Well, I found out what was crashing my awk script.  Comments.

Apparently, a comment can only be 203 characters.  At 204 characters, I get:

awk -f test.awk
Bus error(coredump)

At 205 (and up) I get:

awk -f test.awk
Memory fault(coredump)

I was debugging and created a particularly long print statement and when I
found the problem I just commented the print statement out, just in case I
needed it again.  The development was done on XP and I didn't get any
errors.  When I moved the script to the HP-UX boxes, I got the coredump.  It
makes you want to # your head against a wall...

Mark W.

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