{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "inplace",
    "section": "3am",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/inplace/3am/json",
    "generated": "2026-09-16T03:03:23Z",
    "synopsis": "gawk -i inplace ...",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "inplace - emulate sed/perl/ruby in-place editing\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "gawk -i inplace ...\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The  inplace  extension  adds  two  functions named inplacebegin() and inplaceend().  These\nfunctions are meant to be invoked from the inplace.awk wrapper which is installed  when  gawk\nis.\n\nBy  default, each named file on the command line is replaced with a new file of the same name\nwhose contents are the results of running the AWK program.  If the user supplies an AWK vari‐\nable named inplace::suffix in a BEGIN rule or on the command line, then the inplace extension\nconcatenates that suffix onto the original filename and uses the result as a filename for re‐\nnaming the original.\n\nFor backwards compatibility, the variable will also check INPLACESUFFIX (in  the  awk  name‐\nspace) for the suffix to use if inplace::suffix is not set.\n\nOne  can disable inplace editing selectively by placing inplace::enable=0 on the command line\nprior to files that should be processed normally.  One can reenable inplace editing by  plac‐\ning inplace::enable=1 prior to files that should be subject to inplace editing.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "BUGS": {
            "content": "While  the  extension does attempt to preserve ownership and permissions, it makes no attempt\nto copy the ACLs from the original file.\n\nIf the program dies prematurely, as might happen if an unhandled signal is received, a tempo‐\nrary file may be left behind.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "EXAMPLE": {
            "content": "gawk -i inplace 'script' files ...\ngawk -i inplace -f scriptfile files ...\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "GAWK: Effective AWK Programming, filefuncs(3am), fnmatch(3am), fork(3am), ordchr(3am),  read‐\ndir(3am), readfile(3am), revoutput(3am), rwarray(3am).\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Andrew Schorr, schorr@telemetry-investments.com.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COPYING PERMISSIONS": {
            "content": "Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, Free Software Foundation, Inc.\n\nPermission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual page provided the\ncopyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies.\n\nPermission  is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this manual page under the\nconditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is  distrib‐\nuted under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one.\n\nPermission  is  granted  to copy and distribute translations of this manual page into another\nlanguage, under the above conditions for modified versions, except that this  permission  no‐\ntice may be stated in a translation approved by the Foundation.\n\nFree Software Foundation                     Jun 26 2018                                INPLACE(3am)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "inplace - emulate sed/perl/ruby in-place editing",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [
        "gawk -i inplace 'script' files ...",
        "gawk -i inplace -f scriptfile files ..."
    ],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "filefuncs",
            "section": "3am",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/filefuncs/3am/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "fnmatch",
            "section": "3am",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fnmatch/3am/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "fork",
            "section": "3am",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fork/3am/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "ordchr",
            "section": "3am",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ordchr/3am/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "dir",
            "section": "3am",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dir/3am/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "readfile",
            "section": "3am",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/readfile/3am/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "revoutput",
            "section": "3am",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/revoutput/3am/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "rwarray",
            "section": "3am",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/rwarray/3am/json"
        }
    ]
}