7.2.13 English - Use English or awk Names for Punctuation Variables

use English;
...
if ($ERRNO =~ /denied/) { ... }

This module provides aliases for the built-in "punctuation" variables. Variables with side effects that get triggered merely by accessing them (like $0) will still have the same effects under the aliases.

For those variables that have an awk(1) version, both long and short English alternatives are provided. For example, the $/ variable can be referred to either as $RS or as $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR if you are using the English module.

Here is the list of variables along with their English alternatives: