find awk version on HP-UX ia64 B.11.31

[Puspak Patnaik]

How to find awk version on my HP-UX ia64 B.11.31 system ??

[Steven Schweda]

Why do you care? If you knew its version,
what would you do with the information?

Is there some actual problem which you are
trying to solve?

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

HP offers "HP's" implementation. If you are expecting some GNU variant, don't.

You could try something like:

# file /usr/bin/awk

Regards!

...JRF...

[Stephan.]

To get some number or Patch information:

what /usr/bin/awk

hth
Stephan

[Puspak Patnaik]

One of the customer is facing a problem which executing a batch file, they are getting the error
"CBALLPR cannot have more than 199 fields"

This same batch file is working properly on another server, so they need to confirm if "awk" version is same on both servers or not....

$ awk --version
Usage: awk [-F fs][-v Assignment][-f Progfile|Program][Assignment|File] ...
$ file /usr/bin/awk
/usr/bin/awk: ELF-32 executable object file - IA64

How can I find version from above ?

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again):

> "CBALLPR cannot have more than 199 fields"

This same batch file is working properly on another server, so they need to confirm if "awk" version is same on both servers or not....

Non-GNU 'awk' as found on HP-UX has the 199-field limitation.

If the same code is working on another server, ask the question (1) is this an HP-UX server, too, with a "standard" 'awk' *AND* is the data being processed identical.

If you are concerned about patches, do something like:

# swlist -l product|grep -i awk

Regards!

...JRF...

[Puspak Patnaik]

$ what /usr/bin/awk
/usr/bin/awk:
main.c $Date: 2009/02/17 15:25:17 $Revision: r11.31/1 PATCH_11.31 (PHCO_36132)
run.c $Date: 2009/02/17 15:25:20 $Revision: r11.31/1 PATCH_11.31 (PHCO_36132)
$Revision: @(#) awk R11.31_BL2009_0427_1 PATCH_11.31 PHCO_36132

"what /usr/bin/awk" works...!!!!

[Dennis Handly]

>"CBALLPR cannot have more than 199 fields"

This is an HP-UX awk limitation. You need to use gawk.

>This same batch file is working properly on another server, so they need to confirm if "awk" version is same on both servers or not.
$ awk --version
Usage: awk [-F fs][-v Assignment]

This may work with gawk, not HP's.
If it works on another system, as JRF suggested, perhaps the data is different?

>what /usr/bin/awk works

So do you have PHCO_36132 on both?