The AWK Programming Language

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The AWK Programming Language is a classic technical book that introduced and defined the AWK text-processing language, co-created by its authors, and became a foundational reference for Unix-based scripting and data manipulation.

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instanceOf non-fiction book
technical book
associatedWith Unix operating system NERFINISHED
Unix shell scripting
author Alfred V. Aho NERFINISHED
Brian W. Kernighan NERFINISHED
Peter J. Weinberger NERFINISHED
basedOn AWK programming language NERFINISHED
coAuthorOfLanguage Alfred V. Aho NERFINISHED
Brian W. Kernighan NERFINISHED
Peter J. Weinberger NERFINISHED
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
covers Unix text processing tools integration
associative arrays in AWK
pattern scanning
regular expressions in AWK
report generation
string processing in AWK
defines semantics of AWK
syntax of AWK
explains design philosophy of AWK
field computer science
software engineering
hasAbbreviation AWK NERFINISHED
includes examples of AWK programs
reference material
tutorial material
inSeries Addison-Wesley professional computing series NERFINISHED
language English
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
notableFor being a foundational reference for Unix scripting
influencing text-processing practices on Unix
introducing the AWK language to a broad audience
originalPublicationYear 1988
publisher Addison-Wesley NERFINISHED
shortTitle TAPL NERFINISHED
subject AWK programming language NERFINISHED
Unix NERFINISHED
data manipulation
scripting
text processing
targetAudience Unix users
programmers
system administrators
title The AWK Programming Language NERFINISHED

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Brian Kernighan authorOf The AWK Programming Language
Alfred V. Aho coAuthorOf The AWK Programming Language