Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 05:08:03 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 226112] awk(1) man page unclear about field separator, FS Message-ID: <bug-226112-9-DqgU4MYJmt@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-226112-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-226112-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D226112 Wayne Sierke <ws@au.dyndns.ws> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |ws@au.dyndns.ws --- Comment #1 from Wayne Sierke <ws@au.dyndns.ws> --- A RE can be a literal of one or more characters. From re_format(7): A branch is one=E2=80=A1 or more pieces, concatenated. A piece is an atom possibly followed by a single=E2=80=A1 =E2=80=98*=E2= =80=99, =E2=80=98+=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98?=E2=80=99, or bound. An atom is ... , or a single character ... Consider: % echo foobar | awk -F o -v OFS=3DX '{$1=3D$1;print}' fXXbar % echo foobar | awk -F oo -v OFS=3DX '{$1=3D$1;print}' fXbar % I don't think there is a need to separately reference single-character lite= ral REs. (And unless I'm missing something I think the gawk man page is misguided for doing so.) --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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