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[gawk] Test return value of awk statement


From: Chris Jones
Subject: [gawk] Test return value of awk statement
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:48:06 -0500
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11)

I'm trying to figure out how I can test the return value of a printf
statement in an awk script.

printf "format", variable
if (condition==bad) {exit 1}               # if printf failed, exit

I have been unable to find what the "condition" in the pseudo-awk above
might be.

Or is it that awk's builtin's do not set a return value?

Thanks,
CJ




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