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  12 .TH NAWK 1 "May 24, 2006"
  13 .SH NAME
  14 nawk \- pattern scanning and processing language
  15 .SH SYNOPSIS
  16 .LP
  17 .nf
  18 \fB/usr/bin/nawk\fR [\fB-F\fR \fIERE\fR] [\fB-v\fR \fIassignment\fR] \fI\&'program'\fR | \fB-f\fR \fIprogfile\fR...
  19      [\fIargument\fR]...
  20 .fi
  21 
  22 .LP
  23 .nf
  24 \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/awk\fR [\fB-F\fR \fIERE\fR] [\fB-v\fR \fIassignment\fR]... \fI\&'program'\fR | \fB-f\fR \fIprogfile\fR...
  25      [\fIargument\fR]...
  26 .fi
  27 
  28 .SH DESCRIPTION
  29 .sp
  30 .LP
  31 The \fB/usr/bin/nawk\fR and \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/awk\fR utilities execute
  32 \fIprogram\fRs written in the \fBnawk\fR programming language, which is
  33 specialized for textual data manipulation. A \fBnawk\fR \fIprogram\fR is a
  34 sequence of patterns and corresponding actions. The string specifying
  35 \fIprogram\fR must be enclosed in single quotes (') to protect it from
  36 interpretation by the shell. The sequence of pattern - action statements can be
  37 specified in the command line as \fIprogram\fR or in one, or more, file(s)
  38 specified by the \fB-f\fR\fIprogfile\fR option. When input is read that matches
  39 a pattern, the action associated with the pattern is performed.
  40 .sp
  41 .LP
  42 Input is interpreted as a sequence of records. By default, a record is a line,
  43 but this can be changed by using the \fBRS\fR built-in variable. Each record of
  44 input is matched to each pattern in the \fIprogram\fR. For each pattern
  45 matched, the associated action is executed.
  46 .sp
  47 .LP
  48 The \fBnawk\fR utility interprets each input record as a sequence of fields
  49 where, by default, a field is a string of non-blank characters. This default
  50 white-space field delimiter (blanks and/or tabs) can be changed by using the
  51 \fBFS\fR built-in variable or the \fB-F\fR\fIERE\fR option. The \fBnawk\fR


   1 '\" te
   2 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
   3 .\" Copyright 1992, X/Open Company Limited  All Rights Reserved
   4 .\" Portions Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved
   5 .\" Sun Microsystems, Inc. gratefully acknowledges The Open Group for permission to reproduce portions of its copyrighted documentation. Original documentation from The Open Group can be obtained online at
   6 .\" http://www.opengroup.org/bookstore/.
   7 .\" The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and The Open Group, have given us permission to reprint portions of their documentation. In the following statement, the phrase "this text" refers to portions of the system documentation. Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form in the Sun OS Reference Manual, from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between these versions and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html.
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  10 .\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing.  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
  11 .\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE.  If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
  12 .TH NAWK 1 "May 24, 2006"
  13 .SH NAME
  14 nawk \- pattern scanning and processing language
  15 .SH SYNOPSIS
  16 .LP
  17 .nf






  18 \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/awk\fR [\fB-F\fR \fIERE\fR] [\fB-v\fR \fIassignment\fR]... \fI\&'program'\fR | \fB-f\fR \fIprogfile\fR...
  19      [\fIargument\fR]...
  20 .fi
  21 
  22 .SH DESCRIPTION
  23 .sp
  24 .LP
  25 The \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/awk\fR utility executes
  26 \fIprogram\fRs written in the \fBnawk\fR programming language, which is
  27 specialized for textual data manipulation. A \fBnawk\fR \fIprogram\fR is a
  28 sequence of patterns and corresponding actions. The string specifying
  29 \fIprogram\fR must be enclosed in single quotes (') to protect it from
  30 interpretation by the shell. The sequence of pattern - action statements can be
  31 specified in the command line as \fIprogram\fR or in one, or more, file(s)
  32 specified by the \fB-f\fR\fIprogfile\fR option. When input is read that matches
  33 a pattern, the action associated with the pattern is performed.
  34 .sp
  35 .LP
  36 Input is interpreted as a sequence of records. By default, a record is a line,
  37 but this can be changed by using the \fBRS\fR built-in variable. Each record of
  38 input is matched to each pattern in the \fIprogram\fR. For each pattern
  39 matched, the associated action is executed.
  40 .sp
  41 .LP
  42 The \fBnawk\fR utility interprets each input record as a sequence of fields
  43 where, by default, a field is a string of non-blank characters. This default
  44 white-space field delimiter (blanks and/or tabs) can be changed by using the
  45 \fBFS\fR built-in variable or the \fB-F\fR\fIERE\fR option. The \fBnawk\fR