0001988: Incorrect reference to "whole input record" for $0

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0001988	1003.1(2024)/Issue8	Shell and Utilities	public	2026-06-22 18:17	2026-06-22 18:17

Reporter	stephane	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	Objection	Type	Error
Status	New	Resolution	Open

Name	Stephane Chazelas
Organization
User Reference
Section	awk utility
Page Number	2619
Line Number	85781 85782
Interp Status
Final Accepted Text


Summary	0001988: Incorrect reference to "whole input record" for $0
Description	In > The print statement shall write the value of each expression > argument onto the indicated output stream separated by the > current output field separator (see variable OFS above), and > terminated by the output record separator (see variable ORS > above). All expression arguments shall be taken as strings, > being converted if necessary; this conversion shall be as > described in Expressions in awk, with the exception that the > printf format in OFMT shall be used instead of the value in > CONVFMT. An empty expression list shall stand for the whole > input record ($0). That late sentence is erroneous and misleading as $0's value is only the input record after that record has been read in and before it has been modified.
Desired Action	Change: > An empty expression list shall stand for the whole input record ($0). to: > An empty expression list shall stand for $0
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2026-06-22 18:17	stephane	New Issue