old awk scripts as a result to remove the
> warnings.
>
> Run 
>
>     $ which screenfetch
>
> to find out where the program is coming from.  Then examine that file
> with a text editor (root access might be needed if you are not the
> owner), and search for an invocation of awk, either with an inline
> program, or a -f option that points to the program, and then look at
> line 7.  You should then be able to repair the incorrect escape.
>
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