NetBSD/gnu/dist/gawk/awklib/eg/prog/awksed.awk

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# awksed.awk --- do s/foo/bar/g using just print
# Thanks to Michael Brennan for the idea
# Arnold Robbins, arnold@gnu.ai.mit.edu, Public Domain
# August 1995
function usage()
{
print "usage: awksed pat repl [files...]" > "/dev/stderr"
exit 1
}
BEGIN {
# validate arguments
if (ARGC < 3)
usage()
RS = ARGV[1]
ORS = ARGV[2]
# don't use arguments as files
ARGV[1] = ARGV[2] = ""
}
# look ma, no hands!
{
if (RT == "")
printf "%s", $0
else
print
}