Linux and Unix awk command
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Short for Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan, awk is a script processing language also known as oawk, gawk, mawk and nawk allows for pattern scanning and processing.
awk [program | -f program file] [flags / variables] [files]
| -f program file | Run an awk script from the specified file instead of from the command line. |
| variable | Initializes the awk variable with the specified. Syntax is variable=value |
The awk program can consist of one or more awk commands separated by a \n or semicolons.
awk myscript.sh
In the above example this command would execute the awk script "myscript.sh".
Related commands
bc
oawk
gawk
mawk
nawk