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From: dfpedro@uswnvg.UUCP (Donn Pedro)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: awk comments
Keywords: awk
Message-ID: <751@uswnvg.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 91 04:42:30 GMT
References: <6188@flint4.UUCP>
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In article <6188@flint4.UUCP>, tang@motcid.UUCP (Sam D. Tang) writes:
> How does one add comments to an awk program?
> 

Since an awk program is usually written in unix shell, I just comment
outside of the actual awk script. 

like this:

#gonna do some awk now. look out

awk
{
	awk like stuff
}

Look in the back of :'The AWK Progamming language' for examples.



	dfpedro@uswnvg.UUCP