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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2015-01-21 08:49:49 +0200
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+++ b/doc/gawk.info
@@ -2278,9 +2278,10 @@ built-in functions for working with timestamps, performing bit
manipulation, for runtime string translation (internationalization),
determining the type of a variable, and array sorting.
- As we develop our presentation of the `awk' language, we introduce
-most of the variables and many of the functions. They are described
-systematically in *note Built-in Variables::, and in *note Built-in::.
+ As we develop our presentation of the `awk' language, we will
+introduce most of the variables and many of the functions. They are
+described systematically in *note Built-in Variables::, and in *note
+Built-in::.

File: gawk.info, Node: When, Next: Intro Summary, Prev: Other Features, Up: Getting Started
@@ -2345,7 +2346,7 @@ File: gawk.info, Node: Intro Summary, Prev: When, Up: Getting Started
* You may use backslash continuation to continue a source line.
Lines are automatically continued after a comma, open brace,
- question mark, colon, `||', `&&', `do' and `else'.
+ question mark, colon, `||', `&&', `do', and `else'.

File: gawk.info, Node: Invoking Gawk, Next: Regexp, Prev: Getting Started, Up: Top
@@ -2412,8 +2413,8 @@ File: gawk.info, Node: Options, Next: Other Arguments, Prev: Command Line, U
Options begin with a dash and consist of a single character. GNU-style
long options consist of two dashes and a keyword. The keyword can be
abbreviated, as long as the abbreviation allows the option to be
-uniquely identified. If the option takes an argument, then the keyword
-is either immediately followed by an equals sign (`=') and the
+uniquely identified. If the option takes an argument, either the
+keyword is immediately followed by an equals sign (`=') and the
argument's value, or the keyword and the argument's value are separated
by whitespace. If a particular option with a value is given more than
once, it is the last value that counts.
@@ -2428,10 +2429,10 @@ The following list describes options mandated by the POSIX standard:
`-f SOURCE-FILE'
`--file SOURCE-FILE'
- Read `awk' program source from SOURCE-FILE instead of in the first
- nonoption argument. This option may be given multiple times; the
- `awk' program consists of the concatenation of the contents of
- each specified SOURCE-FILE.
+ Read the `awk' program source from SOURCE-FILE instead of in the
+ first nonoption argument. This option may be given multiple
+ times; the `awk' program consists of the concatenation of the
+ contents of each specified SOURCE-FILE.
`-v VAR=VAL'
`--assign VAR=VAL'
@@ -2472,7 +2473,7 @@ The following list describes options mandated by the POSIX standard:
`-b'
`--characters-as-bytes'
Cause `gawk' to treat all input data as single-byte characters.
- In addition, all output written with `print' or `printf' are
+ In addition, all output written with `print' or `printf' is
treated as single-byte characters.
Normally, `gawk' follows the POSIX standard and attempts to process
@@ -2480,7 +2481,7 @@ The following list describes options mandated by the POSIX standard:
This can often involve converting multibyte characters into wide
characters (internally), and can lead to problems or confusion if
the input data does not contain valid multibyte characters. This
- option is an easy way to tell `gawk': "hands off my data!".
+ option is an easy way to tell `gawk', "Hands off my data!"
`-c'
`--traditional'
@@ -2515,7 +2516,7 @@ The following list describes options mandated by the POSIX standard:
default, the debugger reads commands interactively from the
keyboard (standard input). The optional FILE argument allows you
to specify a file with a list of commands for the debugger to
- execute non-interactively. No space is allowed between the `-D'
+ execute noninteractively. No space is allowed between the `-D'
and FILE, if FILE is supplied.
`-e' PROGRAM-TEXT
@@ -2550,23 +2551,23 @@ The following list describes options mandated by the POSIX standard:
`-g'
`--gen-pot'
- Analyze the source program and generate a GNU `gettext' Portable
- Object Template file on standard output for all string constants
+ Analyze the source program and generate a GNU `gettext' portable
+ object template file on standard output for all string constants
that have been marked for translation. *Note
Internationalization::, for information about this option.
`-h'
`--help'
- Print a "usage" message summarizing the short and long style
+ Print a "usage" message summarizing the short- and long-style
options that `gawk' accepts and then exit.
`-i' SOURCE-FILE
`--include' SOURCE-FILE
Read an `awk' source library from SOURCE-FILE. This option is
completely equivalent to using the `@include' directive inside
- your program. This option is very similar to the `-f' option, but
- there are two important differences. First, when `-i' is used,
- the program source is not loaded if it has been previously loaded,
+ your program. It is very similar to the `-f' option, but there
+ are two important differences. First, when `-i' is used, the
+ program source is not loaded if it has been previously loaded,
whereas with `-f', `gawk' always loads the file. Second, because
this option is intended to be used with code libraries, `gawk'
does not recognize such files as constituting main program input.
@@ -2628,7 +2629,7 @@ The following list describes options mandated by the POSIX standard:
`-o'[FILE]
`--pretty-print'[`='FILE]
- Enable pretty-printing of `awk' programs. By default, output
+ Enable pretty-printing of `awk' programs. By default, the output
program is created in a file named `awkprof.out' (*note
Profiling::). The optional FILE argument allows you to specify a
different file name for the output. No space is allowed between
@@ -2734,7 +2735,7 @@ input as a source of data.)
Because it is clumsy using the standard `awk' mechanisms to mix
source file and command-line `awk' programs, `gawk' provides the `-e'
-option. This does not require you to pre-empt the standard input for
+option. This does not require you to preempt the standard input for
your source code; it allows you to easily mix command-line and library
source code (*note AWKPATH Variable::). As with `-f', the `-e' and `-i'
options may also be used multiple times on the command line.
@@ -2893,7 +2894,7 @@ implementations, you must supply a precise pathname for each program
file, unless the file is in the current directory. But with `gawk', if
the file name supplied to the `-f' or `-i' options does not contain a
directory separator `/', then `gawk' searches a list of directories
-(called the "search path"), one by one, looking for a file with the
+(called the "search path") one by one, looking for a file with the
specified name.
The search path is a string consisting of directory names separated by
@@ -2926,9 +2927,9 @@ or by placing two colons next to each other [`::'].)
Different past versions of `gawk' would also look explicitly in
the current directory, either before or after the path search. As
- of version 4.1.2, this no longer happens, and if you wish to look
- in the current directory, you must include `.' either as a separate
- entry, or as a null entry in the search path.
+ of version 4.1.2, this no longer happens; if you wish to look in
+ the current directory, you must include `.' either as a separate
+ entry or as a null entry in the search path.
The default value for `AWKPATH' is `.:/usr/local/share/awk'.(2)
Since `.' is included at the beginning, `gawk' searches first in the
@@ -3040,7 +3041,7 @@ change. The variables are:
If this variable exists, `gawk' includes the file name and line
number within the `gawk' source code from which warning and/or
fatal messages are generated. Its purpose is to help isolate the
- source of a message, as there are multiple places which produce the
+ source of a message, as there are multiple places that produce the
same warning or error message.
`GAWK_NO_DFA'
@@ -3056,16 +3057,16 @@ change. The variables are:
evaluation stack, when needed.
`INT_CHAIN_MAX'
- The intended maximum number of items `gawk' will maintain on a
- hash chain for managing arrays indexed by integers.
+ This specifies intended maximum number of items `gawk' will
+ maintain on a hash chain for managing arrays indexed by integers.
`STR_CHAIN_MAX'
- The intended maximum number of items `gawk' will maintain on a
- hash chain for managing arrays indexed by strings.
+ This specifies intended maximum number of items `gawk' will
+ maintain on a hash chain for managing arrays indexed by strings.
`TIDYMEM'
If this variable exists, `gawk' uses the `mtrace()' library calls
- from GNU LIBC to help track down possible memory leaks.
+ from the GNU C library to help track down possible memory leaks.

File: gawk.info, Node: Exit Status, Next: Include Files, Prev: Environment Variables, Up: Invoking Gawk
@@ -3097,11 +3098,11 @@ This minor node describes a feature that is specific to `gawk'.
files. This gives you the ability to split large `awk' source files
into smaller, more manageable pieces, and also lets you reuse common
`awk' code from various `awk' scripts. In other words, you can group
-together `awk' functions, used to carry out specific tasks, into
-external files. These files can be used just like function libraries,
-using the `@include' keyword in conjunction with the `AWKPATH'
-environment variable. Note that source files may also be included
-using the `-i' option.
+together `awk' functions used to carry out specific tasks into external
+files. These files can be used just like function libraries, using the
+`@include' keyword in conjunction with the `AWKPATH' environment
+variable. Note that source files may also be included using the `-i'
+option.
Let's see an example. We'll start with two (trivial) `awk' scripts,
namely `test1' and `test2'. Here is the `test1' script:
@@ -3163,11 +3164,11 @@ Variable::) apply to `@include' also.
This is very helpful in constructing `gawk' function libraries. If
you have a large script with useful, general-purpose `awk' functions,
you can break it down into library files and put those files in a
-special directory. You can then include those "libraries," using
-either the full pathnames of the files, or by setting the `AWKPATH'
+special directory. You can then include those "libraries," either by
+using the full pathnames of the files, or by setting the `AWKPATH'
environment variable accordingly and then using `@include' with just
-the file part of the full pathname. Of course, you can have more than
-one directory to keep library files; the more complex the working
+the file part of the full pathname. Of course, you can keep library
+files in more than one directory; the more complex the working
environment is, the more directories you may need to organize the files
to be included.
@@ -3179,8 +3180,8 @@ particular, `@include' is very useful for writing CGI scripts to be run
from web pages.
As mentioned in *note AWKPATH Variable::, the current directory is
-always searched first for source files, before searching in `AWKPATH',
-and this also applies to files named with `@include'.
+always searched first for source files, before searching in `AWKPATH';
+this also applies to files named with `@include'.

File: gawk.info, Node: Loading Shared Libraries, Next: Obsolete, Prev: Include Files, Up: Invoking Gawk
@@ -3225,8 +3226,8 @@ File: gawk.info, Node: Obsolete, Next: Undocumented, Prev: Loading Shared Lib
====================================
This minor node describes features and/or command-line options from
-previous releases of `gawk' that are either not available in the
-current version or that are still supported but deprecated (meaning that
+previous releases of `gawk' that either are not available in the
+current version or are still supported but deprecated (meaning that
they will _not_ be in the next release).
The process-related special files `/dev/pid', `/dev/ppid',
@@ -3254,7 +3255,7 @@ File: gawk.info, Node: Invoking Summary, Prev: Undocumented, Up: Invoking Gaw
run `awk'.
* The three standard options for all versions of `awk' are `-f',
- `-F' and `-v'. `gawk' supplies these and many others, as well as
+ `-F', and `-v'. `gawk' supplies these and many others, as well as
corresponding GNU-style long options.
* Nonoption command-line arguments are usually treated as file names,
@@ -3284,7 +3285,7 @@ File: gawk.info, Node: Invoking Summary, Prev: Undocumented, Up: Invoking Gaw
* `gawk' allows you to load additional functions written in C or C++
using the `@load' statement and/or the `-l' option. (This
- advanced feature is described later on in *note Dynamic
+ advanced feature is described later, in *note Dynamic
Extensions::.)

@@ -3433,7 +3434,7 @@ sequences apply to both string constants and regexp constants:
Horizontal TAB, `Ctrl-i', ASCII code 9 (HT).
`\v'
- Vertical tab, `Ctrl-k', ASCII code 11 (VT).
+ Vertical TAB, `Ctrl-k', ASCII code 11 (VT).
`\NNN'
The octal value NNN, where NNN stands for 1 to 3 digits between
@@ -3483,7 +3484,7 @@ normally be a regexp operator. For example, `/a\+b/' matches the three
characters `a+b'.
For complete portability, do not use a backslash before any
-character not shown in the previous list and that is not an operator.
+character not shown in the previous list or that is not an operator.
Backslash Before Regular Characters
@@ -3545,7 +3546,7 @@ and converted into corresponding real characters as the very first step
in processing regexps.
Here is a list of metacharacters. All characters that are not escape
-sequences and that are not listed in the following stand for themselves:
+sequences and that are not listed here stand for themselves:
`\'
This suppresses the special meaning of a character when matching.
@@ -3628,7 +3629,7 @@ sequences and that are not listed in the following stand for themselves:
There are two subtle points to understand about how `*' works.
First, the `*' applies only to the single preceding regular
expression component (e.g., in `ph*', it applies just to the `h').
- To cause `*' to apply to a larger sub-expression, use parentheses:
+ To cause `*' to apply to a larger subexpression, use parentheses:
`(ph)*' matches `ph', `phph', `phphph', and so on.
Second, `*' finds as many repetitions as possible. If the text to
@@ -3659,10 +3660,10 @@ sequences and that are not listed in the following stand for themselves:
Matches `whhhy', but not `why' or `whhhhy'.
`wh{3,5}y'
- Matches `whhhy', `whhhhy', or `whhhhhy', only.
+ Matches `whhhy', `whhhhy', or `whhhhhy' only.
`wh{2,}y'
- Matches `whhy' or `whhhy', and so on.
+ Matches `whhy', `whhhy', and so on.
Interval expressions were not traditionally available in `awk'.
They were added as part of the POSIX standard to make `awk' and
@@ -3764,7 +3765,7 @@ Class Meaning
`[:print:]' Printable characters (characters that are not control
characters)
`[:punct:]' Punctuation characters (characters that are not letters,
- digits control characters, or space characters)
+ digits, control characters, or space characters)
`[:space:]' Space characters (such as space, TAB, and formfeed, to name
a few)
`[:upper:]' Uppercase alphabetic characters
@@ -20609,8 +20610,8 @@ File: gawk.info, Node: Gawk I18N, Next: I18N Summary, Prev: I18N Example, Up
`gawk' itself has been internationalized using the GNU `gettext'
package. (GNU `gettext' is described in complete detail in *note (GNU
`gettext' utilities)Top:: gettext, GNU gettext tools.) As of this
-writing, the latest version of GNU `gettext' is version 0.19.3
-(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.19.3.tar.gz).
+writing, the latest version of GNU `gettext' is version 0.19.4
+(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.19.4.tar.gz).
If a translation of `gawk''s messages exists, then `gawk' produces
usage messages, warnings, and fatal errors in the local language.
@@ -21967,7 +21968,7 @@ so:
$ gawk --version
-| GNU Awk 4.1.2, API: 1.1 (GNU MPFR 3.1.0-p3, GNU MP 5.0.2)
- -| Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-2014 Free Software Foundation.
+ -| Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-2015 Free Software Foundation.
...
(You may see different version numbers than what's shown here. That's
@@ -28416,7 +28417,7 @@ Unix `awk'
git clone git://github.com/onetrueawk/awk bwkawk
- This command creates a copy of the Git (http://www.git-scm.com)
+ This command creates a copy of the Git (http://git-scm.com)
repository in a directory named `bwkawk'. If you leave that
argument off the `git' command line, the repository copy is
created in a directory named `awk'.
@@ -28648,7 +28649,7 @@ released versions of `gawk'.
changes, you will probably wish to work with the development version.
To do so, you will need to access the `gawk' source code repository.
The code is maintained using the Git distributed version control system
-(http://git-scm.com/). You will need to install it if your system
+(http://git-scm.com). You will need to install it if your system
doesn't have it. Once you have done so, use the command:
git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gawk.git
@@ -34486,526 +34487,526 @@ Node: More Complex102518
Node: Statements/Lines105380
Ref: Statements/Lines-Footnote-1109835
Node: Other Features110100
-Node: When111031
-Ref: When-Footnote-1112785
-Node: Intro Summary112850
-Node: Invoking Gawk113733
-Node: Command Line115247
-Node: Options116045
-Ref: Options-Footnote-1131849
-Ref: Options-Footnote-2132078
-Node: Other Arguments132103
-Node: Naming Standard Input135051
-Node: Environment Variables136144
-Node: AWKPATH Variable136702
-Ref: AWKPATH Variable-Footnote-1140115
-Ref: AWKPATH Variable-Footnote-2140160
-Node: AWKLIBPATH Variable140420
-Node: Other Environment Variables141676
-Node: Exit Status145164
-Node: Include Files145840
-Node: Loading Shared Libraries149437
-Node: Obsolete150864
-Node: Undocumented151561
-Node: Invoking Summary151828
-Node: Regexp153492
-Node: Regexp Usage154946
-Node: Escape Sequences156983
-Node: Regexp Operators163224
-Ref: Regexp Operators-Footnote-1170650
-Ref: Regexp Operators-Footnote-2170797
-Node: Bracket Expressions170895
-Ref: table-char-classes172910
-Node: Leftmost Longest175834
-Node: Computed Regexps177136
-Node: GNU Regexp Operators180533
-Node: Case-sensitivity184206
-Ref: Case-sensitivity-Footnote-1187091
-Ref: Case-sensitivity-Footnote-2187326
-Node: Regexp Summary187434
-Node: Reading Files188901
-Node: Records190995
-Node: awk split records191728
-Node: gawk split records196643
-Ref: gawk split records-Footnote-1201187
-Node: Fields201224
-Ref: Fields-Footnote-1204000
-Node: Nonconstant Fields204086
-Ref: Nonconstant Fields-Footnote-1206329
-Node: Changing Fields206533
-Node: Field Separators212462
-Node: Default Field Splitting215167
-Node: Regexp Field Splitting216284
-Node: Single Character Fields219634
-Node: Command Line Field Separator220693
-Node: Full Line Fields223905
-Ref: Full Line Fields-Footnote-1225422
-Ref: Full Line Fields-Footnote-2225468
-Node: Field Splitting Summary225569
-Node: Constant Size227643
-Node: Splitting By Content232232
-Ref: Splitting By Content-Footnote-1236226
-Node: Multiple Line236389
-Ref: Multiple Line-Footnote-1242275
-Node: Getline242454
-Node: Plain Getline244666
-Node: Getline/Variable247306
-Node: Getline/File248454
-Node: Getline/Variable/File249838
-Ref: Getline/Variable/File-Footnote-1251441
-Node: Getline/Pipe251528
-Node: Getline/Variable/Pipe254211
-Node: Getline/Coprocess255342
-Node: Getline/Variable/Coprocess256594
-Node: Getline Notes257333
-Node: Getline Summary260125
-Ref: table-getline-variants260537
-Node: Read Timeout261366
-Ref: Read Timeout-Footnote-1265190
-Node: Command-line directories265248
-Node: Input Summary266153
-Node: Input Exercises269454
-Node: Printing270182
-Node: Print271959
-Node: Print Examples273416
-Node: Output Separators276195
-Node: OFMT278213
-Node: Printf279567
-Node: Basic Printf280352
-Node: Control Letters281922
-Node: Format Modifiers285905
-Node: Printf Examples291914
-Node: Redirection294400
-Node: Special FD301241
-Ref: Special FD-Footnote-1304401
-Node: Special Files304475
-Node: Other Inherited Files305092
-Node: Special Network306092
-Node: Special Caveats306954
-Node: Close Files And Pipes307905
-Ref: Close Files And Pipes-Footnote-1315087
-Ref: Close Files And Pipes-Footnote-2315235
-Node: Output Summary315385
-Node: Output Exercises316383
-Node: Expressions317063
-Node: Values318248
-Node: Constants318926
-Node: Scalar Constants319617
-Ref: Scalar Constants-Footnote-1320476
-Node: Nondecimal-numbers320726
-Node: Regexp Constants323744
-Node: Using Constant Regexps324269
-Node: Variables327412
-Node: Using Variables328067
-Node: Assignment Options329978
-Node: Conversion331853
-Node: Strings And Numbers332377
-Ref: Strings And Numbers-Footnote-1335442
-Node: Locale influences conversions335551
-Ref: table-locale-affects338298
-Node: All Operators338886
-Node: Arithmetic Ops339516
-Node: Concatenation342021
-Ref: Concatenation-Footnote-1344840
-Node: Assignment Ops344946
-Ref: table-assign-ops349925
-Node: Increment Ops351197
-Node: Truth Values and Conditions354635
-Node: Truth Values355720
-Node: Typing and Comparison356769
-Node: Variable Typing357579
-Node: Comparison Operators361232
-Ref: table-relational-ops361642
-Node: POSIX String Comparison365137
-Ref: POSIX String Comparison-Footnote-1366209
-Node: Boolean Ops366347
-Ref: Boolean Ops-Footnote-1370826
-Node: Conditional Exp370917
-Node: Function Calls372644
-Node: Precedence376524
-Node: Locales380185
-Node: Expressions Summary381817
-Node: Patterns and Actions384377
-Node: Pattern Overview385497
-Node: Regexp Patterns387176
-Node: Expression Patterns387719
-Node: Ranges391429
-Node: BEGIN/END394535
-Node: Using BEGIN/END395296
-Ref: Using BEGIN/END-Footnote-1398030
-Node: I/O And BEGIN/END398136
-Node: BEGINFILE/ENDFILE400450
-Node: Empty403351
-Node: Using Shell Variables403668
-Node: Action Overview405941
-Node: Statements408267
-Node: If Statement410115
-Node: While Statement411610
-Node: Do Statement413639
-Node: For Statement414783
-Node: Switch Statement417940
-Node: Break Statement420322
-Node: Continue Statement422363
-Node: Next Statement424190
-Node: Nextfile Statement426571
-Node: Exit Statement429201
-Node: Built-in Variables431604
-Node: User-modified432737
-Ref: User-modified-Footnote-1440418
-Node: Auto-set440480
-Ref: Auto-set-Footnote-1454172
-Ref: Auto-set-Footnote-2454377
-Node: ARGC and ARGV454433
-Node: Pattern Action Summary458651
-Node: Arrays461078
-Node: Array Basics462407
-Node: Array Intro463251
-Ref: figure-array-elements465215
-Ref: Array Intro-Footnote-1467741
-Node: Reference to Elements467869
-Node: Assigning Elements470321
-Node: Array Example470812
-Node: Scanning an Array472570
-Node: Controlling Scanning475586
-Ref: Controlling Scanning-Footnote-1480782
-Node: Numeric Array Subscripts481098
-Node: Uninitialized Subscripts483283
-Node: Delete484900
-Ref: Delete-Footnote-1487643
-Node: Multidimensional487700
-Node: Multiscanning490797
-Node: Arrays of Arrays492386
-Node: Arrays Summary497145
-Node: Functions499237
-Node: Built-in500136
-Node: Calling Built-in501214
-Node: Numeric Functions503205
-Ref: Numeric Functions-Footnote-1508024
-Ref: Numeric Functions-Footnote-2508381
-Ref: Numeric Functions-Footnote-3508429
-Node: String Functions508701
-Ref: String Functions-Footnote-1532176
-Ref: String Functions-Footnote-2532305
-Ref: String Functions-Footnote-3532553
-Node: Gory Details532640
-Ref: table-sub-escapes534421
-Ref: table-sub-proposed535941
-Ref: table-posix-sub537305
-Ref: table-gensub-escapes538841
-Ref: Gory Details-Footnote-1539673
-Node: I/O Functions539824
-Ref: I/O Functions-Footnote-1547042
-Node: Time Functions547189
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-1557677
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-2557745
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-3557903
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-4558014
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-5558126
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-6558353
-Node: Bitwise Functions558619
-Ref: table-bitwise-ops559181
-Ref: Bitwise Functions-Footnote-1563490
-Node: Type Functions563659
-Node: I18N Functions564810
-Node: User-defined566455
-Node: Definition Syntax567260
-Ref: Definition Syntax-Footnote-1572667
-Node: Function Example572738
-Ref: Function Example-Footnote-1575657
-Node: Function Caveats575679
-Node: Calling A Function576197
-Node: Variable Scope577155
-Node: Pass By Value/Reference580143
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