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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index 83bd3b5d..b22f7ced 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -3055,6 +3055,9 @@ The following list describes @command{gawk}-specific options: @cindex @code{-b} option @cindex @code{--characters-as-bytes} option Cause @command{gawk} to treat all input data as single-byte characters. +In addition, all output written with @code{print} or @code{printf} +are treated as single-byte characters. + Normally, @command{gawk} follows the POSIX standard and attempts to process its input data according to the current locale. This can often involve converting multibyte characters into wide characters (internally), and |