On Thursday 19 July 2001 06:33 am, you wrote:

> If it *is* GNU-specific, I really wonder if it could be made to work
> under any awk.

Why not just do it in Perl? The enclosed was translated using a2p and 
produces the same output.

-- 
Ned Konz
currently: Stanwood, WA
email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
homepage:  http://bike-nomad.com
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