Hello,

in STABLE release of grml I found a bug reproducable with GNU awk 3.1.7 
and 3.1.8. There is this code:

       awk '/iface/{if(/'"$DV"'/){found=1}else{found=0}}
         /address/{if(found){address=$NF}}
         /netmask/{if(found){netmask=$NF}}
         /broadcast/{if(found){broadcast=$NF}}
         /gateway/{if(found){gateway=$NF}}
         /dns-nameservers/{if(found){dns-nameservers=$NF}}
         END{print address" "netmask" "broadcast" "gateway" 
"dns-nameservers}' /etc/network/interfaces >"$TMP"

But when it is executed it fails with:
awk: cmd. line:5:         /dns-nameservers/{if(found){dns-nameservers=$NF}}
awk: cmd. line:5:                                                    ^ 
syntax error

The reason I believe is that character "-" is not allowed in variable 
name in awk. When replacing the code with following, it works correctly:

       awk '/iface/{if(/'"$DV"'/){found=1}else{found=0}}
         /address/{if(found){address=$NF}}
         /netmask/{if(found){netmask=$NF}}
         /broadcast/{if(found){broadcast=$NF}}
         /gateway/{if(found){gateway=$NF}}
         /dns-nameservers/{if(found){dnsnameservers=$NF}}
         END{print address" "netmask" "broadcast" "gateway" 
"dnsnameservers}' /etc/network/interfaces >"$TMP"

Regards,
Marek
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