nawk — New Pattern Scanning and Processing Language
Synopsis
/usr/bin/nawk [-F ERE][-v assignment] 'program' | -f progfile argument...] /usr/xpg4/bin/awk [-F ERE][-v assignment 'program' | -f progfile [argument...]
Description
The awk command is a complete programming language that is very useful for computation and pattern matching. The name awk is an acronym composed of the last initials of the three developers of the language: Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan. The nawk (new awk) command is a greatly enhanced and optimized version of awk.
The /usr/bin/nawk and /usr/xpg4/bin/awk commands execute programs written in the nawk programming language, which is specialized for manipulating textual data. A nawk program is a sequence of patterns and ...
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