| Index Entry | | Section |
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| J | | |
| Jacobs, Andrew | | 12.5 Reading the User Database |
| Jaegermann, Michal | | Acknowledgments |
| Jaegermann, Michal | | A.8 Major Contributors to gawk |
| Java implementation of awk | | B.5 Other Freely Available awk Implementations |
| Java programming language | | Glossary |
| jawk | | B.5 Other Freely Available awk Implementations |
| Jedi knights | | 2.9 Undocumented Options and Features |
| join() user-defined function | | 12.2.6 Merging an Array into a String |
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| K | | |
| Kahrs, Jürgen | | Acknowledgments |
| Kahrs, Jürgen | | A.8 Major Contributors to gawk |
| Kasal, Stepan | | Acknowledgments |
| Kenobi, Obi-Wan | | 2.9 Undocumented Options and Features |
| Kernighan, Brian | | History of awk and gawk |
| Kernighan, Brian | | Dark Corners |
| Kernighan, Brian | | Acknowledgments |
| Kernighan, Brian | | 6.2.2 String Concatenation |
| Kernighan, Brian | | A.4 Extensions in Brian Kernighan’s awk |
| Kernighan, Brian | | A.8 Major Contributors to gawk |
| Kernighan, Brian | | B.5 Other Freely Available awk Implementations |
| Kernighan, Brian | | D.2 Data Values in a Computer |
| kill command, dynamic profiling | | 11.5 Profiling Your awk Programs |
| Knights, jedi | | 2.9 Undocumented Options and Features |
| Kwok, Conrad | | A.8 Major Contributors to gawk |
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| L | | |
| l debugger command (alias for list) | | 14.3.6 Miscellaneous Commands |
| labels.awk program | | 13.3.4 Printing Mailing Labels |
| languages, data-driven | | D.1 What a Program Does |
| LC_ALL locale category | | 10.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_COLLATE locale category | | 10.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_CTYPE locale category | | 10.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_MESSAGES locale category | | 10.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_MESSAGES locale category, bindtextdomain() function (gawk) | | 10.3 Internationalizing awk Programs |
| LC_MONETARY locale category | | 10.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_NUMERIC locale category | | 10.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_RESPONSE locale category | | 10.2 GNU gettext |
| LC_TIME locale category | | 10.2 GNU gettext |
| left angle bracket (<), < operator | | 6.3.2.2 Comparison Operators |
| left angle bracket (<), < operator | | 6.5 Operator Precedence (How Operators Nest) |
| left angle bracket (<), < operator (I/O) | | 4.9.3 Using getline from a File |
| left angle bracket (<), <= operator | | 6.3.2.2 Comparison Operators |
| left angle bracket (<), <= operator | | 6.5 Operator Precedence (How Operators Nest) |
| left shift, bitwise | | 9.1.6 Bit-Manipulation Functions |
| leftmost longest match | | 4.8 Multiple-Line Records |
| length() function | | 9.1.3 String-Manipulation Functions |
| Lesser General Public License (LGPL) | | Glossary |
| LGPL (Lesser General Public License) | | Glossary |
| libmawk | | B.5 Other Freely Available awk Implementations |
| libraries of awk functions | | 12 A Library of awk Functions |
| libraries of awk functions, assertions | | 12.2.2 Assertions |
| libraries of awk functions, associative arrays and | | 12.1 Naming Library Function Global Variables |
| libraries of awk functions, character values as numbers | | 12.2.5 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 | | 12.2.7 Managing the Time of Day |
| libraries of awk functions, merging arrays into strings | | 12.2.6 Merging an Array into a String |
| libraries of awk functions, rounding numbers | | 12.2.3 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 | | 6.3.3 Boolean Expressions |
| line continuations, gawk | | 6.3.4 Conditional Expressions |
| line continuations, in print statement | | 5.2 print Statement Examples |
| line continuations, with C shell | | 1.5 A More Complex Example |
| lines, blank, printing | | 5.1 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 | | 7.1.3 Specifying Record Ranges with Patterns |
| lines, skipping between markers | | 7.1.3 Specifying Record Ranges with Patterns |
| lint checking | | 7.5.1 Built-in Variables That Control awk |
| lint checking, array elements | | 8.2 The delete Statement |
| lint checking, array subscripts | | 8.4 Using Uninitialized Variables as Subscripts |
| lint checking, empty programs | | 2.1 Invoking awk |
| lint checking, issuing warnings | | 2.2 Command-Line Options |
| lint checking, POSIXLY_CORRECT environment variable | | 2.2 Command-Line Options |
| lint checking, undefined functions | | 9.2.3.3 Passing Function Arguments By Value Or By Reference |
| LINT variable | | 7.5.1 Built-in Variables That Control awk |
| Linux | | The GNU Project and This Book |
| Linux | | 10.5 A Simple Internationalization Example |
| Linux | | Glossary |
| list debugger command | | 14.3.6 Miscellaneous Commands |
| local variables | | 9.2.3.2 Controlling Variable Scope |
| locale categories | | 10.2 GNU gettext |
| locale decimal point character | | 2.2 Command-Line Options |
| locale, definition of | | 6.6 Where You Are Makes A Difference |
| localization | | 10.1 Internationalization and Localization |
| localization, See internationalization, localization | | 10.1 Internationalization and Localization |
| log files, timestamps in | | 9.1.5 Time Functions |
| log() function | | 9.1.2 Numeric Functions |
| logical false/true | | 6.3.1 True and False in awk |
| logical operators, See Boolean expressions | | 6.3.3 Boolean Expressions |
| login information | | 12.5 Reading the User Database |
| long options | | 2.1 Invoking awk |
| loops | | 7.4.2 The while Statement |
| loops, continue statements and | | 7.4.4 The for Statement |
| loops, count for header | | 11.5 Profiling Your awk Programs |
| loops, exiting | | 7.4.6 The break Statement |
| loops, See Also while statement | | 7.4.2 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) | | 9.1.6 Bit-Manipulation Functions |
| lvalues/rvalues | | 6.2.3 Assignment Expressions |
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