Data File Management (The GNU Awk User’s Guide)

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10.3 Data file Management

This section presents functions that are useful for managing command-line data files.

• Filetrans Function		A function for handling data file transitions.
• Rewind Function		A function for rereading the current file.
• File Checking		Checking that data files are readable.
• Empty Files		Checking for zero-length files.
• Ignoring Assigns		Treating assignments as file names.