| Index Entry | Section |
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| K | | |
| Kahrs, Jürgen | Acknowledgments |
| Kahrs, Jürgen | A.6 Major Contributors to gawk |
| Kenobi, Obi-Wan | 11.6 Undocumented Options and Features |
| Kernighan, Brian | History of awk and gawk |
| Kernighan, Brian | Dark Corners |
| Kernighan, Brian | Acknowledgments |
| Kernighan, Brian | 5.6 String Concatenation |
| Kernighan, Brian | A.4 Extensions in the Bell Laboratories awk |
| Kernighan, Brian | A.6 Major Contributors to gawk |
| Kernighan, Brian | B.6 Other Freely Available awk Implementations |
| Kernighan, Brian | D.2 Data Values in a Computer |
| kill command, dynamic profiling | 10.5 Profiling Your awk Programs |
| Knights, jedi | 11.6 Undocumented Options and Features |
| Kwok, Conrad | A.6 Major Contributors to gawk |
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| L | | |
| labels.awk program | 13.3.4 Printing Mailing Labels |
| languages, data-driven | D.1 What a Program Does |
| LC_ALL locale category | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_COLLATE locale category | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_CTYPE locale category | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_MESSAGES locale category | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_MESSAGES locale category, bindtextdomain function (gawk) | 9.3 Internationalizing awk Programs |
| LC_MONETARY locale category | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_NUMERIC locale category | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_RESPONSE locale category | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_TIME locale category | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| left angle bracket (<), < operator | 5.10.2 Comparison Operators |
| left angle bracket (<), < operator | 5.14 Operator Precedence (How Operators Nest) |
| left angle bracket (<), < operator (I/O) | 3.8.3 Using getline from a File |
| left angle bracket (<), <= operator | 5.10.2 Comparison Operators |
| left angle bracket (<), <= operator | 5.14 Operator Precedence (How Operators Nest) |
| left shift, bitwise | 8.1.6 Bit-Manipulation Functions of gawk |
| leftmost longest match | 3.7 Multiple-Line Records |
| length function | 8.1.3 String-Manipulation Functions |
| Lesser General Public License (LGPL) | Glossary |
| LGPL (Lesser General Public License) | Glossary |
| libraries of awk functions | 12. A Library of awk Functions |
| libraries of awk functions, assertions | 12.2.3 Assertions |
| libraries of awk functions, associative arrays and | 12.1 Naming Library Function Global Variables |
| libraries of awk functions, character values as numbers | 12.2.6 Translating Between Characters and Numbers |
| libraries of awk functions, command-line options | 12.4 Processing Command-Line Options |
| libraries of awk functions, example program for using | 13.3.9 An Easy Way to Use Library Functions |
| libraries of awk functions, group database, reading | 12.6 Reading the Group Database |
| libraries of awk functions, managing, data files | 12.3 Data File Management |
| libraries of awk functions, managing, time | 12.2.8 Managing the Time of Day |
| libraries of awk functions, merging arrays into strings | 12.2.7 Merging an Array into a String |
| libraries of awk functions, nextfile statement | 12.2.1 Implementing nextfile as a Function |
| libraries of awk functions, rounding numbers | 12.2.4 Rounding Numbers |
| libraries of awk functions, user database, reading | 12.5 Reading the User Database |
| line breaks | 1.6 awk Statements Versus Lines |
| line continuations | 5.11 Boolean Expressions |
| line continuations, gawk | 5.12 Conditional Expressions |
| line continuations, in print statement | 4.2 Examples of print Statements |
| line continuations, with C shell | 1.5 A More Complex Example |
| lines, blank, printing | 4.1 The print Statement |
| lines, counting | 13.2.7 Counting Things |
| lines, duplicate, removing | 13.3.6 Removing Duplicates from Unsorted Text |
| lines, matching ranges of | 6.1.3 Specifying Record Ranges with Patterns |
| lines, skipping between markers | 6.1.3 Specifying Record Ranges with Patterns |
| lint checking | 6.5.1 Built-in Variables That Control awk |
| lint checking, array elements | 7.6 The delete Statement |
| lint checking, array subscripts | 7.8 Using Uninitialized Variables as Subscripts |
| lint checking, empty programs | 11.1 Invoking awk |
| lint checking, issuing warnings | 11.2 Command-Line Options |
| lint checking, POSIXLY_CORRECT environment variable | 11.2 Command-Line Options |
| lint checking, undefined functions | 8.2.3 Calling User-Defined Functions |
| LINT variable | 6.5.1 Built-in Variables That Control awk |
| Linux | The GNU Project and This Book |
| Linux | 9.5 A Simple Internationalization Example |
| Linux | B.4.1.1 Compiling gawk on the Atari ST |
| Linux | Glossary |
| locale categories | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| locale decimal point character | 11.2 Command-Line Options |
| locale, definition of | 2.9 Where You Are Makes A Difference |
| localization | 9.1 Internationalization and Localization |
| localization, See internationalization, localization | 9.1 Internationalization and Localization |
| log files, timestamps in | 8.1.5 Using gawk's Timestamp Functions |
| log function | 8.1.2 Numeric Functions |
| logical false/true | 5.9 True and False in awk |
| logical operators, See Boolean expressions | 5.11 Boolean Expressions |
| login information | 12.5 Reading the User Database |
| long options | 11.1 Invoking awk |
| loops | 6.4.2 The while Statement |
| loops, continue statements and | 6.4.4 The for Statement |
| loops, count for header | 10.5 Profiling Your awk Programs |
| loops, exiting | 6.4.6 The break Statement |
| loops, See Also while statement | 6.4.2 The while Statement |
| Lost In Space | C.3 Adding New Built-in Functions to gawk |
| ls utility | 1.5 A More Complex Example |
| lshift function (gawk) | 8.1.6 Bit-Manipulation Functions of gawk |
| lvalues/rvalues | 5.7 Assignment Expressions |
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| M | | |
| mailing labels, printing | 13.3.4 Printing Mailing Labels |
| mailing list, GNITS | Acknowledgments |
| make_builtin internal function | C.3.1 A Minimal Introduction to gawk Internals |
| make_number internal function | C.3.1 A Minimal Introduction to gawk Internals |
| make_string internal function | C.3.1 A Minimal Introduction to gawk Internals |
| mark parity | 12.2.6 Translating Between Characters and Numbers |
| marked string extraction (internationalization) | 9.4.1 Extracting Marked Strings |
| marked strings, extracting | 9.4.1 Extracting Marked Strings |
| Marx, Groucho | Advanced Notes: Operator Evaluation Order |
| match function | 8.1.3 String-Manipulation Functions |
| match function, RSTART/RLENGTH variables | 8.1.3 String-Manipulation Functions |
| matching, expressions, See comparison expressions | 5.10 Variable Typing and Comparison Expressions |
| matching, leftmost longest | 3.7 Multiple-Line Records |
| matching, null strings | Advanced Notes: Matching the Null String |
| mawk program | B.6 Other Freely Available awk Implementations |
| McPhee, Patrick | A.6 Major Contributors to gawk |
| memory, releasing | C.3.1 A Minimal Introduction to gawk Internals |
| memory, setting limits | 11.2 Command-Line Options |
| message object files | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| message object files, converting from portable object files | 9.5 A Simple Internationalization Example |
| message object files, specifying directory of | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| message object files, specifying directory of | 9.3 Internationalizing awk Programs |
| metacharacters, escape sequences for | Advanced Notes: Escape Sequences for Metacharacters |
| mktime function (gawk) | 8.1.5 Using gawk's Timestamp Functions |
| modifiers, in format specifiers | 4.5.3 Modifiers for printf Formats |
| monetary information, localization | 9.2 GNU gettext |
| msgfmt utility | 9.5 A Simple Internationalization Example |
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