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This wiki is maintained by regulars from the #awk channel on irc.libera.chat (and previously irc.freenode.net).

What is awk? see What_is_awk

Feel free to edit the wiki, just press edit button, the formatting rules are summarized at the bottom of the edit box. If you are afraid to break something, feel free to play in the SandBox. If you feel you need more info see How to edit. You can download a full backup of the wiki there: http://awk.freeshell.org/download/


#awk

#awk is small with a low traffic, and is not different from the other channels of this size on irc ie:

Here is an, incomplete, not always up to date, list of some of the ChannelRegulars

Documentation

Useful code snippets

gawk specific code snippets

The following functions utilize gawk specific features, and so require the use of the gawk interpreter in order to operate:


Requests for Implementation

It may be that some people in the channel want code written to solve specific problems. These solutions may benefit from review, cooperative work and a location perhaps a bit more permanent than a PasteBin.


Variants of awk

See also: AwkFeatureComparison

Links

Thank you!!

The StyleSheet of this wiki has been borrowed (with permission) from the heirloom project website.

Be sure to check this excellent project, it provides, among many many other utilities, 2 implementations of awk: oawk and nawk