.CD "bawk, awk \(en pattern matching language"
.SX "bawk \fIrules\fR [\fIfile\fR] ...
.FL "\fR(none)"
.EX "bawk rules input" "Process \fIinput\fR according to \fIrules\fR"
.EX "bawk rules \(en  >out" "Input from terminal, output to \fIout\fR"
.PP
\fIAwk\fR is a pattern matching language.
\fIBawk\fR is Basic Awk, a subset of the original.
The file name \(en can be used to designate \fIstdin\fR.
The manual is given in Chap. 9.