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FS Field Separator
Value of input field separator. Default value == /[\s\t\n]/; If FS set
to a string longer than a single character, then the string is
interpreted as a regular expression. This behavior is consistent with
the use of the RS variable. Thus, the following two assignments of FS
are equivalent:
FS = "[(){}[\\]<>]";
FS = /[(){}[\]<>]/;
When FS is set to a single character other than a blank, then that
single character is interpreted as the field separator. If FS is set
equal to a string consisting of only a single blank, " ", then FS is
set equal to the default value.
FS may also be set on the command line invoking QTAwk with the '-F'
option
See Also:
NR
FNR
FILENAME
NF
RS
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