Operators
The following table lists the operators , in order of increasing precedence, that are available in awk.
Symbol |
Meaning |
|
Assignment |
|
C conditional expression |
|
Logical OR (short-circuit) |
|
Logical AND (short-circuit) |
|
Array membership |
|
Match regular expression and negation |
|
Relational operators |
(blank) |
Concatenation |
|
Addition, subtraction |
|
Multiplication, division, and modulus (remainder) |
|
Unary plus and minus, and logical negation |
|
Exponentiation |
|
Increment and decrement, either prefix or postfix |
|
Field reference |
Tip
While **
and **=
are common extensions, they are not
part of POSIX awk .
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