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5.7.2 Special Files for Network Communications
gawk
programs
can open a two-way
TCP/IP connection, acting as either a client or a server.
This is done using a special file name of the form:
‘/net-type/protocol/local-port/remote-host/remote-port’ |
The net-type is one of ‘inet’, ‘inet4’ or ‘inet6’.
The protocol is one of ‘tcp’ or ‘udp’,
and the other fields represent the other essential pieces of information
for making a networking connection.
These file names are used with the ‘|&’ operator for communicating
with a coprocess
(see section Two-Way Communications with Another Process).
This is an advanced feature, mentioned here only for completeness.
Full discussion is delayed until
Using gawk
for Network Programming.