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. if \w'\(rq' .ds rq "\(rq
. \}
.\}
-.TH GAWK 1 "Jan 28 2014" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
+.TH GAWK 1 "Mar 08 2014" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
.SH NAME
gawk \- pattern scanning and processing language
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -2448,6 +2448,15 @@ This applies only to the numeric output formats.
This flag only has an effect when the field width is wider than the
value to be printed.
.TP
+.B '
+A single quote character instructs
+.I gawk
+to insert the locale's thousands-separator character
+into decimal numbers, and to also use the locale's
+decimal point character with floating point formats.
+This requires correct locale support in the C library
+and in the definition of the current locale.
+.TP
.I width
The field should be padded to this width. The field is normally padded
with spaces. With the