GNU Awk

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GNU Project software free software programming language implementation text processing tool

GNU Awk is the GNU Project’s enhanced implementation of the AWK programming language, widely used for powerful text processing and data extraction in Unix-like environments.

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gawk 2
AWK programming language 1
GNU Gawk 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf GNU Project software ⓘ
free software ⓘ
programming language implementation ⓘ
text processing tool ⓘ
addsFeature TCP and UDP sockets ⓘ
additional string functions ⓘ
arbitrary-precision arithmetic via MPFR ⓘ
dynamic loading of extensions ⓘ
indirect function calls ⓘ
internationalization support ⓘ
network programming extensions ⓘ
time and date functions ⓘ
two-way pipelines ⓘ
typed regular expressions ⓘ
user-defined functions ⓘ
category Unix text processing utilities ⓘ
free programming tools ⓘ
commandName GNU Awk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: gawk
developer GNU Project ⓘ
distribution often installed by default on GNU/Linux systems ⓘ
documentation GNU Awk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The GNU Awk User’s Guide
genre command-line utility ⓘ
scripting language interpreter ⓘ
implements GNU Awk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AWK programming language
license GNU General Public License ⓘ
licenseVersion GPLv3 or later ⓘ
maintainer Arnold Robbins ⓘ
name GNU Awk self-link ⓘ
operatingSystem BSD ⓘ
GNU/Linux ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows

Unix-like systems ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
partOf GNU Project ⓘ
primaryAuthor Arnold Robbins ⓘ
programmingLanguage C ⓘ
shortName GNU Awk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: gawk
supports BEGIN and END blocks ⓘ
POSIX awk standard ⓘ
associative arrays ⓘ
command-line options ⓘ
field and record separators ⓘ
in-place file editing ⓘ
locale-aware processing ⓘ
multiple input files ⓘ
pattern-action programming model ⓘ
script files ⓘ
traditional awk syntax ⓘ
uses POSIX regular expressions ⓘ
website https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/ ⓘ

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GNU Awk → commandName → GNU Awk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: gawk
GNU Awk → documentation → GNU Awk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The GNU Awk User’s Guide
GNU Project → hasPart → GNU Awk ⓘ
GNU Awk → implements → GNU Awk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AWK programming language
GNU Awk → name → GNU Awk self-link ⓘ
Paul Eggert → notableWork → GNU Awk ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU Gawk
GNU Awk → shortName → GNU Awk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: gawk