Hey Benny!

 MK>> In conclusion, gawk is good.

 BP> so why use awk ? :=)

  $ readlink /usr/bin/awk
  gawk

It's the same thing here as well as many other distributions (eg slackware).  Only the MS-think types (eg Debian) use mawk.  The heathen bastards!!!

Besides gawk is GNU and is vastly superior to mawk.

What is gentoo's default awk?

Life is good,
Maurice

... Wyrd oft nere¨ unf‘gne eorl ¨onne his ellen deah.
    Fate often saves an undoomed man, when his courage is good.
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