Shell Programming and Scripting

awk 'NR==FNR
        {
        #code to process file1 
         next
        }
        {
        #code to process file2 
        a=myfunction(x)
        }
        END {
            #Some code
             b=myfunction(x)
             
            }'file1 file2

awk: cmd. line:4: function recurse(number,   ret)
awk: cmd. line:4: ^ syntax error
awk: cmd. line:16: return ret
awk: cmd. line:16: ^ `return' used outside function context

awk '
  function recurse(number,   ret) {
        # Some code
        return ret
  }
  NR==FNR {
        #code to process file1 
         next
  }
  {
        #code to process file2 
        a=myfunction(x)
  }
  END {
        #Some code
        b=myfunction(x)
 
  }'file1 file2