[TUHS] non-Posix input files

arnold at skeeve.com arnold at skeeve.com
Sun Mar 30 19:13:03 AEST 2025


Chet Ramey <chet.ramey at case.edu> wrote:

> Sorry, I should have been more clear. This requirement is for scripts:
>
> "The requirement that awk add a trailing <newline> to the program argument
> text is to simplify the grammar, making it match a text file in form."
>
> which I imagine all awk implementations do.

Ah. Indeed, gawk does this. I don't remember what goes in The One
True Awk.

Thanks,

Arnold


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