BEGIN { while (("xxx /p" | getline var) > 0) ; while (("dir /w" | getline var) > 0) ; while ((getline var < "t9.awk") > 0) ; zzz = close ("xxx /p"); /* while ("ls -l" | getline var) { "ls -l" | getline x; print var; print x; } while (getline < "/etc/passwd") { print $0; } while (getline x < "/etc/shadow") { print x; } */ }