Re: [bug-gawk] (no subject)

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

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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