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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
. if \w'\(rq' .ds rq "\(rq
. \}
.\}
-.TH GAWK 1 "May 27 2011" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
+.TH GAWK 1 "May 29 2011" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
.SH NAME
gawk \- pattern scanning and processing language
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -3286,10 +3286,10 @@ built-in functions (from the Bell Laboratories version); and the \*(AN C convers
.B printf
(done first in the Bell Laboratories version).
.SH HISTORICAL FEATURES
-There are two features of historical \*(AK implementations that
+There is one feature of historical \*(AK implementations that
.I gawk
-supports.
-First, it is possible to call the
+supports:
+It is possible to call the
.B length()
built-in function not only with no argument, but even without parentheses!
Thus,
@@ -3420,6 +3420,13 @@ The special file names available for I/O redirection are not recognized.
The
.B |&
operator for creating co-processes.
+.TP
+\(bu
+The
+.B BEGINFILE
+and
+.B ENDFILE
+special patterns are not available.
.\" Changes to standard awk functions
.TP
\(bu