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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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input line language record default first command print number string implementation program separator variables lines one current field pattern kernighan
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWK | Designed by | Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan | 1.00 | infobox |
| AWK | First appeared | 1977; 49 years ago (1977) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AWK | OS | Cross-platform | 1.00 | infobox |
| AWK | Paradigm | Scripting, procedural, data-driven | 1.00 | infobox |
| AWK | Stable release | IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (POSIX) / 1985 | 1.00 | infobox |
| AWK | Typing discipline | none; can handle strings, integers and floating-point numbers; regular expressions | 1.00 | infobox |
| AWK | related to Books | Lock-green | 0.60 | section |
| AWK | related to Books | Lock-gray-alt-2 | 0.60 | section |
| AWK | related to Books | Lock-red-alt-2 | 0.60 | section |
| AWK | related to Books | Wikisource-logo | 0.60 | section |
| AWK | related to Books | Aho | 0.60 | section |
| AWK | related to Books | Alfred | 0.60 | section |
These clusters group vocabulary that occurs around closely connected concepts in the source material.
Bridges can reveal useful research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list of related terms.