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NAME

table - run an awk program with a starbase data table as input.

SYNOPSYS

        table   'program' < tablefile

DESCRIPTION

table allows a complete awk language program to be run on a starbase data table input file. The program may be processed for $column name substitutions, header value indexing, and undefined function inclusion but is otherwise unaltered. Column name substitution and header value indexing are controlled with the -h switch. Undefined function inclusion is always done but may be disabled by unsetting the TABLEFUNCTIONS environment variable.

OPTIONS

DETAILS

table is the base program for table row manipulation. row, select, calc, reckon, compute and validate are all implemented as links to table.

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