Re: [bug-gawk] mixed LF/CRLF scripts: incorrect line numbers

[arnold]

Hi.

"Jannick" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Many thanks for taking the time.

Sure. Glad to help.

> Agree. And this is why - especially on Windows - /^[[:space:]]*$/
> identifies blank lines in CRLF files, while /^[[:blank:]]*$/ does as it
> does not see the CR at the end of the line. This is a subtle difference
> I got often trapped. May I suggest to make in the manual
> (https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#Bracket-Expressions)
> all characters in the character class :space: explicit? Here CR ('\r')
> in the list could help Windows users I believe.

I have made this change and will push it to the Git repo shortly.

Thanks!

Arnold