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Article #626New (UnixTC) awk - warning
From: Dale Worley
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1987 16:26
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1987 16:26
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root@investor.UUCP (Bob Peirce) writes:
> 'BEGIN {
> stuff
> }{
> more stuff
> }'
>
> The manual
> states on p.22 that "The opening brace of an action must be on the
> same line as the pattern it accompanies."
Eh? As far as I can tell, the pattern is an implied "all lines",
physically represented by the null string immediately preceeding the
open brace. And that null string is on the same line as the open
brace.
What am I missing?
Dale
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!culdev1!drw From: drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.lang.misc Subject: New (UnixTC) awk - warning Message-ID: <1697@culdev1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 11:26:59 EST Article-I.D.: culdev1.1697 Posted: Mon Oct 26 11:26:59 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 28-Oct-87 05:05:46 EST Organization: Cullinet Software, Westwood, MA, USA Lines: 23