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  • Could c wrap (or is awk arbitrary precision)? Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 13:03
  • Note that that exit would close the pipe and potentially cause command2 to be killed with SIGPIPE (which may or may not be desired) Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 13:11
  • @ctrl-alt-delor, awk typically uses long C compiler type for its integers which will generally be 64bit. It would take years for that number to wrap. Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 13:14
  • My computer can do in a month, what would have taken millions of years in 1970. So if Mores law continues, millions of years is less than 50 years away. Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 13:18