4 ms·Thank you mtdewcmu, did not know about the built in sort in gawk, will make the switch.by hvd 13y agoThank you mtdewcmu, did not know about the built in sort in gawk, will make the switch.mtdewcmu 13y agoUsing gawk-only features means sacrificing portability, but gawk is so much more refined than the other awks. I don't know why it's not the default awk on a lot of OSes.hvd 13y agowouldn't installing gawk on all target machines take care of portability?mtdewcmu 13y agoYes. As long as you have the right version of gawk, you're good to go.epo 13y agoPortability usually means taking the machine as you find it. If you're pre-installing stuff then that is just configuring your environment.