BEGIN { argn = " argument" (ARGC > 1 ? "s" : "") are = ARGC > 1 ? "are" : "is" print "here we have " ARGC argn print "which " are for (x = 0; x < ARGC; x++) print "\t", ARGV[x] print "Environment variable TEST=" ENVIRON["TEST"] print "and the current input file is called \"" FILENAME "\"" } FNR == 1 { print "in main loop, this input file is known as \"" FILENAME "\"" }