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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index bfc3a17f..2787d4b0 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ @c applies to and all the info about who's publishing this edition @c These apply across the board. -@set UPDATE-MONTH December, 2013 +@set UPDATE-MONTH January, 2014 @set VERSION 4.1 @set PATCHLEVEL 0 @@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ Some comments on the layout for TeX. @copying Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, -2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 +2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, +2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @sp 2 @@ -6676,6 +6677,18 @@ awk -F: '$2 == ""' /etc/passwd @node Full Line Fields @subsection Making The Full Line Be A Single Field +Occasionally, it's useful to treat the whole input line as a +single field. This can be done easily and portably simply by +setting @code{FS} to @code{"\n"} (a newline).@footnote{Thanks to +Andrew Schorr for this tip.} + +@example +awk -F'\n' '@var{program}' @var{files @dots{}} +@end example + +@noindent +When you do this, @code{$1} is the same as @code{$0}. + @node Field Splitting Summary @subsection Field-Splitting Summary |