Re: missing man example

[Aharon Robbins]

Greetings.  Re this:

> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:37:37 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Bob Arctor <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: missing man example
>
> ls | awk '{print |"echo for each line pass " $0 "to echo"} '

First, this has a bug in it.  The pipeline should be
closed, otherwise it's possible to run out of processes:

        ls | awk '{ print |"echo for each line pass " $0 "to echo"
                    close("echo for each line pass " $0 "to echo") }'

Second, it is probably better to do it this way:

        ls | awk '{ system("echo for each line pass " $0 "to echo") }'

Third, it's not clear to me why the lack of this example
is a problem.  Can you justify what is so special about it
that it absolutely has to be included on the man page?

Thanks.

Arnold Robbins