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| -rw-r--r-- | txr.1 | 20 |
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@@ -67922,14 +67922,22 @@ is other than a function or regular expression, it is taken directly to be the truth value. If the condition is true, then its associated .meta action -forms are evaluated. Either way, processing passes to the next condition -clause (unless an explicit step is taken in one of the -.metn action s -to prevent this, for instance by invoking the +forms are evaluated. These forms have access to the truth value via the +.code res +variable, which is freshly bound for each execution of the +.meta action +forms of that specific clause. +For each input record, all condition-action clauses are processed in the order +they appear, regardless of which of them have a true action, +except in cases when some +.meta action +invokes the .code next -and +or .code next-file -macros). +macro, or abandons the execution of the +.code awk +macro entirely via a non-local exit. When an input source runs out of records, .code awk switches to the next input source. When there are no more input sources, |