ref: 2a3ee1c2e3e1ea6477ca8715bf1531dbf34367a1 dir: /testdir/t.split8/
{ n = split ($0, x, /[ ]+/) print n if (n != NF) print "split botch at ", NR, n, NF for (i=1; i<=n; i++) if ($i != x[i]) print "different element at ", i, x[i], $i }