Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.fluke 9/24/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!fluke!jeff From: jeff@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Stearns) Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd Subject: awk doesn't wait for subordinate processes to complete Message-ID: <1963@vax4.fluke.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 17:40:09 EST Article-I.D.: vax4.1963 Posted: Tue Nov 27 17:40:09 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 06:20:41 EST Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 37 Index: usr.bin/awk 4.2BSD Description: If one redirects awk output through a filter, awk does not wait for the filter to terminate before awk itself terminates. The output therefore appears asynchronously while subsequent commands are being processed. In a shell script, this can be fatal if the filter is, for example, sort(1). Repeat-By: % awk 'END { print "echo hi" | "sh" }'