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&occuring elsewhere in the input.print $0 > ++c".xml"- 1) you don't need the$0as that's what awk prints by default, 2) an unparenthesized expression on the right side of input or output redirection is undefined behavior and will give you a syntax error in some awks, 3) not closing the output files as you go will lead to a "too many open files" error from most awks when you pass the system limit. It should beprint > (++c".xml"); close(c".xml")or betterout=++c".xml"; print > out; close(out)to be portable and robust.&in the input) so you should probably add asub(/^\n/,"")before theprint, and they will end with a blank line (there's one before the&and at the end of the file in the input andORSwill add one by default) so you should setORSto null and just use the one from the input as the terminating newline for each file, i.e.awk 'BEGIN{RS="&"; ORS=""}{out=++c".xml"; sub(/^\n/,""); print > out; close(out)}' file.xml. Obviously in GNU awk you could manipulateRSandRTto handle that instead.