echo "30 29 27 26 23" | mawk '{gsub ("^[^ ]+ ", ""); print $0}'
leads to print "23" instead of "29 27 26 23"
According to the man the leading "^" matches the front of a string, but it seems to be ignored.
This works OK with gawk.
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Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
Package: mawk 1.3.3-15ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-42.96-generic 2.6.32.59+drm33.24
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-42-generic i686
UserGroups:
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ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
Package: mawk 1.3.3-17
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic-pae 3.2.27
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic-pae i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:
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