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AllAboutGetline
//Editor's notes: The article was originally posted on the comp.lang.awk newsgroup, and can still be . . . the problem, but the type of design you can end up with if you select a getline approach is not . . . UNIX "sort" command. It then closes the write end of the pipe, so that sort receives an end-of-file . . . any output. The sort program does not receive an end-of-file indication until gawk closes the write . . . end of the pipe. Other programs can be invoked as just: . . .
16K - last updated 2009-02-15 22:14 UTC by waldner

awk.exe
[[awk.exe]] Last edited 2013-05-27 23:57:16 PDT\\ The first is from Dr. Kernighan - the k of awk.\\ gawk . . . great debugging tools;\\ and has MPFR for extended precision calculations.\\ mawk is sometimes much . . .
2K - last updated 2013-05-28 07:57 UTC by g0ph3r

awk1page
an awk program is a series of //pattern { actions }// statements;\\ ie if the input line matchs pattern . . . just prints the line.\\ The special pattern ''END'' is done after all data is read; so to print the . . . of the first column: {{{awk { sum = sum + $1 } END { print sum } }}} To also find the maximum value . . . { sum = sum + $1 } $1 > max { max = $1 } END{ print "sum = " sum; print "max value = " max; . . .
2K - last updated 2012-03-18 22:22 UTC by g0pher

awk 2012 ISO
**[[awk_2012_ISO]]**        revised:   . . . or send nominations/comments to:   [[http://www.iso.org/dev/null/|iso.org]]\\ . . .
4K - last updated 2012-09-16 03:39 UTC by g0ph3r

awka
Awka is comprised of an awk-to-C translator and a library the C code is linked against, to produce executables . . . in larger programs, and provides a method to extend its awk language implementation ([[http://awka.sourceforge.net/elm.html|Extended . . .
2K - last updated 2012-01-14 18:36 UTC by lewellyn

AwkDc
This is an awk implementation of the [http://www.gnu.org/software/bc/manual/dc-1.05/html_mono/dc.html|dc] . . . LargestAccurateNumber being an implementation-dependent value (though most likely 2^52); # integration . . . this roadmap. Notably, this version of dc is intended to include tail-call elimination for macro calls. . . . that I'm # not processing things from the wrong end. tos1 /= 255 } } } function _dc_show(stk, i, buf) . . . } else { # FIXME: error message here # FIXME: extend '+' to operate on strings? # FIXME: the above comment . . .
12K - last updated 2008-07-17 14:47 UTC by gnomon

AwkFeatureComparison
This page lists which awk implementations support which features. Additions and corrections are very . . . |=$0 contains the last record in the END block|yes?|yes|yes|yes|no|no|unknown|yes|no|no| . . . # 1foo}}}| |=$0 contains the last record in the END block|{{{echo foo | awk 'END{print}' # foo}}}| . . .
4K - last updated 2015-04-27 13:23 UTC by pgas

AwkGuide
** Work in Progress ** {{{ import from Mark Hobley's wiki }}} <toc> ---- == Overview * [[Overview]] . . . * [[empty statement]] * [[empty string]] * [[END]] * [[enumeration]] * [[environment|ENVIRON]] * . . .
4K - last updated 2011-08-14 15:57 UTC by markhobley

AwkOnWindowsHowto
AwkOnWindowsHowto\\ rough cut - needs edit {{{ 3) awk command line switches/usage from a win32 cmd.exe . . . actually 20071023 version) - stdin -- explicit end of args -safe see above -f progfile next argument . . .
3K - last updated 2010-10-24 07:44 UTC by g0pher

AwkTips
<toc> ---- == Be idiomatic! In this paragraph, we give some hints on how to write more idiomatic . . . and prints the line awk '$0 = NR" "$0' # prepends line numbers (assignments are valid in conditions) . . . value of FNR starts from 1, increases until the end of the current file, starts again from 1 as soon . . . in "# other condition" is met. The "next" at the end of the first action block is needed to prevent . . . like {{{ # prints lines from /beginpat/ to /endpat/, inclusive awk '/beginpat/,/endpat/' }}} Sometimes . . .
31K - last updated 2009-03-24 16:54 UTC by waldner

BackslashInRegexp
Because {{{"\\$"}}} is a string and {{{/\\$/}}} is not; in strings, some of the escape characters get . . . => regular expression: literal backslash at end-of-expression "\\$" => string: \$ => regular . . .
2K - last updated 2008-11-26 12:27 UTC by pgas

BEGIN
== Begin Blocks The [[awk]] programming language allows us to use **begin blocks** and **end blocks** . . . the BEGIN rules have been run. However, if an END rule exists, then the input is read, even if there . . . all nawk implementations and exists because the END rule may need to check the FNR and NR variables. . . . of current awk versions, however it is recommended that this convention is observed for portability . . .
3K - last updated 2013-04-11 14:25 UTC by 92.40.253.171.threembb.co.uk

branch
A branch is a [[control structure]] that allow a particular section of code to be conditionally executed . . . depending upon whether the outcome of a [[boolean expression]] . . .
1K - last updated 2011-04-17 06:37 UTC by markhobley

CAWKLib
=CAWKLib CAWKlib is a library of functions for for awk intended to be used with preprocessors/wrappers . . . will be implemented in the future? Well that depends. The original goal was to make separate libraries . . . do I make suggestions/comments/bug reports Send email to me at gcw (at) Not A Discussion (dot) . . .
5K - last updated 2015-01-29 10:14 UTC by 108-243-116-77.lightspeed.cicril.sbcglobal.net

Columnate
This script columnates the input file, so that columns line up like in the GNU column(1) command. Its . . . field, and saves all the lines/records. At the END, the lines are printed in columnated format. If . . . = len # an array of maximum field widths } } END { for(nr=1; nr<=NR; nr++) { nf = split(line[nr], . . .
1K - last updated 2009-02-28 21:32 UTC by h-67-101-152-180.nycmny83.dynamic.covad.net

comment
Comments are pieces of text or [[whitespace]] that can be included in a program to make the code more . . . any other characters that follow it until the end of the line: {{{ # This whole line is a comment . . .
1K - last updated 2009-07-15 17:07 UTC by MarkHobley

comparative operator
The comparative operators are used to determine equality or inequality or otherwise make comparisons . . . the behaviour of the comparative operators depends on the locale being used. The following code snippet . . . as conventional strings or numeric values depends on how the values were obtained, and on which . . . by using doublequote enclosures may also vary depending on which awk interpreter is being used. See . . .
3K - last updated 2013-02-24 17:38 UTC by markhobley

ConvertHexToFloatingPoint
This code uses [[gawkism|gawk specific features]], such as the [[http://www.gnu.org/manual/gawk/html_node/Strtonum-Function.html][strtonum]] . . . # print HexToFP($4, $3, $2, $1) " ?= " $5 } END { } }}} = C++ code for test program {{{ #include . . .
3K - last updated 2010-06-23 19:49 UTC by john b

DeleteTrailingNewlines
Simple oneliner that deletes the trailing newlines of a file: {{{ sh awk '!NF{b=b "\n";next} {printf . . . '!NF{b=b "\n";next} {printf "%s%s",b,$0;b="\n"} END {print "\n"}' file }}} . . .
1K - last updated 2008-12-31 12:07 UTC by pgas

dollar
== Prefixing field numbers == The dollar symbol can be used to prefix [[field]] numbers: == Regular expression . . . as a regular expression [[anchor]] to match the end of a [[string]]: . . .
1K - last updated 2010-11-28 10:46 UTC by markhobley

EditInPlace
You cannot edit a file in place with awk. What you should do is direct your output to a temporary file, . . . this: {{{ awk awk '{do whatever;line[NR]=$0} END{close(ARGV[1]) for(i=1;i<=NR;i++){ print line[i] . . .
1K - last updated 2009-04-11 17:29 UTC by waldner

END
The [[awk]] programming language allows us to use **end blocks** to provide [[finishoff]] and [[cleanup]] . . . actions within the program. == Labelling An **end block** is marked with the **END** label: {{{ END . . . { # This is a begin block print "The end is here" # Print the closing message } }}} == Execution . . . End blocks can are executed once only, after the last . . . input record is read. == End blocks must contain actions There is no default . . .
2K - last updated 2011-04-30 22:52 UTC by markhobley

ENVIRON
Modern versions of new awk (gawk, mawk, Bell Labs awk, any POSIX awk) all provide an array named ENVIRON. . . . {{{ awk # test this on your system before you depend on it! while ( ("env" | getline line) >0 ) { . . .
1K - last updated 2008-11-19 13:13 UTC by pgas

ENVIRONJapanese
Modern versions of new awk (gawk, mawk, Bell Labs awk, any POSIX awk) all provide an array named ENVIRON. . . . {{{ awk # test this on your system before you depend on it! while ( ("env" | getline line) >0 ) { . . .
1K - last updated 2008-11-24 08:05 UTC by pgas

EnvVarGeneral
**Answer 1:** On Unix, use "alternate quoting", e.g. {{{ awk -F: '$1 ~ /'"$USER"'/ {print $5}' /etc/passwd . . . }}} Any standard Unix shell will send the underlined part as one long argument (with . . . the quoted parts. Otherwise, you wouldn't end up a single, long script argument, because Unix . . . work in general, and the outcomes are highly dependent on the actual content of the shell variables . . .
3K - last updated 2011-07-05 09:31 UTC by pgas

escape sequence
Some characters cannot be included in [[literal string]]s, because they are [[nonprintable]] or [[control . . . symbol is used to [[delimit]] the beginning or end of a string. This means that a [[doublequote]] . . .
3K - last updated 2008-12-30 13:07 UTC by Mark Hobley

ExitCode
Normally, the `exit' command exits with a value of zero. You can supply an optional numeric value to . . . awk if (whatever) exit 12; }}} If you have an END block, control first transfers there. Within the . . . END block, an `exit' command exits immediately; if . . . if you give a new value to `exit' within the END block, the new value is used. This is documented . . . GNU Awk User's Guide (gawk.texi). If you have an END block you want to be able to skip sometimes, you . . .
1K - last updated 2008-11-26 12:30 UTC by pgas

FindAllIndices
Sometimes it is useful to find the index of every occurrence of a given character in a string. Let's . . . a doublequoted string and each even index, the end of one. {{{ awk function findallindices(str, chr, . . .
2K - last updated 2011-07-05 10:53 UTC by pgas

FIXES
[[FIXES]]        revised:   . . . undocumented features at the end.\\     2014 . . . \\ values of $0 et al are preserved in the END block.\\ -version and --version options to print . . .
6K - last updated 2014-01-15 23:17 UTC by g0ph3r

FormatFileSizes
From time to time people ask how to sort the output of {{{du -h}}}. This is not particularly easy, since . . . {{{du -h}}} is intended to be read by a human rather than parsed by a . . .
1K - last updated 2008-11-29 05:22 UTC by gnomon

Frequently Asked Questions
Some entries of this page have been copied from the [[comp.lang.awk_FAQ]]([[http://awk.freeshell.org/comp.lang.awk_FAQ#toc29|Credits]]) . . . I print a RangeOfFields, eg from field 2 to the end? <include "RangeOfFields"> [[http://awk.freeshell.org/?action=edit;id=RangeOfFields| . . .
3K - last updated 2015-09-08 08:46 UTC by pgas

GeneralizedTextReplacement
Some times people need to recode in awk something they were previously doing with sed or another tool. . . . # rep[i] = ">>"mtch[i]"<<" # prepend/append other text # rep[i] = sprintf("%05d", mtch[i]*4) . . .
6K - last updated 2009-03-26 20:38 UTC by waldner

Hello World in awk
This example program outputs the words "hello world" to the terminal: {{{ awk # Hello World BEGIN { print . . . any other characters that follow it until the end of the line: {{{ awk # This whole line is a comment . . .
2K - last updated 2010-11-11 19:16 UTC by markhobley

HomePage
This wiki is maintained by regulars from the **#awk** channel on **[[https://libera.chat/|irc.libera.chat]]** . . . awk * BeforeAfterMatch -- if what you want depends on the content of other lines * GeneralizedTextReplacement . . .
5K - last updated 2023-06-26 04:15 UTC by HappMacDonald

How do I report a bug in gawk
This is described in great detail in the gawk documentation. In brief: # Make sure what you've discovered . . . and its incorrectness (or lack thereof). # Send mail to <mailto:bug-gawk@gnu.org>. This automatically . . . sends a copy to Arnold Robbins. Do not JUST post in . . .
1K - last updated 2008-11-18 12:07 UTC by pgas

How do I report a bug in gawkJapanese
This is described in great detail in the gawk documentation. In brief: # Make sure what you've discovered . . . and its incorrectness (or lack thereof). # Send mail to <mailto:bug-gawk@gnu.org>. This automatically . . . sends a copy to Arnold Robbins. Do not JUST post in . . .
1K - last updated 2008-11-24 08:07 UTC by pgas

How to edit
<toc> == Editing a page == To edit an existing wiki page, click the “Edit this page” link at the . . . content based on the heading is added (not the rendering of the toc in the * use <include pagename> . . .
2K - last updated 2009-03-05 10:18 UTC by pgas

if
The if [[condition]]al construct allows a [[statement]] or [[block]] of code to be [[condition]]ally . . . was a lucky guess." }}} == There are no then or endif cocomponents == Note that the [[awk]] extraction . . . and reporting language does not utilize then or endif syntactical cocomponents. == Using squiggly braces . . . of code to be conditionally executed depending on the value of a boolean expression. {{{ if . . .
2K - last updated 2011-09-11 21:43 UTC by 92.40.253.171.threembb.co.uk

Inicio
Este wiki es mantenido por los usuarios del cenal **#awk** en **[[http://www.freenode.net|irc.freenode.net]]**. . . . en diferentes versiones de awk * [[ConvirtiendoProgramasEnGawkAlAwkTradicional]] == Noticias * . . . Toda esta sección requiere más trabajo, incluyendo enlaces adicionales a repositorios de código y . . .
7K - last updated 2009-02-12 23:31 UTC by fcr

LargestAccurateNumber
Most [[awk]] implementations use floating point double precision to represent every kind of numeric value. . . . with 2^53 you do not know what the actual intended value is going to be. You lose precision. === . . .
3K - last updated 2013-04-12 14:52 UTC by ttmrichter

LevenshteinEditDistance
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance|Levenshtein edit distance] calculation is useful . . . be modeled via recursion by executing from the end of the string rather than the beginning. If experiments . . . Algorithm {{{ awk # commentary elided for now pending feedback function levdist(str1, str2, l1, l2, . . . them {{{ awk BEGIN {OFS = "\t"} {words[NR] = $0} END { max = 0 for (i = 2; i in words; i++) { for (j . . .
6K - last updated 2010-04-16 10:19 UTC by pgas

libmawk
libmawk is a fork of [[mawk]], designed for embedding in C programs. Compare and contrast with [[awka]]. . . . * load and run multiple awk scripts independently, in parallel * scripts do not read stdin but . . .
2K - last updated 2012-01-16 09:07 UTC by lewellyn

ListOfPastebins
This is a list of PasteBin URLs that have been used in #awk. There should be a much shorter list of recommended . . . the top five, that should suffice. ==== Recommended PasteBin services * http://gist.github.com * . . .
2K - last updated 2015-09-08 09:08 UTC by pgas

logical operator
In [[awk]], *logical operators* are used to perform [[boolean]] operations, and a return a value of [true] . . . or [false], depending on the values of the [operand]s. | *Operator* . . .
3K - last updated 2009-01-02 11:13 UTC by pgas

LshalOutputParser
=== Problem Specification 10:50 <Thanatermesis> i want to obtain the model of the disk, for example, . . . = PROPTYPES[PROPNUM] = type } function endBlock() { if ("block.storage_device" in PROPERTIES . . . next } /^$/ && inBlock { inBlock = 0 endBlock() next } (/^udi/ && inBlock) || (/^ . . .
3K - last updated 2008-06-27 16:22 UTC by gnomon

MostrarApostrofos-español
Esta pregunta es tan frecuente que merece su propia respuesta. Y aunque pareciera que esto es una limitación . . . negativamente con el texto lindante, dependiendo de la implementación de awk usada. === En . . . preciso cuando se dan más de dos bytes, depende de la implementación. ==== Secuencias de escape . . . "%cfoo!%c\n", 39, 39}' }}} ...pero entonces tendríamos que empezar a contar los parámetros para . . . a lo sucio termina quedando, así que mejor pretendamos no haber dicho nada. ==== Concatenación explícita . . .
4K - last updated 2009-01-15 20:03 UTC by fcr

Newline
"print" prints a newline by default. If you don't want a newline, you can use printf instead it is straightforward, . . . awk '{printf "%s%s",separator,$0;separator="|"}END{printf "\n"}' }}} "print" does print a newline . . .
1K - last updated 2011-07-05 10:53 UTC by pgas

nudge operator
The *nudge operators* can be used to [[increment]] or [[decrement]] the value of their [[operand]]s, . . . depending on which [[operator]] is used. The *increment . . . exhibit pre-nudge or post-nudge behaviour, depending on whether they are placed to the left or to . . .
3K - last updated 2011-03-20 13:18 UTC by markhobley

numeric strings
Numeric strings obtained from the input source, will be treated as numeric values, when compared with . . . by using doublequote enclosures may also vary depending on which awk interpreter is being used: {{{ . . .
5K - last updated 2013-02-24 17:40 UTC by markhobley

operator
The [[awk]] programming language provides a series of *operators* that allow [[value]]s and [[variable]]s . . . [[unary]], [[dyadic]] or [[ternary]] form, depending on the number of [[operand]]s that they utilize. . . .
3K - last updated 2011-05-24 22:19 UTC by markhobley

output
== output == === standard output === === output to files === The [[awk]] programming language uses a . . . [[close]] command is encountered, or the program ends. . . .
1K - last updated 2010-11-16 00:44 UTC by markhobley

Overview
= Overview of awk = == The primarily purpose of awk is to processing textual data to produce formatted . . . the [[program]]. It is possible for [[awk]] to send a single line from the [[input file]] to its [[standard . . .
4K - last updated 2011-05-23 23:09 UTC by markhobley

Overview of regular expressions
== What is a regular expression? == A regular expression is a method of representing a string matching . . . many times a character set is repeated. === Extended regular expression syntax === The [[syntax]] . . . uses superset of the [[syntax]] called [[extended regular expression syntax]]. . . .
2K - last updated 2011-05-17 20:32 UTC by markhobley

PassingAnArray
* You can use split to create an array from a string: {{{ sh awk -v list='foo,bar,baz' ' BEGIN { n=split(list, . . . $0 == array[FNR]) { result = 1; exit } END { exit (NR != 2 * FNR || result + 0) } ' file1 . . .
1K - last updated 2009-04-13 22:51 UTC by goedel

pattern
In [[awk]], patterns are used to select lines of input for processing. The pattern within each [[rule]] . . . {{{ /foobar/ {print $0} }}} === Start and End Patterns === It is possible to create a pattern . . . by a [[comma]] symbol to mark start and ending points for text selection. The following will . . . because [[awk]] will continue to look for the ending pattern [[bar]]. === Boolean Patterns === The . . .
2K - last updated 2011-05-19 18:18 UTC by markhobley

precedence
The [[awk]] programming language uses rules of *precedence* to determine the order in which [[operator]]s . . . and the results that it produces may vary depending on which version of [[awk]] is being used. In . . . interpreter may produce a value of 8 or 9, depending on whether or not the [[assignment]] in [[parentheses]] . . . This expression may produce a value of 8 or 9 depending on the awk version print "The result is " result . . . [[postfix]] operator or an [[infix]] operator depending upon is positioning within the [[expression]]. . . .
7K - last updated 2013-04-11 06:58 UTC by markhobley

PrintASingleQuote
This question gets asked often enough that it deserves its own answer. This common question doesn't actually . . . with the surrounding text in different ways depending on your awk implementation. === The Rambling . . . are given is allowed to be implementation dependent. ==== Octal Escapes: Great Personality, but... . . . is far too ugly for polite company, so let's pretend we didn't mention it. ==== Explicit Concatenation . . . ('\'') and writing the hex character at the end of a string: {{{ awk 'BEGIN{print "it said '\''Hello, . . .
5K - last updated 2015-07-05 09:45 UTC by pitman

printf-español
Muestra todas las palabras en cada línea: {{{ awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;++i) printf "%s ", $i;print ""}' . . . palabra de cada línea: {{{ awk -v start=3 -v end=5 '{ for(i=start;i<=end;i++) printf "%s ", $i;print . . .
1K - last updated 2009-01-03 02:53 UTC by fcr

printf
== Usage == === printf [ FORMAT, LIST ] === The **printf** [[variadic]] function provides generic [[string . . . but printf does not automatically append an [[output record separator]] or [[newline]] character . . . to 5th words in each line: {{{ awk -v start=3 -v end=5 '{ for(i=start;i<=end;i++) printf "%s ", $i;print . . .
2K - last updated 2011-06-09 20:34 UTC by markhobley

qse
Not a standalone awk, but an interesting library embedding an awk interpreter, from [[https://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.awk/browse_thread/thread/b02c0d75e49eab75/54fc2c6316d657bc?lnk=gst&q=c%2B%2B+embed#54fc2c6316d657bc| . . . robust embedding API with minimal platform dependency. An embedding application is capable of: * . . . I/O. * creating multiple interpreters independent of each other. * running a single script with . . . different I/O streams independently. * changing language features by setting options. . . . xcout std::cout #else # define xcout std::wcout #endif struct MyAwk: public QSE::StdAwk { ~MyAwk () . . .
4K - last updated 2011-10-27 06:25 UTC by pgas

RangeOfFields
Printing a range of fields - all fields but the first, for examples, or fields 3 through 8 - is a surprisingly . . . the now empty fields at the beginning and at the end, in the case of the above example with a default . . . fields one, three, and from field 9 to the end of the line, one could write: {{{cut -f1,3,9-}}} . . . separator to an output string. Afterwards, it appends the last field without the separator to the output . . . i<stop; i++) { if (match(str, re)) { # append the field to the output out = out substr(str, 1, . . .
10K - last updated 2015-09-08 09:52 UTC by pgas

ReadDirectory
Getting a list of files in a directory is a tricky process. One might be tempted to try use ls and getline, . . . Here we can read in the entire list at once (dependent on RAM as gawk can read lines longer than the . . . to get rid of the empty record we get at the end due to the trailing null. There is the tricky question . . .
2K - last updated 2013-10-03 22:35 UTC by emg

redirection
The awk scripting language provides support for redirection via the greaterthan, doublebeak and pipe . . . the output from the function will be appended to the end of the file: {{{ awk BEGIN { # Append . . . a message to the end of the file foobar.txt print "Hello" >> foobar.txt . . .
2K - last updated 2011-06-25 05:12 UTC by pgas

ReferenciarCampos-español
En AWK, $ es el operador para "referenciar campos". Justamente referencia el campo del registro de entrada . . . print $i; }}} El poder de awk se encuentra en aprender a usar referencias a campos. Algunos ejemplos . . .
1K - last updated 2009-01-03 03:06 UTC by fcr

regular expression
<toc> ---- * [[Overview of regular expressions]] * [[regular expression operator]]s * [[Simple . . . * [[Basic Regular Expression]]s * [[Extended Regular Expression]]s * [[Perl Compatible Regular . . .
1K - last updated 2008-12-30 12:12 UTC by Mark Hobley

regular expression operator
The [[awk]] programming language provides a set of *regular expression operators* that have special meanings . . . left hand operand and return a truth value depending on whether or not a match was found. * ~ Returns . . . a string | $ | [[dollar]] | Anchor matches the end of a string | . | [[dot]] | Matches any single . . . character including a newline == _Extended Regular Expression Operators_ | *Char* | *Name* . . .
2K - last updated 2013-02-19 14:06 UTC by markhobley

return
The [[builtin]] '''return''' [[command]], can be used to exit from a [[function]] within the [[awk]] . . . will produce an unspecified value === If the end of a [[function]] block is reached and no explicit . . .
2K - last updated 2011-05-03 17:29 UTC by markhobley

RS
= Record Separator = The [[special variable]] RS is a record separator that is used to determine how . . . lines. An empty line will be interpreted as the end of the [[record]] and multiple blank lines will . . . will be treated as part of a record and the end of the file will always be treated as the end of . . .
3K - last updated 2013-02-19 23:11 UTC by markhobley

SandBox2
escaping {{{ \\ }}} a \ \ -- {{{ ** }}} **{{{ ** }}}** //**{{{ ** }}}**// \\ line break using\\\\ two . . . trying a {{{sh }}} {{{ a regular {{{ }}} and the end.\\ word 1 word 2 using \xa0 for a space\\ word . . .
2K - last updated 2012-09-16 08:46 UTC by g0ph3r

SedFAQ
<toc> ---- == I have a line like "abdcgfjeuPATTERNfjfhghj", I want to get the PATTERN part, why . . . the beginning of the string, "after" the end of the string, and between any two characters in . . . format. Well, one could argue that in the end a parser is just a tool that uses patterns in a . . . be aware that (to be really thorough) you will end up writing something very similar to a real parser . . . does this by creating a temporary file and sending output to this file rather than to the standard . . .
34K - last updated 2010-02-14 17:56 UTC by waldner

Shells
The examples using quoting are intended for use with any standard (sh-compatible-quoting) Unix shell. . . .
1K - last updated 2008-11-19 07:37 UTC by pgas

ShellsJapanese
The examples using quoting are intended for use with any standard (sh-compatible-quoting) Unix shell. . . .
1K - last updated 2008-11-24 08:04 UTC by pgas

statement
The [[awk]] extraction and reporting language is not [[imperative]]. However, [[action]]s within the . . . [[awk]], a newline character is considered the end of the statement, unless a continuation character . . . has been used at the end of the line. Each line within an awk program is . . . a separate statement or separate rule, and the end of the line is treated as the end of the statement . . . a backslash [[continuation character]] at the end of the line to be continued: {{{ BEGIN { # The . . .
2K - last updated 2011-05-21 16:43 UTC by markhobley

string manipulation
* [[case conversion]] * [[length|Determine the length of a string]] * [[index|Determine the position . . . from a string * Strip control codes and extended characters from a string * Test for an [[empty . . .
1K - last updated 2011-07-04 22:12 UTC by markhobley

StupendousSedSwitch
Although not strictly pertinent to the goings on in {{{#awk}}}, there is a significant overlap of those . . .
2K - last updated 2009-09-14 22:13 UTC by gnomon

StyleSheet
body { background-color:#FFF; color:#000; margin:1em 2em; } textarea { width:100%; } a:link { color:#00F; . . . } img[smiley] { line-height: inherit; } } /* calendar */ div.month { margin:0; padding:0; font-size:x-small; . . .
5K - last updated 2008-06-19 16:46 UTC by pgas

text.2.wiki.awk
#:       C:\#\awk\lib\text.2.wiki.awk\\ . . . Adds a \\ to end of every line to force line break\\ #: . . . except those ending in ` or \\ (removes the `)\\ . . . (end with the corresponding ..}}&#125)\\ . . . { print(_qt_("_in_escape:", _in_escape, t, "end"));   fflush(); }\\                       . . .
11K - last updated 2012-09-24 14:55 UTC by g0ph3r

text 2 wiki.awk
{{{ #: C:\#\lib\awk\utl\text_2_wiki.awk #: 2012-09-15 23:40:11 #:rod.t_2012 #: This file is http://awk.freeshell.org/text_2_wiki.awk . . . #: Adds a \\ to end of every line to force line break #: except those . . . ending in ` or \\ (removes the `) #: Converts tabs . . . in gsub, use "\\&" t = t ? (t "\n" s) : s; } END { print(t); print(t) | "%u%gclip.exe"; } ## _____ . . .
2K - last updated 2012-09-16 09:12 UTC by g0ph3r

tracert.awk
{{{ awk #:: C:\_\_u\tracert.awk #: 2014-07-06 19:47:02 #:: rod.t_2014 #:: extract basename for tracert . . . || run) { _exitcode = _sysmul * system(s); } } END { t = "\n\tPress Enter key to continue:\t"; printf("\n\t%s%s", . . .
4K - last updated 2014-07-07 06:15 UTC by 212.205.56.222

Transpose
To transpose a N rows x M columns file into a M rows x N column file, one approach is to read the whole . . . BEGIN{FS=","} {for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)a[NR,i]=$i} END{ for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){ for(j=1;j<=NR;j++){ . . . } }}} NR is our N, and NF is our M here. In the END block, for M times, the output is built line-by-line . . .
1K - last updated 2011-03-20 06:53 UTC by ppp089210038204.dsl.hol.gr

truth
== Boolean Truth == A **boolean [[expression]]** has only two outcomes: **true** or **false**. In [[awk]], . . . zeros can be ambiguous, and may even vary depending on which version of awk is being used. ==== . . .
3K - last updated 2013-02-20 17:34 UTC by markhobley

variable-español
AWK no es el shell, y tampoco es Perl. Antes que nada, las variables en AWK se referencian utilizando . . . usando la variable ORS. # Así que asumiendo que ORS es " ", lo siguiente es equivalente al . . .
2K - last updated 2009-01-03 04:02 UTC by fcr

WartAndWishList
Awk is a wonderful language! That said, there are a few annoying bits... == The Good * well-documented . . . the manual for anything but rarely-used odds and ends (like the specific escape sequences for strftime . . . facility could help with assembling library dependencies, writing fast virtual machines (awk is surprisingly . . .
7K - last updated 2009-04-13 18:39 UTC by goedel

What is awk
awk is an extraction and reporting language, named after its three original authors: * Alfred V. **A**ho . . . and parse it and act on it directly. Some vendors have developed awk compilers which will produce . . . that may be run stand-alone -- thus, the end user does not have access to the source code. There . . . for answers to common questions and group recommendations: * http://www.dbnet.ece.ntua.gr/~george/sed/sedfaq.html . . .
5K - last updated 2014-11-28 08:24 UTC by pgas

What is awkJapanese
awk is a programming language, named after its three original authors: * Alfred V. Aho * Brian W. Kernighan . . . and parse it and act on it directly. Some vendors have developed awk compilers which will produce . . . that may be run stand-alone -- thus, the end user does not have access to the source code. There . . . for answers to common questions and group recommendations: * http://www.dbnet.ece.ntua.gr/~george/sed/sedfaq.html . . .
2K - last updated 2008-11-24 08:03 UTC by pgas

WhichIsBetter
This comes up so often that it deserves a page on its own. **NEVER**, **EVER** ask computer people whether . . . answer you can get to such questions is "it depends". Yes, I know that's probably not the answer you . . . many platforms * available on your platform * extendable * interoperable * compliant (to some specification) . . . you are moving. Silly example: a medium or low-end computer may be fine for people who use it only . . . example: is Perl better than awk? Sure, your friend told you that Perl is better, but maybe you need . . .
5K - last updated 2009-07-12 09:13 UTC by host-87-74-84-72.dslgb.com

whitespace
== _Line breaks are best placed at whitespace points_ The [[awk]] extraction and reporting language is . . . a [[newline]] character can be inserted at the end of a [[command]] or following squiggly [[braces]], . . .
1K - last updated 2011-03-20 22:07 UTC by markhobley

y0tta
**y0tta:**     http://awk.freeshell.org/y0tta     revised: 2014-05-30 . . . bmdp-stat,   sas-stat,   sendmail,   approach-database\\ hw:   . . .
3K - last updated 2014-05-30 05:06 UTC by g0ph3r

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