MacAwk is awk for the Macintosh. A window is opened to allow entering the command for the program to execute. Output redirection to a file is also allowed by this window.
MacAwk looks for a preferences file ( MacAwk Preferences ) in the folder where it resides. If the file exists, it expects the first line of the file to be the complete Macintosh path name of the folder containing the commands and data files it will use. A utility program ( MakePref ) will create a file containing the full path name of the folder in which it resides. To use, move MakePref to the desired data folder, run it, and put the output file back in the folder containing MacAwk.
MacAwk Copyright 1996-8 by James Q. Foster. James Q. Foster retains title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in MacAwk. You may not redistribute MacAwk as part of a commercial product.
MacAwk is freeware. I would appreciate comments from users.
MacAwk is distributed as is, without any warranty or promise of technical support. The author is not liable for any loss of data, damages, or any consequential effect.
Acknowledgement:
This is the version of awk described in "The AWK Programming Language",
by A. V. Aho, B. W. Kernighan, and P. J. Weinberger
(Addison-Wesley, 1988, ISBN 0-201-07981-X).
Changes, mostly bug fixes and occasional enhancements, are listed