echo T.nextfile: tests of nextfile command awk=${awk-../a.out} # 1st lines of some files rm -f foo0 for i in T.* do sed 1q $i >>foo0 done $awk ' { print $0; nextfile } # print first line, quit ' T.* >foo1 diff foo0 foo1 || echo 'BAD: T.nextfile 1' $awk ' # same test but in a for loop { print $0; for (i = 1; i < 10; i++) if (i == 1) nextfile print "nextfile for error" } # print first line, quit ' T.* >foo1 diff foo0 foo1 || echo 'BAD: T.nextfile 1f' $awk ' # same test but in a while loop { print $0; i = 1 while (i < 10) if (i++ == 1) nextfile print "nextfile while error" } # print first line, quit ' T.* >foo1 diff foo0 foo1 || echo 'BAD: T.nextfile 1w' $awk ' # same test but in a do loop { print $0; i = 1 do { if (i++ == 1) nextfile # print first line, quit } while (i < 10) print "nextfile do error" } ' T.* >foo1 diff foo0 foo1 || echo 'BAD: T.nextfile 1d' # 100 lines of some files rm -f foo0 for i in T.* do sed 100q $i >>foo0 done $awk ' { print } FNR == 100 { nextfile } # print first line, quit ' T.* >foo1 diff foo0 foo1 || echo 'BAD: T.nextfile 2' >foo0 # empty $awk ' { nextfile; print $0 }' T.* >foo1 diff foo0 foo1 || echo 'BAD: T.nextfile 3' # skip weird args rm -f foo0 for i in T.* do sed 1q $i >>foo0 done $awk ' { print $0; nextfile } # print first line, quit ' T.* >foo1 diff foo0 foo1 || echo 'BAD: T.nextfile 4' |