Awk
AWK - Text pattern scanning language
AWK is a domain-specific language for text processing that scans input line-by-line, matching patterns and executing actions on structured data.
Category
Text Processing / Scripting
First Release
1977
File Extension
.awk
Creator
Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, Brian Kernighan
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Difficulty
Intermediate 2/3
Pattern-action paradigm, field-based processing, and implicit line-by-line execution differ significantly from general-purpose programming.