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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>awk</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="avatar.html" title="avatar"/><link rel="next" href="../B.html" title="B"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">awk</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="avatar.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="../B.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="awk"/><dt xmlns="" id="awk"><b>awk</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/awk/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> [Unix techspeak] An
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interpreted language for massaging text data developed by Alfred Aho, Peter
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Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan (the name derives from their initials). It
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is characterized by C-like syntax, a declaration-free approach to variable
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typing and declarations, associative arrays, and field-oriented text
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processing. See also <a href="../P/Perl.html"><i class="glossterm">Perl</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">n.</span> Editing term for an
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expression awkward to manipulate through normal
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<a href="../R/regexp.html"><i class="glossterm">regexp</i></a> facilities (for example, one containing a
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<a href="../N/newline.html"><i class="glossterm">newline</i></a>). </p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To process data using
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">awk</span>(1)</span>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="avatar.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../A.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="../B.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">avatar </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> B</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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