AWK

This programming language may be used to instruct a computer to perform a task. Execution method: Interpreted See Also: AWK on the HOPL

Listed below are all of the tasks on Rosetta Code which have been solved using AWK. Thismay be used to instruct a computer to perform a task.Listed below are all of the tasks on Rosetta Code which have been solved using AWK.

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If you know AWK, please write code for some of the If you know, please write code for some of the tasks not implemented in AWK

AWK is a small but powerful programming language that can process and convert text files. AWK is part of every Unix-derived system.

Each AWK program consists of pattern-action statements. The program reads each input line, checks lines against patterns, and runs matching actions. For programs that never read input lines, the entire program can be one BEGIN { ... } block.

List users who have /bin/ksh as a shell. $ awk - F : ' $7 == "/bin/ksh" { print $1 } ' / etc / passwd

AWK has only three types of variables: they are strings, floating-point numbers, and associative arrays (where every array index is a string). Conversion between strings and numbers is automatic. AWK also has regular expressions, which appear in many AWK programs. There are a few built-in functions, like cos() and sprintf().

Find average line length. $ awk ' { cnt + = length ( $0 ) } END { print cnt / NR } ' / etc / rc

The name "AWK" comes from the initials of Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan: they invented AWK during the 1970s. A few decades later, Kernighan continues to maintain the reference implementation of AWK.

ideone.com - gawk, mawk (both are kept up to date)

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Reports:Tasks_not_implemented_in_AWK