The behavior in question is a gawk extension (non-standard), and has been there a while, as documented in this rather old link:
http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/gawk/gawk_214.html -- hex print in mawk does not work on ubuntu 64bit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321890 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs