awk — Pattern Scanning and Processing Language
Synopsis
/usr/bin/awk [-f progfile] [-Fc] ['prog'] [parameters] [filename...] /usr/xpg4/bin/awk [-F ERE] [-v assignment...] 'program' | -f progfile... [argument...]
Description
The awk command is a complete programming language that is very useful for computation and pattern matching. The name awk is an acronym composed of the last initials of the three developers of the language: Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan. The /usr/xpg4/bin/awk command is described on the nawk(1) manual page. The nawk (new awk) command is a greatly enhanced and optimized version of awk.
The /usr/bin/awk command scans a list of input files for lines that match any of a set of patterns specified in prog . The prog string ...
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