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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index 5902f7db..356cd142 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -7707,6 +7707,7 @@ In order to deal with such things, when processing CSV files, are not enclosed in double quotes. Thus, use of the @option{--csv} totally overrides normal record processing with @code{RS} (@pxref{Records}). +@cindex Kernighan, Brian @subentry quotes @sidebar Carriage-Return--Line-Feed Line Endings In CSV Files @quotation @code{\r\n} @i{is the invention of the devil.} @@ -7715,7 +7716,7 @@ totally overrides normal record processing with @code{RS} (@pxref{Records}). Many CSV files are imported from systems where the line terminator for text files is a carriage-return--line-feed pair -(CR-LF, @code{\r} followed by @code{\n}). +(CR-LF, @samp{\r} followed by @samp{\n}). For ease of use, when processing CSV files, @command{gawk} simply strips out any carriage-return characters in the input. @end sidebar |