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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2015-05-31 12:04:23 -0400
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2015-05-31 12:04:23 -0400
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POSIX now allows \n for default field splitting. Fix code and doc.
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
. if \w'\(rq' .ds rq "\(rq
. \}
.\}
-.TH GAWK 1 "Apr 02 2015" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
+.TH GAWK 1 "May 31 2015" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
.SH NAME
gawk \- pattern scanning and processing language
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -444,11 +444,6 @@ mode, with the following additional restrictions:
escape sequences are not recognized.
.TP
\(bu
-Only space and tab act as field separators when
-.B FS
-is set to a single space, newline does not.
-.TP
-\(bu
You cannot continue lines after
.B ?
and
@@ -785,9 +780,6 @@ In the special case that
.B FS
is a single space, fields are separated
by runs of spaces and/or tabs and/or newlines.
-(But see the section
-.BR "POSIX COMPATIBILITY" ,
-below).
.BR NOTE :
The value of
.B IGNORECASE