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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index 21670d57..0e20dc80 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -4340,9 +4340,12 @@ As with @option{-f}, the @option{-e} and @option{-i} options may also be used multiple times on the command line. @cindex @option{-e} option -If no @option{-f} or @option{-e} option is specified, then @command{gawk} -uses the first nonoption command-line argument as the text of the -program source code. +If no @option{-f} option (or @option{-e} option for @command{gawk}) +is specified, then @command{awk} uses the first nonoption command-line +argument as the text of the program source code. Arguments on +the command line that follow the program text are entered into the +@code{ARGV} array; @command{awk} does @emph{not} continue to parse the +command line looking for options. @cindex @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} environment variable @cindex lint checking, @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} environment variable @@ -8315,7 +8318,7 @@ this special feature should apply when @code{FS} is a regexp. However, Unix @command{awk} has never behaved that way, nor has @command{gawk}. This is essentially a bug in POSIX. @c Noted as of 4/2019; working to get the standard fixed. -@end NOTE +@end quotation The original motivation for this special exception was probably to provide useful behavior in the default case (i.e., @code{FS} is equal |