gawk: Invoking Gawk

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1 2 Running 'awk' and 'gawk'
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1 This major node covers how to run 'awk', both POSIX-standard and
1 'gawk'-specific command-line options, and what 'awk' and 'gawk' do with
1 nonoption arguments.  It then proceeds to cover how 'gawk' searches for
1 source files, reading standard input along with other files, 'gawk''s
1 environment variables, 'gawk''s exit status, using include files, and
1 obsolete and undocumented options and/or features.
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1    Many of the options and features described here are discussed in more
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· Command Line                How to run 'awk'.
· Options                     Command-line options and their meanings.
· Other Arguments             Input file names and variable assignments.
· Naming Standard Input       How to specify standard input with other
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· Environment Variables       The environment variables 'gawk' uses.
· Exit Status                 'gawk''s exit status.
· Include Files               Including other files into your program.
· Loading Shared Libraries    Loading shared libraries into your program.
· Obsolete                    Obsolete Options and/or features.
· Undocumented                Undocumented Options and Features.
· Invoking Summary            Invocation summary.
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