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A.6 Common Extensions Summary
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This minor node summarizes the common extensions supported by `gawk',
Brian Kernighan's `awk', and `mawk', the three most widely-used freely
available versions of `awk' ( Other Versions).
Feature BWK Awk Mawk GNU Awk
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`\x' Escape sequence X X X
`RS' as regexp X X
`FS' as null string X X X
`/dev/stdin' special file X X X
`/dev/stdout' special file X X X
`/dev/stderr' special file X X X
`**' and `**=' operators X X
`func' keyword X X
`nextfile' statement X X X
`delete' without subscript X X X
`length()' of an array X X
`BINMODE' variable X X
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