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@@ -11043,6 +11043,27 @@ they are not special:
after it has finished parsing the program; they are _not_
updated while the program runs.
+ 'PROCINFO["platform"]'
+ This element gives a string indicating the platform for which
+ 'gawk' was compiled. The value will be one of the following:
+
+ '"vms"'
+ OpenVMS or Vax/VMS.
+
+ '"djgpp"'
+ '"mingw"'
+ Microsoft Windows, using either DJGPP or MinGW,
+ respectively.
+
+ '"os2"'
+ OS/2.
+
+ '"os390"'
+ OS/390.
+
+ '"posix"'
+ GNU/Linux, Cygwin, Mac OS X, and legacy Unix systems.
+
'PROCINFO["pgrpid"]'
The process group ID of the current process.
@@ -11169,15 +11190,14 @@ they are not special:
test if an element in 'SYMTAB' is an array. Also, you may not use
the 'delete' statement with the 'SYMTAB' array.
- You may use an index for 'SYMTAB' that is not a predefined
- identifier:
+ Prior to version 5.0 of 'gawk', you could use an index for 'SYMTAB'
+ that was not a predefined identifier:
SYMTAB["xxx"] = 5
print SYMTAB["xxx"]
- This works as expected: in this case 'SYMTAB' acts just like a
- regular array. The only difference is that you can't then delete
- 'SYMTAB["xxx"]'.
+ This no longer works, instead producing a fatal error, as it led to
+ rampant confusion.
The 'SYMTAB' array is more interesting than it looks. Andrew
Schorr points out that it effectively gives 'awk' data pointers.
@@ -20774,7 +20794,8 @@ output. They are as follows:
structure of the program and the precedence rules. For example,
'(3 + 5) * 4' means add three and five, then multiply the total by
four. However, '3 + 5 * 4' has no parentheses, and means '3 + (5 *
- 4)'.
+ 4)'. However, explicit parentheses in the source program are
+ retained.
* Parentheses are used around the arguments to 'print' and 'printf'
only when the 'print' or 'printf' statement is followed by a
@@ -20796,10 +20817,11 @@ representation. Also, things such as:
come out as:
/foo/ {
- print $0
+ print
}
-which is correct, but possibly unexpected.
+which is correct, but possibly unexpected. (If a program uses both
+'print $0' and plain 'print', that distinction is retained.)
Besides creating profiles when a program has completed, 'gawk' can
produce a profile while it is running. This is useful if your 'awk'
@@ -20855,7 +20877,10 @@ without any execution counts.
profiling, and that created when pretty-printing. Pretty-printed output
preserves the original comments that were in the program, although their
placement may not correspond exactly to their original locations in the
-source code.(1)
+source code. However, no comments should be lost. Also, 'gawk' does
+the best it can to preserve the distinction between comments at the end
+of a statement and comments on lines by themselves. This isn't always
+perfect, though.
However, as a deliberate design decision, profiling output _omits_
the original program's comments. This allows you to focus on the
@@ -20875,14 +20900,6 @@ disable 'gawk''s default optimizations.
constants; if you used an octal or hexadecimal value in your source
code, it will appear that way in the output.
- ---------- Footnotes ----------
-
- (1) 'gawk' does the best it can to preserve the distinction between
-comments at the end of a statement and comments on lines by themselves.
-Due to implementation constraints, it does not always do so correctly,
-particularly for 'switch' statements. The 'gawk' maintainers hope to
-improve this in a subsequent release.
-

File: gawk.info, Node: Advanced Features Summary, Prev: Profiling, Up: Advanced Features
@@ -28418,6 +28435,11 @@ POSIX 'awk', in the order they were added to 'gawk'.
* Support for GNU/Linux on Alpha was removed.
+ Version 5.0 added the following features:
+
+ * The 'PROCINFO["platform"]' array element, which allows you to write
+ code that takes the operating system / platform into account.
+

File: gawk.info, Node: Common Extensions, Next: Ranges and Locales, Prev: Feature History, Up: Language History
@@ -29183,10 +29205,6 @@ command line when compiling 'gawk' from scratch, including:
possible to keep extensions for different API versions on the same
system without their conflicting with one another.
-'--with-whiny-user-strftime'
- Force use of the included version of the C 'strftime()' function
- for deficient systems.
-
Use the command './configure --help' to see the full list of options
supplied by 'configure'.
@@ -29352,6 +29370,12 @@ accomplished by using an appropriate '-v BINMODE=N' option on the
command line. 'BINMODE' is set at the time a file or pipe is opened and
cannot be changed midstream.
+ On POSIX-compatible systems, this variable's value has no effect.
+Thus, if you think your program will run on multiple different systems
+and that you may need to use 'BINMODE', you should simply set it (in the
+program or on the command line) unconditionally, and not worry about the
+operating system on which your program is running.
+
The name 'BINMODE' was chosen to match 'mawk' (*note Other
Versions::). 'mawk' and 'gawk' handle 'BINMODE' similarly; however,
'mawk' adds a '-W BINMODE=N' option and an environment variable that can
@@ -33108,8 +33132,6 @@ Index
* --traditional option, --posix option and: Options. (line 285)
* --use-lc-numeric option: Options. (line 232)
* --version option: Options. (line 317)
-* --with-whiny-user-strftime configuration option: Additional Configuration Options.
- (line 48)
* -b option: Options. (line 69)
* -c option: Options. (line 82)
* -C option: Options. (line 89)
@@ -33816,8 +33838,6 @@ Index
(line 37)
* configuration option, --enable-versioned-extension-dir: Additional Configuration Options.
(line 42)
-* configuration option, --with-whiny-user-strftime: Additional Configuration Options.
- (line 48)
* configuration options, gawk: Additional Configuration Options.
(line 6)
* constant regexps: Regexp Usage. (line 57)
@@ -33892,7 +33912,7 @@ Index
* dark corner, field separators: Full Line Fields. (line 22)
* dark corner, FILENAME variable: Getline Notes. (line 19)
* dark corner, FILENAME variable <1>: Auto-set. (line 108)
-* dark corner, FNR/NR variables: Auto-set. (line 389)
+* dark corner, FNR/NR variables: Auto-set. (line 409)
* dark corner, format-control characters: Control Letters. (line 33)
* dark corner, format-control characters <1>: Control Letters.
(line 108)
@@ -34128,7 +34148,7 @@ Index
(line 6)
* differences in awk and gawk, RS/RT variables: gawk split records.
(line 58)
-* differences in awk and gawk, RT variable: Auto-set. (line 327)
+* differences in awk and gawk, RT variable: Auto-set. (line 348)
* differences in awk and gawk, single-character fields: Single Character Fields.
(line 6)
* differences in awk and gawk, split() function: String Functions.
@@ -34137,7 +34157,7 @@ Index
* differences in awk and gawk, strings <1>: Scalar Constants. (line 53)
* differences in awk and gawk, strings, storing: gawk split records.
(line 76)
-* differences in awk and gawk, SYMTAB variable: Auto-set. (line 331)
+* differences in awk and gawk, SYMTAB variable: Auto-set. (line 352)
* differences in awk and gawk, TEXTDOMAIN variable: User-modified.
(line 155)
* differences in awk and gawk, trunc-mod operation: Arithmetic Ops.
@@ -34174,7 +34194,7 @@ Index
* dump debugger command: Miscellaneous Debugger Commands.
(line 9)
* dupword.awk program: Dupword Program. (line 31)
-* dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 177)
+* dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 179)
* dynamically loaded extensions: Dynamic Extensions. (line 6)
* e debugger command (alias for enable): Breakpoint Control. (line 73)
* EBCDIC: Ordinal Functions. (line 45)
@@ -34301,7 +34321,7 @@ Index
(line 6)
* extension API version: Extension Versioning.
(line 6)
-* extension API, version number: Auto-set. (line 266)
+* extension API, version number: Auto-set. (line 287)
* extension example: Extension Example. (line 6)
* extension registration: Registration Functions.
(line 6)
@@ -34460,7 +34480,7 @@ Index
(line 12)
* FNR variable: Records. (line 6)
* FNR variable <1>: Auto-set. (line 118)
-* FNR variable, changing: Auto-set. (line 389)
+* FNR variable, changing: Auto-set. (line 409)
* for statement: For Statement. (line 6)
* for statement, looping over arrays: Scanning an Array. (line 20)
* fork() extension function: Extension Sample Fork.
@@ -34563,8 +34583,8 @@ Index
* G., Daniel Richard: Acknowledgments. (line 60)
* G., Daniel Richard <1>: Maintainers. (line 14)
* Garfinkle, Scott: Contributors. (line 35)
-* gawk program, dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 177)
-* gawk version: Auto-set. (line 241)
+* gawk program, dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 179)
+* gawk version: Auto-set. (line 262)
* gawk, ARGIND variable in: Other Arguments. (line 15)
* gawk, awk and: Preface. (line 21)
* gawk, awk and <1>: This Manual. (line 14)
@@ -34640,13 +34660,13 @@ Index
* gawk, regular expressions, precedence: Regexp Operators. (line 161)
* gawk, RT variable in: awk split records. (line 131)
* gawk, RT variable in <1>: Multiple Line. (line 130)
-* gawk, RT variable in <2>: Auto-set. (line 327)
+* gawk, RT variable in <2>: Auto-set. (line 348)
* gawk, See Also awk: Preface. (line 34)
* gawk, source code, obtaining: Getting. (line 6)
* gawk, splitting fields and: Testing field creation.
(line 6)
* gawk, string-translation functions: I18N Functions. (line 6)
-* gawk, SYMTAB array in: Auto-set. (line 331)
+* gawk, SYMTAB array in: Auto-set. (line 352)
* gawk, TEXTDOMAIN variable in: User-modified. (line 155)
* gawk, timestamps: Time Functions. (line 6)
* gawk, uses for: Preface. (line 34)
@@ -34770,7 +34790,7 @@ Index
* history expansion, in debugger: Readline Support. (line 6)
* histsort.awk program: History Sorting. (line 25)
* Hughes, Phil: Acknowledgments. (line 43)
-* HUP signal, for dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 209)
+* HUP signal, for dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 211)
* hyphen (-), - operator: Precedence. (line 51)
* hyphen (-), - operator <1>: Precedence. (line 57)
* hyphen (-), -- operator: Increment Ops. (line 48)
@@ -34852,7 +34872,7 @@ Index
* installing gawk: Installation. (line 6)
* instruction tracing, in debugger: Debugger Info. (line 90)
* int: Numeric Functions. (line 24)
-* INT signal (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 212)
+* INT signal (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 214)
* integer array indices: Numeric Array Subscripts.
(line 31)
* integers, arbitrary precision: Arbitrary Precision Integers.
@@ -34908,7 +34928,7 @@ Index
* Kernighan, Brian <8>: Other Versions. (line 13)
* Kernighan, Brian <9>: Basic Data Typing. (line 54)
* Kernighan, Brian <10>: Glossary. (line 204)
-* kill command, dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 186)
+* kill command, dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 188)
* Knights, jedi: Undocumented. (line 6)
* Kwok, Conrad: Contributors. (line 35)
* l debugger command (alias for list): Miscellaneous Debugger Commands.
@@ -35046,7 +35066,7 @@ Index
* mawk utility <2>: Concatenation. (line 36)
* mawk utility <3>: Nextfile Statement. (line 47)
* mawk utility <4>: Other Versions. (line 39)
-* maximum precision supported by MPFR library: Auto-set. (line 255)
+* maximum precision supported by MPFR library: Auto-set. (line 276)
* McIlroy, Doug: Glossary. (line 255)
* McPhee, Patrick: Contributors. (line 103)
* message object files: Explaining gettext. (line 42)
@@ -35059,7 +35079,7 @@ Index
* messages from extensions: Printing Messages. (line 6)
* metacharacters in regular expressions: Regexp Operators. (line 6)
* metacharacters, escape sequences for: Escape Sequences. (line 140)
-* minimum precision required by MPFR library: Auto-set. (line 258)
+* minimum precision required by MPFR library: Auto-set. (line 279)
* mktime: Time Functions. (line 25)
* modifiers, in format specifiers: Format Modifiers. (line 6)
* monetary information, localization: Explaining gettext. (line 104)
@@ -35118,7 +35138,7 @@ Index
* not Boolean-logic operator: Boolean Ops. (line 6)
* NR variable: Records. (line 6)
* NR variable <1>: Auto-set. (line 143)
-* NR variable, changing: Auto-set. (line 389)
+* NR variable, changing: Auto-set. (line 409)
* null strings: awk split records. (line 121)
* null strings <1>: Regexp Field Splitting.
(line 43)
@@ -35238,7 +35258,7 @@ Index
* p debugger command (alias for print): Viewing And Changing Data.
(line 35)
* Papadopoulos, Panos: Contributors. (line 131)
-* parent process ID of gawk process: Auto-set. (line 230)
+* parent process ID of gawk process: Auto-set. (line 251)
* parentheses (), in a profile: Profiling. (line 146)
* parentheses (), regexp operator: Regexp Operators. (line 81)
* password file: Passwd Functions. (line 16)
@@ -35271,6 +35291,7 @@ Index
* pipe, output: Redirection. (line 57)
* Pitts, Dave: Acknowledgments. (line 60)
* Pitts, Dave <1>: Maintainers. (line 14)
+* platform running on, PROCINFO["platform"]: Auto-set. (line 224)
* Plauger, P.J.: Library Functions. (line 12)
* plug-in: Extension Intro. (line 6)
* plus sign (+), + operator: Precedence. (line 51)
@@ -35407,8 +35428,8 @@ Index
* printing, unduplicated lines of text: Uniq Program. (line 6)
* printing, user information: Id Program. (line 6)
* private variables: Library Names. (line 11)
-* process group ID of gawk process: Auto-set. (line 224)
-* process ID of gawk process: Auto-set. (line 227)
+* process group ID of gawk process: Auto-set. (line 245)
+* process ID of gawk process: Auto-set. (line 248)
* processes, two-way communications with: Two-way I/O. (line 6)
* processing data: Basic High Level. (line 6)
* PROCINFO array: Auto-set. (line 148)
@@ -35422,7 +35443,7 @@ Index
* PROCINFO, values of sorted_in: Controlling Scanning.
(line 26)
* profiling awk programs: Profiling. (line 6)
-* profiling awk programs, dynamically: Profiling. (line 177)
+* profiling awk programs, dynamically: Profiling. (line 179)
* program identifiers: Auto-set. (line 193)
* program, definition of: Getting Started. (line 21)
* programming conventions, --non-decimal-data option: Nondecimal Data.
@@ -35459,7 +35480,7 @@ Index
* QuikTrim Awk: Other Versions. (line 143)
* quit debugger command: Miscellaneous Debugger Commands.
(line 100)
-* QUIT signal (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 212)
+* QUIT signal (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 214)
* quoting in gawk command lines: Long. (line 26)
* quoting in gawk command lines, tricks for: Quoting. (line 91)
* quoting, for small awk programs: Comments. (line 27)
@@ -35585,7 +35606,7 @@ Index
* right shift: Bitwise Functions. (line 54)
* right shift, bitwise: Bitwise Functions. (line 32)
* Ritchie, Dennis: Basic Data Typing. (line 54)
-* RLENGTH variable: Auto-set. (line 314)
+* RLENGTH variable: Auto-set. (line 335)
* RLENGTH variable, match() function and: String Functions. (line 228)
* Robbins, Arnold: Command Line Field Separator.
(line 71)
@@ -35613,11 +35634,11 @@ Index
* RS variable <1>: User-modified. (line 136)
* RS variable, multiline records and: Multiple Line. (line 17)
* rshift: Bitwise Functions. (line 54)
-* RSTART variable: Auto-set. (line 320)
+* RSTART variable: Auto-set. (line 341)
* RSTART variable, match() function and: String Functions. (line 228)
* RT variable: awk split records. (line 131)
* RT variable <1>: Multiple Line. (line 130)
-* RT variable <2>: Auto-set. (line 327)
+* RT variable <2>: Auto-set. (line 348)
* Rubin, Paul: History. (line 30)
* Rubin, Paul <1>: Contributors. (line 16)
* rule, definition of: Getting Started. (line 21)
@@ -35635,7 +35656,7 @@ Index
* scanning arrays: Scanning an Array. (line 6)
* scanning multidimensional arrays: Multiscanning. (line 11)
* Schorr, Andrew: Acknowledgments. (line 60)
-* Schorr, Andrew <1>: Auto-set. (line 359)
+* Schorr, Andrew <1>: Auto-set. (line 379)
* Schorr, Andrew <2>: Contributors. (line 136)
* Schreiber, Bert: Acknowledgments. (line 38)
* Schreiber, Rita: Acknowledgments. (line 38)
@@ -35721,7 +35742,7 @@ Index
* sidebar, Beware The Smoke and Mirrors!: Bitwise Functions. (line 127)
* sidebar, Changing FS Does Not Affect the Fields: Full Line Fields.
(line 14)
-* sidebar, Changing NR and FNR: Auto-set. (line 387)
+* sidebar, Changing NR and FNR: Auto-set. (line 407)
* sidebar, Controlling Output Buffering with system(): I/O Functions.
(line 166)
* sidebar, Escape Sequences for Metacharacters: Escape Sequences.
@@ -35749,15 +35770,15 @@ Index
(line 130)
* sidebar, Using \n in Bracket Expressions of Dynamic Regexps: Computed Regexps.
(line 58)
-* SIGHUP signal, for dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 209)
-* SIGINT signal (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 212)
-* signals, HUP/SIGHUP, for profiling: Profiling. (line 209)
-* signals, INT/SIGINT (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 212)
-* signals, QUIT/SIGQUIT (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 212)
-* signals, USR1/SIGUSR1, for profiling: Profiling. (line 186)
+* SIGHUP signal, for dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 211)
+* SIGINT signal (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 214)
+* signals, HUP/SIGHUP, for profiling: Profiling. (line 211)
+* signals, INT/SIGINT (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 214)
+* signals, QUIT/SIGQUIT (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 214)
+* signals, USR1/SIGUSR1, for profiling: Profiling. (line 188)
* signature program: Signature Program. (line 6)
-* SIGQUIT signal (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 212)
-* SIGUSR1 signal, for dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 186)
+* SIGQUIT signal (MS-Windows): Profiling. (line 214)
+* SIGUSR1 signal, for dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 188)
* silent debugger command: Debugger Execution Control.
(line 10)
* sin: Numeric Functions. (line 75)
@@ -35889,9 +35910,9 @@ Index
* substr: String Functions. (line 487)
* substring: String Functions. (line 487)
* Sumner, Andrew: Other Versions. (line 64)
-* supplementary groups of gawk process: Auto-set. (line 271)
+* supplementary groups of gawk process: Auto-set. (line 292)
* switch statement: Switch Statement. (line 6)
-* SYMTAB array: Auto-set. (line 331)
+* SYMTAB array: Auto-set. (line 352)
* syntactic ambiguity: /= operator vs. /=.../ regexp constant: Assignment Ops.
(line 149)
* system: I/O Functions. (line 106)
@@ -36038,7 +36059,7 @@ Index
* user-modifiable variables: User-modified. (line 6)
* users, information about, printing: Id Program. (line 6)
* users, information about, retrieving: Passwd Functions. (line 16)
-* USR1 signal, for dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 186)
+* USR1 signal, for dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 188)
* values, numeric: Basic Data Typing. (line 13)
* values, string: Basic Data Typing. (line 13)
* variable assignments and input files: Other Arguments. (line 26)
@@ -36073,10 +36094,10 @@ Index
* variables, uninitialized, as array subscripts: Uninitialized Subscripts.
(line 6)
* variables, user-defined: Variables. (line 6)
-* version of gawk: Auto-set. (line 241)
-* version of gawk extension API: Auto-set. (line 266)
-* version of GNU MP library: Auto-set. (line 249)
-* version of GNU MPFR library: Auto-set. (line 251)
+* version of gawk: Auto-set. (line 262)
+* version of gawk extension API: Auto-set. (line 287)
+* version of GNU MP library: Auto-set. (line 270)
+* version of GNU MPFR library: Auto-set. (line 272)
* vertical bar (|): Regexp Operators. (line 70)
* vertical bar (|), | operator (I/O): Getline/Pipe. (line 10)
* vertical bar (|), | operator (I/O) <1>: Precedence. (line 64)
@@ -36355,369 +36376,368 @@ Node: Exit Statement454653
Node: Built-in Variables457056
Node: User-modified458189
Node: Auto-set465956
-Ref: Auto-set-Footnote-1482258
-Ref: Auto-set-Footnote-2482464
-Node: ARGC and ARGV482520
-Node: Pattern Action Summary486733
-Node: Arrays489163
-Node: Array Basics490492
-Node: Array Intro491336
-Ref: figure-array-elements493311
-Ref: Array Intro-Footnote-1496015
-Node: Reference to Elements496143
-Node: Assigning Elements498607
-Node: Array Example499098
-Node: Scanning an Array500857
-Node: Controlling Scanning503879
-Ref: Controlling Scanning-Footnote-1509278
-Node: Numeric Array Subscripts509594
-Node: Uninitialized Subscripts511778
-Node: Delete513397
-Ref: Delete-Footnote-1516149
-Node: Multidimensional516206
-Node: Multiscanning519301
-Node: Arrays of Arrays520892
-Node: Arrays Summary525660
-Node: Functions527753
-Node: Built-in528791
-Node: Calling Built-in529872
-Node: Numeric Functions531868
-Ref: Numeric Functions-Footnote-1535896
-Ref: Numeric Functions-Footnote-2536253
-Ref: Numeric Functions-Footnote-3536301
-Node: String Functions536573
-Ref: String Functions-Footnote-1560431
-Ref: String Functions-Footnote-2560559
-Ref: String Functions-Footnote-3560807
-Node: Gory Details560894
-Ref: table-sub-escapes562685
-Ref: table-sub-proposed564204
-Ref: table-posix-sub565567
-Ref: table-gensub-escapes567108
-Ref: Gory Details-Footnote-1567931
-Node: I/O Functions568085
-Ref: table-system-return-values574553
-Ref: I/O Functions-Footnote-1576633
-Ref: I/O Functions-Footnote-2576781
-Node: Time Functions576901
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-1587572
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-2587640
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-3587798
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-4587909
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-5588021
-Ref: Time Functions-Footnote-6588248
-Node: Bitwise Functions588514
-Ref: table-bitwise-ops589108
-Ref: Bitwise Functions-Footnote-1595171
-Ref: Bitwise Functions-Footnote-2595344
-Node: Type Functions595535
-Node: I18N Functions598286
-Node: User-defined599937
-Node: Definition Syntax600742
-Ref: Definition Syntax-Footnote-1606429
-Node: Function Example606500
-Ref: Function Example-Footnote-1609422
-Node: Function Caveats609444
-Node: Calling A Function609962
-Node: Variable Scope610920
-Node: Pass By Value/Reference613914
-Node: Return Statement617413
-Node: Dynamic Typing620392
-Node: Indirect Calls621322
-Ref: Indirect Calls-Footnote-1631574
-Node: Functions Summary631702
-Node: Library Functions634407
-Ref: Library Functions-Footnote-1638014
-Ref: Library Functions-Footnote-2638157
-Node: Library Names638328
-Ref: Library Names-Footnote-1641788
-Ref: Library Names-Footnote-2642011
-Node: General Functions642097
-Node: Strtonum Function643200
-Node: Assert Function646222
-Node: Round Function649548
-Node: Cliff Random Function651088
-Node: Ordinal Functions652104
-Ref: Ordinal Functions-Footnote-1655167
-Ref: Ordinal Functions-Footnote-2655419
-Node: Join Function655629
-Ref: Join Function-Footnote-1657399
-Node: Getlocaltime Function657599
-Node: Readfile Function661341
-Node: Shell Quoting663318
-Node: Data File Management664719
-Node: Filetrans Function665351
-Node: Rewind Function669447
-Node: File Checking671357
-Ref: File Checking-Footnote-1672691
-Node: Empty Files672892
-Node: Ignoring Assigns674871
-Node: Getopt Function676421
-Ref: Getopt Function-Footnote-1687890
-Node: Passwd Functions688090
-Ref: Passwd Functions-Footnote-1696929
-Node: Group Functions697017
-Ref: Group Functions-Footnote-1704915
-Node: Walking Arrays705122
-Node: Library Functions Summary708130
-Node: Library Exercises709536
-Node: Sample Programs710001
-Node: Running Examples710771
-Node: Clones711499
-Node: Cut Program712723
-Node: Egrep Program722652
-Ref: Egrep Program-Footnote-1730164
-Node: Id Program730274
-Node: Split Program733954
-Ref: Split Program-Footnote-1737412
-Node: Tee Program737541
-Node: Uniq Program740331
-Node: Wc Program747757
-Ref: Wc Program-Footnote-1752012
-Node: Miscellaneous Programs752106
-Node: Dupword Program753319
-Node: Alarm Program755349
-Node: Translate Program760204
-Ref: Translate Program-Footnote-1764769
-Node: Labels Program765039
-Ref: Labels Program-Footnote-1768390
-Node: Word Sorting768474
-Node: History Sorting772546
-Node: Extract Program774381
-Node: Simple Sed782435
-Node: Igawk Program785509
-Ref: Igawk Program-Footnote-1799840
-Ref: Igawk Program-Footnote-2800042
-Ref: Igawk Program-Footnote-3800164
-Node: Anagram Program800279
-Node: Signature Program803341
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