Right, I agree. But I think the way the docs are currently written are not really meant to be read through like that. Thats why I mentioned "The AWK Programming

Right, I agree. But I think the way the docs are currently written are not really meant to be read through like that. Thats why I mentioned "The AWK Programming Language" book, which is excellently written, and easy to read from start to end. I don't mean to denigrate the current docs, writing documentation is hard!