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# 15  
Old 10-16-2010
1 means true. It is equivalent to '1{print $0}' (if true, then print the entire record), but since {print $0} is the default action, you can leave that out.
# 16  
Old 10-16-2010
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Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
1 means true. It is equivalent to '1{print $0}' (if true, then print the entire record), but since {print $0} is the default action, you can leave that out.
Ah! Ok!

... could you comment the code of cabrao :
Code:
awk -vORS=' ' 1 FILE

space is assigned to Output Record Separator, but since it is passed as an external variable, it cause the rebuild of the layout and print $0 ?
In this code, i don't see anything regarding the initial coma separator so i am not about the ouput
# 17  
Old 10-17-2010
Hi no, it does not cause a rebuild of the record, since no field is altered. It just uses a different Output Record Separator.
# 18  
Old 10-17-2010
Ok so in fact it does not really the expected job since the coma remains...
Your code fits better .

Thanks for your explanations!
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