Hi Branden, > (B) I see a deviation from the GNU Coding Standards for diagnostic > messages; we don't need a space after "troff:" when it's followed > by a file name.
It seems much of the word doesn't comply $ sed -f /etc/passwd sed: file /etc/passwd line 3: extra characters after command $ $ awk -f /etc/passwd |& 3q awk: /etc/passwd:1: root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash awk: /etc/passwd:1: ^ syntax error awk: /etc/passwd:2: bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/usr/bin/nologin $ pacman -Qo /usr/bin/awk /usr/bin/awk is owned by gawk 4.2.1-2 $ $ perl /etc/passwd |& 3q syntax error at /etc/passwd line 1, near "0:" Unknown regexp modifier "/b" at /etc/passwd line 1, at end of line Unknown regexp modifier "/b" at /etc/passwd line 1, at end of line $ -- Cheers, Ralph.