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Asked: 2026-06-12T16:36:31+00:00

With grep , you have a –null-data option -z, –null-data a data line ends

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With grep, you have a --null-data option

-z, --null-data           a data line ends in 0 byte, not newline

In this way a line is a string ending with a null character, instead of a newline. Does awk have a similar option?

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    You can set RS (the record separator) to change how awk views lines. This would be set in a similar manner to the field separator FS. Depending on the version of awk you are using you may be able to set this to NULL.

    For example, 

    awk '{ print $0 }' RS="\0" file

    Note that this may not be portable if you are not using the GNU awk implementation.

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