Re: gawk syntax error

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:08:43 -0500
> From: "Christophel, Roger" <address@hidden>
> 
> gawk '/DESC/ {print "EHCO " $2 " \n" $0} file_1 file_2
> 
> I get the following error:
> 
> gawk: cmd. line:1: '/DESC/
> gawk: cmd. line:1: ^ invalid char ''' in expression
> 
> I'm using Windows XP professional and it seems like the ' is not being
> read as a normal apostrophe.

Yes, you cannot use '...' to quote arguments on Windows.  Use "..."
instead (and escape-protect the literal " with "" or \").