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AWK

AWK (/ɔːk/) is a scripting language designed for text processing and typically used as a data extraction and reporting tool. Like sed and grep, it is a filter, and it is a standard feature of most Unix-like operating systems. The shell command that runs the AWK processor is named awk.

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Designed by
Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan
First appeared
1977; 49 years ago (1977)
OS
Cross-platform
Paradigm
Scripting, procedural, data-driven
Stable release
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (POSIX) / 1985
Typing discipline
none; can handle strings, integers and floating-point numbers; regular expressions

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Structure of AWK programs

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Self-contained AWK scripts

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AWK

Nodes98
Edges97
Triples137
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020408
Components1

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AWK

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related to Books · 36
AWK → Addison-Wesley, Addison-Wesley Professional, Aho, Alfred, April, Archived, Arnold, Bloomington, Brian, CA, Dale, Dougherty, Effective, Effective Awk Programming, Gnu Awk, Hoboken, IN, ISBN, Kernighan, Lock-gray-alt-2
related to Further reading · 35
AWK → Aho, Alfred, An, Andy Oram, Archived, AWKRobbins, Become, Common, Computerworld, Daniel, Fosslife, Hamilton, IBM DeveloperWorks, Interview, Linux User Manual, Manned, May, Naomi, Part, Programming Languages
related to Sum last word · 12
AWK → Adding, At, AWK's, However, If, NF, NFis, Note, On, Similarly, Since, This
related to history · 10
AWK → According, As, Bourne, Brian Kernighan, It, Linux Standard Base, Marc Rochkind's, Single UNIX Specification, Unix, Version
related to Versions and implementations · 9
AWK → Brian Kernighan, In, The, The AWK Programming Language, This, To, Unix, UNIX System, Version
related to External links · 7
AWK → Archived, Community Portal, Curlie, Henry Spencer, The, The Amazing Awk Assembler, Wayback Machine
related to Match a range of input lines · 6
AWK → For, It, Likewise, NR, The, Thus
related to Match pattern from command line · 5
AWK → Bourne, FILENAMEcontains, It, The, This
related to Built-in variables · 3
AWK → AWK's, Other, They
related to Hello, World! · 3
AWK → Hello, Here, World

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Important terminology

input line language record default first command print number string implementation program separator variables lines one current field pattern kernighan

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AWKDesigned byAlfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan1.00infobox
AWKFirst appeared1977; 49 years ago (1977)1.00infobox
AWKOSCross-platform1.00infobox
AWKParadigmScripting, procedural, data-driven1.00infobox
AWKStable releaseIEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (POSIX) / 19851.00infobox
AWKTyping disciplinenone; can handle strings, integers and floating-point numbers; regular expressions1.00infobox
AWKrelated to BooksLock-green0.60section
AWKrelated to BooksLock-gray-alt-20.60section
AWKrelated to BooksLock-red-alt-20.60section
AWKrelated to BooksWikisource-logo0.60section
AWKrelated to BooksAho0.60section
AWKrelated to BooksAlfred0.60section

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