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 |PROCINFO|Information about the process.| |PROCINFO|Information about the process.|
 |RLENGTH|The length of the string matched by the match function.| |RLENGTH|The length of the string matched by the match function.|
 +|RSTART|The first position in the string matched by match function.|
 |RS|The input record separator, by default a newline.| |RS|The input record separator, by default a newline.|
 |RT|The record terminator.| |RT|The record terminator.|
 |SUBSEP|The character used to separate multiple subscripts in array elements, by default "\034".| |SUBSEP|The character used to separate multiple subscripts in array elements, by default "\034".|
 +|TEXTDOMAIN|The text domain of the AWK program.  For compatibility with GNU **gettext**.  The default value is "messages".|
 +
  
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 It represents the index in ARGV of the current file being processed. It represents the index in ARGV of the current file being processed.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk '{  awk '{ 
    print "ARGIND   = ", ARGIND; print "Filename = ", ARGV[ARGIND]     print "ARGIND   = ", ARGIND; print "Filename = ", ARGV[ARGIND] 
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 Its default value is %.6g. Its default value is %.6g.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN { print "Conversion Format =", CONVFMT }' awk 'BEGIN { print "Conversion Format =", CONVFMT }'
 </code> </code>
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 A string indicates an error when a redirection fails for getline or if a close call fails. A string indicates an error when a redirection fails for getline or if a close call fails.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN { ret = getline < "junk.txt"; if (ret == -1) print "Error:", ERRNO }' awk 'BEGIN { ret = getline < "junk.txt"; if (ret == -1) print "Error:", ERRNO }'
 </code> </code>
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 It represents the number of the current record in the current file. It represents the number of the current record in the current file.
 +
 +<code bash>
 +echo -e "One Two\nOne Two Three\nOne Two Three Four" | awk 'FNR < 3'
 +</code>
 +
 +returns:
 +
 +<code>
 +One Two
 +One Two Three
 +</code>
  
 <WRAP info> <WRAP info>
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 When this variable is set, GAWK becomes case-insensitive. When this variable is set, GAWK becomes case-insensitive.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN{IGNORECASE = 1} /peter/' test.txt awk 'BEGIN{IGNORECASE = 1} /peter/' test.txt
 </code> </code>
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 10   Peter     Terence    Roux        45 10   Peter     Terence    Roux        45
 </code> </code>
 +
 +<WRAP info>
 +**NOTE:**  If IGNORECASE does not work then try:
 +
 +<code bash>
 +awk 'tolower($0) ~ /peter/' test.txt
 +</code>
 +
 +</WRAP>
  
 ---- ----
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 When assigned the string value fatal, lint warnings become fatal errors, exactly like **--lint=fatal**. When assigned the string value fatal, lint warnings become fatal errors, exactly like **--lint=fatal**.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN {LINT = 1; a}' awk 'BEGIN {LINT = 1; a}'
 </code> </code>
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 </code> </code>
  
 +<WRAP info>
 +**NOTE:**  This only works with GAWK, not AWK.
 +</WRAP>
  
 ---- ----
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 It represents the output format number and its default value is %.6g. It represents the output format number and its default value is %.6g.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN {print "OFMT = " OFMT}' awk 'BEGIN {print "OFMT = " OFMT}'
 </code> </code>
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 It represents the output field separator and its default value is space. It represents the output field separator and its default value is space.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN {print "OFS = " OFS}' | cat -vte awk 'BEGIN {print "OFS = " OFS}' | cat -vte
 </code> </code>
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 It represents the output record separator and its default value is newline. It represents the output record separator and its default value is newline.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN {print "ORS = " ORS}' | cat -vte awk 'BEGIN {print "ORS = " ORS}' | cat -vte
 </code> </code>
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 This is an associative array containing information about the process, such as real and effective UID numbers, process ID number, and so on. This is an associative array containing information about the process, such as real and effective UID numbers, process ID number, and so on.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN { print PROCINFO["pid"] }' awk 'BEGIN { print PROCINFO["pid"] }'
 </code> </code>
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 AWK's match function searches for a given string in the input-string. AWK's match function searches for a given string in the input-string.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN { if (match("One Two Three", "re")) { print RLENGTH } }' awk 'BEGIN { if (match("One Two Three", "re")) { print RLENGTH } }'
 </code> </code>
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 It represents (input) record separator and its default value is newline. It represents (input) record separator and its default value is newline.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN {print "RS = " RS}' | cat -vte awk 'BEGIN {print "RS = " RS}' | cat -vte
 </code> </code>
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 It represents the first position in the string matched by match function. It represents the first position in the string matched by match function.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN { if (match("One Two Three", "Thre")) { print RSTART } }' awk 'BEGIN { if (match("One Two Three", "Thre")) { print RSTART } }'
 </code> </code>
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 It represents the separator character for array subscripts and its default value is \034. It represents the separator character for array subscripts and its default value is \034.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN { print "SUBSEP = " SUBSEP }' | cat -vte awk 'BEGIN { print "SUBSEP = " SUBSEP }' | cat -vte
 </code> </code>
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 It represents the entire input record. It represents the entire input record.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk '{print $0}' test.txt awk '{print $0}' test.txt
 </code> </code>
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 It is used to find the localized translations for the program's strings. It is used to find the localized translations for the program's strings.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk 'BEGIN { print TEXTDOMAIN }' awk 'BEGIN { print TEXTDOMAIN }'
 </code> </code>
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 It represents the nth field in the current record where the fields are separated by FS. It represents the nth field in the current record where the fields are separated by FS.
  
-<code bash>+<code awk>
 awk '{print $2 "\t" $5}' test.txt awk '{print $2 "\t" $5}' test.txt
 </code> </code>
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