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Diffstat (limited to 'txr.1')
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@@ -37733,11 +37733,15 @@ instantiated by the .code record-adapter function. -The meaning of +The regular expression pattern stored in +.code rs +is used to matches substrings in the input which separate or terminate records. +Unless the +.code krs +variable is set true, the substrings which match .code rs -is that it matches substrings in the input which separate records. Records -consist of the non-matching extents between matches for -.codn rs . +are discarded and the records consist of the non-matching extents between +them. The initial value of .code rs @@ -37745,6 +37749,22 @@ is .strn "\en" : the newline character. This means that, by default, records are lines. +If a match for the record separator occurs at the end of the stream, +it is not considered to delimit an empty record, but acts as the +terminator for the previous record. + +.coNP Variable @ krs +.desc +The awk variable +.code krs +stands for "keep record separator". It is a Boolean variable, initialized to +.codn nil . + +If it is set to a true value, then the separating text matched +by the pattern in the +.code rs +variable is retained as part of the preceding record rather than removed. + .coNP Variable @ fs .desc The awk variable |