Module Name: src
Committed By: uwe
Date: Tue Jul 5 15:35:53 UTC 2022
Modified Files:
src/external/historical/nawk/bin: awk.1
Log Message:
awk(1): A few more formatting tweaks to inlibe code bits and pieces
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.22 -r1.23 src/external/historical/nawk/bin/awk.1
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/external/historical/nawk/bin/awk.1
diff -u src/external/historical/nawk/bin/awk.1:1.22 src/external/historical/nawk/bin/awk.1:1.23
--- src/external/historical/nawk/bin/awk.1:1.22 Tue Jul 5 15:28:02 2022
+++ src/external/historical/nawk/bin/awk.1 Tue Jul 5 15:35:53 2022
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: awk.1,v 1.22 2022/07/05 15:28:02 uwe Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: awk.1,v 1.23 2022/07/05 15:35:53 uwe Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) Lucent Technologies 1997
.\" All Rights Reserved
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ An empty
stands for
.Li $ Ns Va 0 .
String constants are quoted
-.Em \&"\ \&" ,
+.Li \(dq\(dq ,
with the usual C escapes recognized within.
Expressions take on string or numeric values as appropriate,
and are built using the
@@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ and are built using the
(see next subsection).
Variables may be scalars, array elements
(denoted
-.Va x[i] )
+.Va x\| Ns Li [ Ns Va i\^ Ns Li ] )
or fields.
Variables are initialized to the null string.
Array subscripts may be any string,
not necessarily numeric;
this allows for a form of associative memory.
Multiple subscripts such as
-.Va [i,j,k]
+.Li [ Ns Ar i Ns Li \&, Ns Ar j Ns Li \&, Ns Ar k Ns Li ]
are permitted; the constituents are concatenated,
separated by the value of
.Va SUBSEP .
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ Field reference
Increment and decrement, can be used either as postfix or prefix.
.It Ic ^
Exponentiation (the
-.Ic **
+.Ic **\^
form is also supported, and
-.Ic **=
+.Ic **\^=
for the assignment operator).
.It + \- \&!
Unary plus, unary minus and logical negation.
