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2.5 The Environment Variables 'gawk' Uses
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A number of environment variables influence how 'gawk' behaves.

* Menu:

* AWKPATH Variable::            Searching directories for 'awk'
                                programs.
* AWKLIBPATH Variable::         Searching directories for 'awk' shared
                                libraries.
* Other Environment Variables:: The environment variables.