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@@ -856,6 +856,29 @@ sets a head-referenced trigger for the pattern .B ^Failed matching against line 3 of the FIFO. +.IP "\fB-f\fP \fIfile\fP" +Read colon and trigger commands from +.I file +and execute them. + +Each line of +.I file +must contain either a command in the same form as the argument of the +.B -e +option, or else a comment indicated by the first character being +.B # +(hash). + +If any line is diagnosed as erroneous, a diagnostic is issued +and execution continues. In this case, +.I pw +will terminate unsuccessfully after +.I file +is read. + +Command lines with leading whitespace are invalid, and trailing whitespace +counts as a command character (for example, as a constituent of a pattern), + .SH ENVIRONMENT .I pw |