I used the awk script(s):
awk '{printf "%s %s #%s\n", $1, $2, $3}' awktest.in | s.in.ascii sites=awktest.
out input=awktest.in
and it worked beautifully. When you run the awktest.out file thru s.menu
(options 1 and 6) a raster map is produced.
Thanks to all.
-Nancy