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!zehntel!tektronix!uw-beaver!microsoft!fluke!jeff From: jeff@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Stearns) Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd Subject: awk doesn't wait for subordinate processes to complete Message-ID: <2076@vax4.fluke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 19:05:24 EST Article-I.D.: vax4.2076 Posted: Mon Jan 14 19:05:24 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Jan-85 06:24:49 EST Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 52 Index: usr.bin/awk/main.c 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" }'