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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
AWK programming language	5
GNU Awk canonical	4
awk	2
gawk	2
GNU Awk manual	1
GNU Gawk	1
The GNU Awk User’s Guide	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 → documentation → GNU Awk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Paul Eggert → notableWork → GNU Awk ⓘ

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Brian Kernighan → knownFor → GNU Awk ⓘ

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Brian Kernighan → coCreatorOf → GNU Awk ⓘ

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Alfred V. Aho → knownFor → GNU Awk ⓘ

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Alfred V. Aho → coCreatorOf → GNU Awk ⓘ

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Arnold Robbins → knownFor → GNU Awk ⓘ

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Arnold Robbins → contributedTo → GNU Awk ⓘ

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