awk

/awk/ 1. n. [Unix techspeak] An interpreted language for massaging text data
developed by Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan (the name
derives from their initials). It is characterized by C-like syntax, a
declaration-free approach to variable typing and declarations, associative
arrays, and field-oriented text processing. See also Perl. 2. n. Editing
term for an expression awkward to manipulate through normal regexp
facilities (for example, one containing a newline ). 3. vt. To process data
using awk (1).

