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Re: error: Invalid range end:
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arnold |
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Re: error: Invalid range end: |
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Thu, 09 Jan 2020 08:31:48 -0700 |
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"Jannick" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Jan 2020 07:17:43 -0700, address@hidden wrote:
> > The regexp would not compile, so gawk prints a fatal error message and
> > exits. The error is invalid range.
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> It appears to be a locale issue where a collation character error is
> possible, too:
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> $ locale -u
> de_DE
> $ gawk --version | head -n 1
> GNU Awk 5.0.1, API: 2.0 (GNU MPFR 4.0.2, GNU MP 6.1.2)
> $ gawk '/[\xC0-\xFF]/' in.txt
> gawk: cmd. line:1: error: Invalid collation character: /[□-□]/
> $ LC_ALL=C gawk '/[\xC0-\xFF]/' in.txt
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Except that gawk is supposed to be using Rational Range Interpretation...
Arnold