in reply to Re^2: BEGIN and END with -p or -n
in thread BEGIN and END with -p or -n

So it seems that the statement in perlmod is extraneous, and should be cut, as BEGIN and END do what they do, regardless.

There's no reason to mention awk, or imply a different behavior under -p or -n.

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