On 20/01/2021 01:18 pm, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:18:16 +0000, A. Dumas wrote:
>
>> Martin Gregorie  wrote:
>>> In Raspbian Buster the binary is /usr/bin/mawk with awk and nawk as
>>> aliases
>>
>> Not here, or did you not mean aliases to mawk? It's /usr/bin/awk ->
>> /etc/alternatives/awk -> /usr/bin/gawk. /usr/bin/mawk is a separate
>> binary with these properties:
>>
> Well, that is effectively aliases, just selective ones and is what I have
> here. I've newer switched that alternative on my RPi, so I've been
> running mawk as awk.
>
> Fedora does not use alternatives - just /usr/bin/gawk with /usr/bin/awk
> as an alias.
>
>

/usr/bin/awk -> /etc/alternatives/awk -> /usr/bin/gawk
Not aliases, soft links, AIUI

alias awk='gawk' would not work if user not logged in (e.g in cron)

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