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Printing Output
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   One of the most common programming actions is to "print" or output,
some or all of the input.  Use the `print' statement for simple output,
and the `printf' statement for fancier formatting.  The `print'
statement is not limited when computing _which_ values to print.
However, with two exceptions, you cannot specify _how_ to print
them--how many columns, whether to use exponential notation or not, and
so on.  (For the exceptions, Note: Output Separators, and Note:
Controlling Numeric Output with `print'.)  For that, you need the
`printf' statement (Note: Using `printf' Statements for Fancier
Printing.).

   Besides basic and formatted printing, this major node also covers
I/O redirections to files and pipes, introduces the special file names
that `gawk' processes internally, and discusses the `close' built-in
function.

Print

The `print' statement.

Print Examples

Simple examples of `print' statements.

Output Separators

The output separators and how to change them.

OFMT

Controlling Numeric Output With `print'.

Printf

The `printf' statement.

Redirection

How to redirect output to multiple files and

pipes.

Special Files

File name interpretation in `gawk'.

`gawk' allows access to inherited file descriptors.

Close Files And Pipes

Closing Input and Output Files and Pipes.