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That is not how FS is set; It's set with -F. And there is actually no need to use -v, passing variables at the end works consistently across all AWK's and alway

That is not how FS is set; It's set with -F. And there is actually no need to use -v, passing variables at the end works consistently across all AWK's and always has: echo "" | awk '{print Bla;}' Bla="Hello."

3xblah 7y ago
What if you set FS with -F but then later in the script want to change FS to something else.
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  The results will be unpredictable at best; either set it with -F, or use 'BEGIN {FS = "...";}', but not both.