awk manual

From: Samy Mahmoudi <samy.mahmoudi_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 01:06:19 +0200
Hello,

The awk manual seems out of date.

For example, the -V option is documented but is unknown at execution.
Reciprocally, --version is not documented but is functional at execution.
Under FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT, the date at the end of the manual also seems
older than expected, as the FreeBSD Manual Pages indicates a newer date for
FreeBSD 11.2.

I could edit awk.1 and copy/paste a patch to solve these but reviewing the
whole manual may be better to eradicate other omissions. From the FreeBSD
Manual Pages, I have found out that options (including -V) were introduced
between 11.0 RELEASE and 11.1 RELEASE.

By the way, choosing the "FreeBSD 12-current" manual on that web page
<https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=awk&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+12-current&arch=default&format=html>
actually gives the "FreeBSD 11.2" manual, seemingly.

Best regards,
Samy
Received on Mon Jul 23 2018 - 21:06:21 UTC

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