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Linux / Unix awk command

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About awk

Originally based of the awk script processing language awk also known as oawk, gawk, mawk and nawk allows 

Syntax

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.

Examples

awk myscript.sh

In the above example this command would execute the awk script "myscript.sh".

Related commands

bc
oawk
gawk
mawk
nawk

 

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