On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:43:45 +0100 Felix Buenemann <atmosfear at users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > ok, done. my -f/dev/stdin trick is not too portable, but I'm lazy :) Yes, why not directly how awk should be used ?: if awk 'BEGIN{testme();}function testme(){print"test";}' Attila Kinali -- I am a moslem, i am a terrorist.