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.

But I also haven't changed those aliases, or at least don't remember. I
would find it very strange if mawk was the default awk anywhere, but
especially on Debian/Raspbian which I have used for quite a few years and
never noticed that awk was linked to mawk. Pretty sure it isn't, in a
standard installation.

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