08-28-2002
awk - treat multiple delimiters as one
Is there anyway to get awk to treat multiple delimiters as one? Particularly spaces...
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checknr(1) General Commands Manual checknr(1)
NAME
checknr - check nroff/troff files
SYNOPSIS
... ...c [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
searches a list of or input files for certain kinds of errors involving mismatched opening and closing delimiters and unknown commands. If
no files are specified, searches the standard input. looks for the following:
o Font changes using
o Size changes using
o Macros that come in open ... close forms, such as the and macros, which must appear in matched pairs.
knows about the and macro packages.
Options
recognizes the following options:
Define additional macro pairs in the list.
is followed by groups of six characters, each group defining a pair of macros. Each six characters consist of a period, the
first macro name, another period, and the second macro name. For example, to define the pairs and and and use:
No spaces are allowed between the option and its arguments.
Define commands that
would otherwise interpret as undefined.
Ignore
font changes.
Ignore
size changes.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
International Code Set Support
Single-byte character code sets are supported.
DIAGNOSTICS
complains about unmatched delimiters, unrecognized commands, and bad command syntax.
EXAMPLES
Check file for errors that involve mismatched opening and closing delimiters and unknown commands, but disregard errors caused by font
changes:
WARNINGS
is designed for use on documents prepared with the intent of using much the same as is used. It expects a certain document writing style
for and commands, in which each is terminated with and each is terminated with Although text files format properly when the next font or
point size is coded directly instead of using or such techniques produce complaints from checknr. If files are to be examined by checknr,
the and delimiting conventions should be used.
cannot be used to define single-character macro names.
does not recognize certain reasonable constructs such as conditionals.
AUTHOR
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
SEE ALSO
checkeq(1), lint(1), nroff(1).
checknr(1)