gawk: option requires an argument -- f Gnu Awk (gawk) 2.15, patchlevel 3 Usage: gawk [POSIX or GNU style options] -f progfile [--] file ... gawk [POSIX or GNU style options] [--] 'program' file ... POSIX options: GNU long options: -f progfile --file=progfile -F fs --field-separator=fs -v var=val --assign=var=val -W compat --compat -W copyleft --copyleft -W copyright --copyright -W help --help -W lint --lint -W posix --posix -W source=program-text --source=program-text -W usage --usage -W version --version