AWK - rexexp in RS

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rexexp in RS

E. Rosten

2005-05-03, 3:56 pm

Is having regexs in RS supposed to be supported, or is is just a mawk/gawk
extension?

If its the latter, then it's a shame since it's one of the most useful
things ever.

-Ed

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Ed Morton

2005-05-03, 3:56 pm

E. Rosten wrote:

> Is having regexs in RS supposed to be supported, or is is just a mawk/gawk
> extension?
>
> If its the latter, then it's a shame since it's one of the most useful
> things ever.
>
> -Ed
>

It's a gawk extension, see:

> The use of RS as a regular expression and the RT variable are gawk extensions; they are not available in compatibility mode (see Options). In compatibility mode, only the first character of the value of RS is used to determine the end of the record.

from
http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/ma...-separators-366

Ed.

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