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+# awksed.awk --- do s/foo/bar/g using just print
+#    Thanks to Michael Brennan for the idea
+
+# Arnold Robbins, arnold@gnu.ai.mit.edu, Public Domain
+# August 1995
+
+function usage()
+{
+    print "usage: awksed pat repl [files...]" > "/dev/stderr"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+BEGIN {
+    # validate arguments
+    if (ARGC < 3)
+        usage()
+
+    RS = ARGV[1]
+    ORS = ARGV[2]
+
+    # don't use arguments as files
+    ARGV[1] = ARGV[2] = ""
+}
+
+# look ma, no hands!
+{
+    if (RT == "")
+        printf "%s", $0
+    else
+        print
+}