| Index Entry | Section |
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| for (x in ...) statement | 8.5 Scanning All Elements of an Array |
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| \ | | |
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| \" escape sequence | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| \' regexp operator | 3.5 gawk-Specific Regexp Operators |
| \/ escape sequence | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| \< regexp operator | 3.5 gawk-Specific Regexp Operators |
| \> regexp operator | 3.5 gawk-Specific Regexp Operators |
| \` regexp operator | 3.5 gawk-Specific Regexp Operators |
| \a escape sequence | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| \b escape sequence | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| \B regexp operator | 3.5 gawk-Specific Regexp Operators |
| \f escape sequence | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| \n escape sequence | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| \nnn escape sequence (octal) | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| \r escape sequence | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| \t escape sequence | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| \v escape sequence | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| \W regexp operator | 3.5 gawk-Specific Regexp Operators |
| \w regexp operator | 3.5 gawk-Specific Regexp Operators |
| \x escape sequence | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| \y regexp operator | 3.5 gawk-Specific Regexp Operators |
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| ^ | | |
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| ^ operator | 6.14 Operator Precedence (How Operators Nest) |
| ^= operator | 6.7 Assignment Expressions |
| ^= operator | 6.14 Operator Precedence (How Operators Nest) |
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| _ C macro (gettext) | 10.2 GNU gettext |
| _gr_init user-defined function | 13.6 Reading the Group Database |
| _pw_init user-defined function | 13.5 Reading the User Database |
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| | I/O operator | 4.8.5 Using getline from a Pipe |
| | I/O operator | 5.6 Redirecting Output of print and printf |
| | I/O operator | 6.14 Operator Precedence (How Operators Nest) |
| |& I/O operator | 4.8.7 Using getline from a Coprocess |
| |& I/O operator | 5.6 Redirecting Output of print and printf |
| |& I/O operator | 6.14 Operator Precedence (How Operators Nest) |
| |& I/O operator | 11.2 Two-Way Communications with Another Process |
| || operator | 6.11 Boolean Expressions |
| || operator | 6.14 Operator Precedence (How Operators Nest) |
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| ~ operator | 3.1 How to Use Regular Expressions |
| ~ operator | 3.6 Case Sensitivity in Matching |
| ~ operator | 3.8 Using Dynamic Regexps |
| ~ operator | 6.1.3 Regular Expression Constants |
| ~ operator | 6.10 Variable Typing and Comparison Expressions |
| ~ operator | 6.14 Operator Precedence (How Operators Nest) |
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| A | | |
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| accessing fields | 4.2 Examining Fields |
| account information | 13.5 Reading the User Database |
| account information | 13.6 Reading the Group Database |
| acronym | History of awk and gawk |
| action, curly braces | 7.3 Actions |
| action, default | 2.3 Some Simple Examples |
| action, definition of | 7.3 Actions |
| action, empty | 2.3 Some Simple Examples |
| action, separating statements | 7.3 Actions |
| adding new features | C.2.1 Adding New Features |
| addition | 6.5 Arithmetic Operators |
| advanced features | 11. Advanced Features of gawk |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Portability Issues with `#!' |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Backslash Before Regular Characters |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Escape Sequences for Metacharacters |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Using \n in Character Lists of Dynamic Regexps |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: RS = "\0" Is Not Portable |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Piping into sh |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Using close's Return Value |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: A Constant's Base Does Not Affect Its Value |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Syntactic Ambiguities Between `/=' and Regular Expressions |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Operator Evaluation Order |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Changing NR and FNR |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Matching the Null String |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Interactive Versus Non-Interactive Buffering |
| advanced notes | Advanced Notes: Controlling Output Buffering with system |
| Aho, Alfred | History of awk and gawk |
| Aho, Alfred | A.6 Major Contributors to gawk |
| AI programming, using gawk | B.1.3 Contents of the gawk Distribution |
| alarm.awk program | 14.3.2 An Alarm Clock Program |
| algorithm, definition of | D.1 What a Program Does |
| amazing awk assembler (aaa) | Glossary |
| amazingly workable formatter (awf) | Glossary |
| ambiguity, syntactic: /= operator vs. /=.../ regexp constant | Advanced Notes: Syntactic Ambiguities Between `/=' and Regular Expressions |
| amiga | B.3.1 Installing gawk on an Amiga |
| anchors in regexps | 3.3 Regular Expression Operators |
| AND bitwise operation | 9.1.6 Using gawk's Bit Manipulation Functions |
| and built-in function | 9.1.6 Using gawk's Bit Manipulation Functions |
| AND logical operator | 6.11 Boolean Expressions |
| anonymous ftp | B.1.1 Getting the gawk Distribution |
| ANSI | Glossary |
| applications of awk | Preface |
| applications of awk | 2.8 When to Use awk |
| archeologists | B.5 Reporting Problems and Bugs |
| ARGC variable | 7.5.2 Built-in Variables That Convey Information |
| ARGIND variable | 7.5.2 Built-in Variables That Convey Information |
| ARGIND variable | 12.3 Other Command-Line Arguments |
| argument processing | 13.4 Processing Command-Line Options |
| arguments in function call | 6.13 Function Calls |
| arguments, command-line | 12.1 Invoking awk |
| ARGV variable | 7.5.2 Built-in Variables That Convey Information |
| ARGV variable | 12.3 Other Command-Line Arguments |
| arithmetic operators | 6.5 Arithmetic Operators |
| array assignment | 8.3 Assigning Array Elements |
| array reference | 8.2 Referring to an Array Element |
| arrays | 8.1 Introduction to Arrays |
| arrays, associative | 8.1 Introduction to Arrays |
| arrays, definition of | 8.1 Introduction to Arrays |
| arrays, deleting an element | 8.6 The delete Statement |
| arrays, deleting entire contents | 8.6 The delete Statement |
| arrays, multidimensional subscripts | 8.9 Multidimensional Arrays |
| arrays, presence of elements | 8.2 Referring to an Array Element |
| arrays, sorting | 8.11 Sorting Array Values and Indices with gawk |
| arrays, sorting and IGNORECASE | 8.11 Sorting Array Values and Indices with gawk |
| arrays, sparse | 8.1 Introduction to Arrays |
| arrays, special for statement | 8.5 Scanning All Elements of an Array |
| arrays, subscripts, and IGNORECASE | 8.1 Introduction to Arrays |
| arrays, subscripts, uninitialized variables | 8.8 Using Uninitialized Variables as Subscripts |
| arrays, the in operator | 8.2 Referring to an Array Element |
| artificial intelligence, using gawk | B.1.3 Contents of the gawk Distribution |
| ASCII | 13.2.5 Translating Between Characters and Numbers |
| asort built-in function | 8.11 Sorting Array Values and Indices with gawk |
| asort built-in function | 9.1.3 String Manipulation Functions |
| assert C library function | 13.2.2 Assertions |
| assert user-defined function | 13.2.2 Assertions |
| assertions | 13.2.2 Assertions |
| assignment operators | 6.7 Assignment Expressions |
| assignment to fields | 4.4 Changing the Contents of a Field |
| assoc_clear internal function | C.3.1 A Minimal Introduction to gawk Internals |
| assoc_lookup internal function | C.3.1 A Minimal Introduction to gawk Internals |
| associative arrays | 8.1 Introduction to Arrays |
| atan2 built-in function | 9.1.2 Numeric Functions |
| atari | B.4.1 Installing gawk on the Atari ST |
| automatic initialization | 2.5 A More Complex Example |
| automatic warnings | Advanced Notes: Backslash Before Regular Characters |
| automatic warnings | 5.7.2 Special Files for Process-Related Information |
| automatic warnings | 5.7.4 Special File Name Caveats |
| automatic warnings | 6.2 Using Regular Expression Constants |
| automatic warnings | 6.2 Using Regular Expression Constants |
| automatic warnings | 9.1.3 String Manipulation Functions |
| automatic warnings | 9.1.4 Input/Output Functions |
| automatic warnings | 12.2 Command-Line Options |
| awf (amazingly workable formatter) program | Glossary |
| awk language, POSIX version | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| awk language, POSIX version | 3.3 Regular Expression Operators |
| awk language, POSIX version | 3.3 Regular Expression Operators |
| awk language, POSIX version | 3.4 Using Character Lists |
| awk language, POSIX version | Advanced Notes: Changing FS Does Not Affect the Fields |
| awk language, POSIX version | 5.4 Controlling Numeric Output with print |
| awk language, POSIX version | 5.5.3 Modifiers for printf Formats |
| awk language, POSIX version | 6.4 Conversion of Strings and Numbers |
| awk language, POSIX version | 6.5 Arithmetic Operators |
| awk language, POSIX version | 6.7 Assignment Expressions |
| awk language, POSIX version | 6.14 Operator Precedence (How Operators Nest) |
| awk language, POSIX version | 7.4.5 The break Statement |
| awk language, POSIX version | 7.4.6 The continue Statement |
| awk language, POSIX version | 7.4.7 The next Statement |
| awk language, POSIX version | 7.5.1 Built-in Variables That Control awk |
| awk language, POSIX version | 9.1.3 String Manipulation Functions |
| awk language, POSIX version | 9.1.3.1 More About `\' and `&' with sub, gsub, and gensub |
| awk language, POSIX version | 9.2.1 Function Definition Syntax |
| awk language, V.4 version | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| awk language, V.4 version | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| awk language, V.4 version | 3.2 Escape Sequences |
| awk language, V.4 version | A.2 Changes Between SVR3.1 and SVR4 |
| awka compiler for awk programs | B.6 Other Freely Available awk Implementations |
| awka, source code | B.6 Other Freely Available awk Implementations |
| AWKNUM internal type | C.3.1 A Minimal Introduction to gawk Internals |
| AWKPATH environment variable | 12.4 The AWKPATH Environment Variable |
| `awkprof.out' profiling output file | 11.5 Profiling Your awk Programs |
| awksed.awk program | 14.3.8 A Simple Stream Editor |
| `awkvars.out' global variable list output file | 12.2 Command-Line Options |
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