exit out of an awk function

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How do I exit out of an awk function? "exit" stops entire program?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '10 at 22:08

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I think you want the return statement.

answered Sep 14 '10 at 22:08

Carl Norum

I do not want to return anything, I just want to get out of there on certain condition. Possible? – hari Sep 14 '10 at 22:12
Aah, I can just do "return" and get out. But that way we are returning some junk. Anyways I guess this will do for me. Thanks much. – hari Sep 14 '10 at 22:12
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@hari, returning junk is fine as long as you don't try to *use* that junk for something. – Carl Norum Sep 14 '10 at 22:14

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