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@@ -33,30 +33,6 @@ gawk \- pattern scanning and processing language ] .I program-text file .\|.\|. -.sp -.B pgawk -[ \*(PX or \*(GN style options ] -.B \-f -.I program-file -[ -.B \-\^\- -] file .\|.\|. -.br -.B pgawk -[ \*(PX or \*(GN style options ] -[ -.B \-\^\- -] -.I program-text -file .\|.\|. -.sp -.B dgawk -[ \*(PX or \*(GN style options ] -.B \-f -.I program-file -[ -.B \-\^\- -] file .\|.\|. .SH DESCRIPTION .I Gawk is the \*(GN Project's implementation of the \*(AK programming language. @@ -84,27 +60,31 @@ and .B ARGV pre-defined \*(AK variables. .PP -.I Pgawk -is the profiling version of -.IR gawk . -It is identical in every way to -.IR gawk , -except that programs run more slowly, -and it automatically produces an execution profile in the file +When +.I gawk +is invoked with the +.B \-\^\-profile +option, it starts gathering profiling statistics +from the execution of the program. +.I Gawk +runs more slowly in this mode, and automatically produces an execution +profile in the file .B awkprof.out when done. See the .B \-\^\-profile option, below. .PP -.I Dgawk -is an -.I awk -debugger. Instead of running the program directly, it loads the +.I Gawk +also has an integrated debugger. An interactive debugging session can +be started by supplying the +.B \-\^\-debug +option to the command line. In this mode of execution, +.I gawk +loads the AWK source code and then prompts for debugging commands. -Unlike -.IR gawk " and " pgawk ", " dgawk -only processes AWK program source provided with the +.I Gawk +can only debug AWK program source provided with the .B \-f option. The debugger is documented in \*(EP. @@ -117,8 +97,8 @@ while long options start with \*(lq\-\^\-\*(rq. Long options are provided for both \*(GN-specific features and for \*(PX-mandated features. .PP -.IR Gawk - -specific options are typically used in long-option form. +.IR Gawk -specific +options are typically used in long-option form. Arguments to long options are either joined with the option by an .B = @@ -273,6 +253,18 @@ names like and so on.) .TP .PD 0 +\fB\-D\fR[\fIfile\fR] +.TP +.PD +\fB\-\^\-debug\fR[\fB=\fIfile\fR] +Enable debugging of \*(AK programs. +By default, the debugger reads commands interactively from the terminal. +The optional +.IR file +argument can be used to specify a file with a list +of commands for the debugger to execute non-interactively. +.TP +.PD 0 .BI "\-e " program-text .TP .PD @@ -331,6 +323,21 @@ the standard output. these options cause an immediate, successful exit.) .TP .PD 0 +.BI "\-l " lib +.TP +.PD +.BI \-\^\-load " lib" +Load a shared library +.IR lib . +This searches for the library using the +.B AWKPATH +environment variable. The suffix +.I .so +in the library name is optional, and +the library initialization routine is expected to be named +.BR dlload() . +.TP +.PD 0 .BR "\-L " [ \fIvalue\fR ] .TP .PD @@ -348,6 +355,16 @@ only warnings about things that are actually invalid are issued. (This is not fully implemented yet.) .TP .PD 0 +.B \-M +.TP +.PD +.B \-\^\-bignum +Force arbitrary precision arithmetic on numbers. This option has +no effect if +.I gawk +is not compiled to use the GNU MPFR and MP libraries. +.TP +.PD 0 .B \-n .TP .PD @@ -387,12 +404,28 @@ users. .. .TP .PD 0 +\fB\-o\fR[\fIfile\fR] +.TP +.PD +\fB\-\^\-pretty-print\fR[\fB=\fIfile\fR] +Output a pretty printed version of the program to +.IR file . +If no +.I file +is provided, +.I gawk +uses a file named +.B awkprof.out +in the current directory. +.TP +.PD 0 .B \-O .TP .PD .B \-\^\-optimize Enable optimizations upon the internal representation of the program. -Currently, this includes just simple constant-folding. The +Currently, this includes simple constant-folding, and tail call +elimination for recursive functions. The .I gawk maintainer hopes to add additional optimizations over time. .TP @@ -401,16 +434,11 @@ maintainer hopes to add additional optimizations over time. .TP .PD \fB\-\^\-profile\fR[\fB=\fIprof_file\fR] -Send profiling data to +Start a profiling session, and send the profiling data to .IR prof_file . The default is .BR awkprof.out . -When run with -.IR gawk , -the profile is just a \*(lqpretty printed\*(rq version of the program. -When run with -.IR pgawk , -the profile contains execution counts of each statement in the program +The profile contains execution counts of each statement in the program in the left margin and function call counts for each user-defined function. .TP .PD 0 @@ -482,15 +510,6 @@ They are enabled by default, but this option remains for use with .BR \-\^-traditional . .TP .PD 0 -.B \-R -.TP -.PD -.BI \-\^\-command " file" -.I Dgawk -only. Read stored debugger commands from -.IR file . -.TP -.PD 0 .BI \-S .TP .PD @@ -1022,6 +1041,10 @@ The output field separator, a space by default. .B ORS The output record separator, by default a newline. .TP +.B PREC +The working precision of arbitrary precision floating-point +numbers, 53 by default. +.TP .B PROCINFO The elements of this array provide access to information about the running \*(AK program. @@ -1120,11 +1143,48 @@ corresponding values of the two elements being compared. It should return a number less than, equal to, or greater than 0, depending on how the elements of the array are to be ordered. .TP +\fBPROCINFO["input", "READ_TIMEOUT"]\fP +specifies the timeout in milliseconds for reading data from +.IR input , +where +.I input +is a redirection string or a filename. A value of zero or +less than zero means no timeout. +.TP +\fBPROCINFO["mpfr_version"]\fP +the version of the GNU MPFR library used for arbitrary precision +number support in +.IR gawk . +.TP +\fBPROCINFO["gmp_version"]\fP +the version of the GNU MP library used for arbitrary precision +number support in +.IR gawk . +.TP +\fBPROCINFO["prec_max"]\fP +the maximum precision supported by the GNU MPFR library for +arbitrary precision floating-point numbers. +.TP +\fBPROCINFO["prec_min"]\fP +the minimum precision allowed by the GNU MPFR library for +arbitrary precision floating-point numbers. +.TP \fBPROCINFO["version"]\fP the version of .IR gawk . .RE .TP +.B ROUNDMODE +The rounding mode to use for arbitrary precision arithmetic on +numbers, by default \fB"N"\fR (IEEE-754 roundTiesToEven mode). +The accepted values are +\fB"N"\fR or \fB"n"\fR for roundTiesToEven, +\fB"U"\fR or \fB"u"\fR for roundTowardPositive, +\fB"D"\fR or \fB"d"\fR for roundTowardNegative, +\fB"Z"\fR or \fB"z"\fR for roundTowardZero, +and if your version of GNU MPFR library supports it, +\fB"A"\fR or \fB"a"\fR for roundTiesToAway. +.TP .B RS The input record separator, by default a newline. .TP @@ -3122,8 +3182,9 @@ Using this feature at the C level is not pretty, but it is unlikely to go away. Additional mechanisms may be added at some point. .SH SIGNALS -.I pgawk -accepts two signals. +The +.I gawk +profiler accepts two signals. .B SIGUSR1 causes it to dump a profile and function call stack to the profile file, which is either @@ -3133,7 +3194,7 @@ or whatever file was named with the option. It then continues to run. .B SIGHUP causes -.I pgawk +.I gawk to dump the profile and function call stack and then exit. .SH INTERNATIONALIZATION .PP @@ -3577,6 +3638,12 @@ and .B \-\^\-file options. .PP +The +.B GAWK_READ_TIMEOUT +environment variable can be used to specify a timeout +in milliseconds for reading input from a terminal, pipe +or two-way communication including sockets. +.PP For socket communication, two special environment variables can be used to control the number of retries .RB ( GAWK_SOCK_RETRIES ), and the interval between retries |