Re: [bug-gawk] Gawk Handles Late-In-Command-Line -v Variable Assignments Differently When -e and -f Are Omitted

[Neil R. Ormos]

address@hidden wrote:

> > I don't mean to be obtuse, but why are the '-v'
> > and 'a=99' arguments placed in ARGV[] only when
> > the program source is furnished without -f, -e or
> > --source= ?

> The way awk has always worked is that the program is the first non-option
> argument on the command line (and there are no -f / -e options).
> And then everything following the program text is then placed in ARGV.

> Essentially, awk stops parsing the command line for its own options once
> it finds that the program is specified on the command line.

Thank you.

The manual is clear that when no -f or -e options
are present, the first non-option argument on the
command line is used as the program.

I did not see an indication in the manual that
first non-option argument (whether it's the program
text or not) terminates option processing.
(Maybe I just missed that.  (And maybe I should have
inferred the behavior from the presence of "-v" in
ARGV[].))

Wishing you a happy holiday!

--Neil Ormos