AWK is a domain-specific language designed for text processing and typically used as a data extraction and reporting tool. Like sed and grep, it is a filter, and is a standard feature of most Unix-like operating systems See more

AWK reads the input a line at a time. A line is scanned for each pattern in the program, and for each pattern that matches, the associated action is executed.— Alfred V. … See more

Hello, World!
Here is the customary "Hello, World!" program written in AWK:
Print lines longer than 80 characters
Print all lines longer than 80 characters. The default action is to print the current line. See more

AWK was originally written in 1977 and distributed with Version 7 Unix.
In 1985 its authors started expanding the language, most significantly by adding user-defined … See more

AWK commands are the statements that are substituted for action in the examples above. AWK commands can include function calls, variable assignments, calculations, or any combination thereof. AWK contains built-in support for many functions; many … See more

On Unix-like operating systems self-contained AWK scripts can be constructed using the shebang syntax.
For example, a script that sends the content of a given file to standard output may be built by creating a file named print.awk with the … See more

• Aho, Alfred V.; Kernighan, Brian W.; Weinberger, Peter J. (1988-01-01). The AWK Programming Language. New York, NY: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-07981-X. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
• Aho, Alfred V.; Kernighan, Brian W.; Weinberger, Peter J. (2023 … See more