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  1. desanti

    can work hard coded but not cmd line

    i miskeyed "%4.3f\n" as "%4.3\nf".it is correct in the program.how do i respond to individual answers to my query?? thank you.
  2. desanti

    can work hard coded but not cmd line

    To PHV neither of those work. TO P5WIZARD the first should work. the second is fine but the decimal is wrong(888.96) #BEGIN {printf ("%4.3f\n",(pv * rte)^yrs)} #this works passing variables pv(887.10),rte,yrs. gives fv. BEGIN {printf ("%4.3\nf",(pv / rte)^yrs)} #this does NOT work using pv...
  3. desanti

    can work hard coded but not cmd line

    i am passing variables pv,rte,yrs to pgm. BEGIN {printf ("%4.3f",(pv * rte)^yrs)} #this works passing pv = 887.10,rte=1.04,yrs=3. aNS = 1000.this gives future value. this does not; BEGIN {printf ("%4.3f",(pv / rte)^yrs)} this should give the original pv(887.10) using pv = 1000,rte=1.04,yrs=3...
  4. desanti

    download-(awk,gawk,nawk) for use with windows

    Hi: i currently have awk on my pc but it is giving me trouble. how do i get a current version of awk or gawk or nawk?also how do i install it? i am getting senile and forget what the hell i do sometimes.please be explicit. thank you.
  5. desanti

    retrieving prior command with awk

    thanx for the input but that does not seem to work.in win98se i used the up arrow(hex AE(?)) and it worked fine. with winxp you get "^[[C" for the right arrow and "^[[A" for the up arrow. perhaps some parameter or needs to be set.?
  6. desanti

    retrieving prior command with awk

    Hi: finally got awk to work with xp machine.minor glitches but workable. biggest pain is not being able to retrieve prior command(s). with win98se i could use the up/down arrows and get the prior commands. with xp i can not do this.tried combinations but to avail...
  7. desanti

    follow on need download of awk xp

    Hi: resizing is resolved but errmsg is not.
  8. desanti

    follow on need download of awk xp

    hi: i managed to get awk95 from at&t working on xp with 2 exceptions:when my window opens i get this message: (date and time) 9e8=81152:regopen failed. however i can use awk. the second is that with win98se i could resize my window.with xp using a shortcut to...
  9. desanti

    need download of awk for xp

    hi: thanx again. for some reason i get a full screen automatically.prior to this i had a windows screen.this looks like a dos screen.
  10. desanti

    need download of awk for xp

    hi; thanx for the site,unfortunately when i wish to download,i am asked for a FTP identifier. i do not know how to respond.
  11. desanti

    need download of awk for xp

    Hi: i have used awk with win98se. i have a winxp machine and wish to download awk which will work with xp. could someone please provide the site(link) for the download. please be as specific as possible. i wish to have the latest version of awk(gawk,nawk) and i can not remember what site i got...
  12. desanti

    need file names

    Hi: thanks to all.
  13. desanti

    need file names

    Hi; you are right i am in a windows98se os.but i have the ability to use awk and sed(ksh).i have used awk and sed many times.all i wish to do is access my c: drive and find all files with an .mp3 extension.it is easy to do if i go to the folder where i know where the mp3 files are.but if they...
  14. desanti

    need file names

    Hi; thanx for the input but i did not make myself clear.i want to do it with AWK or UNIX(?).i have done it with dir.
  15. desanti

    need file names

    Hi; i wish to find files on my hard drive(c:) that have an extension of .MP3(.mp3).that includes directories and files. i have tried some things but they do not work.i thought FILENAME option with some info would get if for me but it does not.i do not want to use "find" in windows.thank you
  16. desanti

    long file names

    futurelet. thanx for your input and because of it i saw the error that i made.again thank you.
  17. desanti

    long file names

    vgersh99: the question is how to access the file on the command line?awk returns an error saying it cannot access the file?i have tried a number of permutations but to no avail.obviously my syntax is incorrect,but how? see original question: the first reference to c: will not work including the...
  18. desanti

    long file names

    Hi:I am using awk on my windows machine and it is great.i have a problem when trying to access files with long names: i.e. c:/Program Files/Abcd/My Folder.the caps are correct and the spaces in the file names are correct.windows stores the filename as:c\Progra~1\Abcd\Myshar~1 because of the 8...
  19. desanti

    print to a windows file

    PHV; as i understand it the utility with the --y prints out the calander for the year otherwise it prints the current month.
  20. desanti

    print to a windows file

    PHV:cal --y is a program/function to print the current year in a calendar format.i believe about 30 years ago that existed in unix.i could be wrong.thanx

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