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Index: B

b command (sed): 6.4.1. Branching

B escape sequence: 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions

backreferences (see numbered replacement strings)

backslash ( ): 7.6. Expressions

(see also escape sequences, awk)

<, > escape sequences: 3.2.11. What's the Word? Part II

11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions

`, ' escape sequences: 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions

character classes and: 3.2.4. Character Classes

as metacharacter: 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters

3.2.1. The Ubiquitous Backslash

in replacement text: 5.3. Substitution

5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters

bang (!) (see exclamation point)

basic regular expressions (BREs): 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions

BEGIN pattern: 7.2. Hello, World

command-line parameters and: 7.10. Passing Parameters Into a Script

BEGIN procedure: 11.1.6. Control Flow

BEGINFILE procedure (tawk): 11.3.2.1. Tawk language extensions

beginning

of line (see ^ (circumflex))

Bell Labs awk: 11.2.2. Bell Labs awk

BITFTP: 0.. BITFTP

blocks of text: 6.3.3. Building Blocks of Text

Boolean operators, awk: 7.8. Relational and Boolean Operators

variables as Boolean patterns: 11.1.4. Variables as Boolean Patterns

braces {}: A.2.1. Pattern Addressing

in awk: 2.1. Awk, by Sed and Grep, out of Ed

2.4.1. Running awk

8.1. Conditional Statements

{} metacharacters: 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters

3.2.8. A Span of Characters

grouping sed commands in: 4.2.1. Grouping Commands

5.1. About the Syntax of sed Commands

bracket expressions: 3.2.4. Character Classes

brackets []

[::] metacharacters: 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions

[..] metacharacters: 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions

[==] metacharacters: 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions

as metacharacters: 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters

3.2.4. Character Classes

branch command (see b command (sed))

branching: 6.4.1. Branching

break statement: 8.3. Other Statements That Affect Flow Control

breaking lines: 11.2.3.3. Line continuation

BREs (basic regular expressions): 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions

buffers, flushing: 11.2.1.3. Flushing buffered output

built-in functions

awk: 11.1.10. Functions

gawk: 11.2.3.9. Additional functions

tawk: 11.3.2.2. Additional built-in tawk functions

built-in variables: 7.7. System Variables

11.1.11. Built-In Variables

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