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Extensions in the Bell Laboratories `awk'
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   Brian Kernighan, one of the original designers of Unix `awk', has
made his version available via anonymous `ftp' (Note: Other Freely
Available `awk' Implementations.).  This section
describes extensions in his version of `awk' that are not in POSIX
`awk'.

   * The `-mf NNN' and `-mr NNN' command line options to set the
     maximum number of fields, and the maximum record size, respectively
     (Note: Command Line Options.).

   * The `fflush' built-in function for flushing buffered output (Note:
     Built-in Functions for Input/Output.).