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| ⚫ | {{language|AWK}}'''AWK''' is a general purpose programming language that is designed for processing text-based data, either in files or data streams. AWK is an example of a programming language that extensively uses the string datatype, associative arrays (that is, arrays indexed by key strings), and regular expressions. The power, terseness, and limitations of AWK programs and [[sed]] scripts inspired Larry Wall to write [[Perl]]. Because of their dense notation, all these languages are often used for writing one-liner programs. |
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| ⚫ | '''AWK''' is a general purpose programming language that is designed for processing text-based data, either in files or data streams. AWK is an example of a programming language that extensively uses the string datatype, associative arrays (that is, arrays indexed by key strings), and regular expressions. The power, terseness, and limitations of AWK programs and [[sed]] scripts inspired Larry Wall to write [[Perl]]. Because of their dense notation, all these languages are often used for writing one-liner programs. |
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The reference implementation is still maintained by Brian Kernighan (the "K" in AWK). |
The reference implementation is still maintained by Brian Kernighan (the "K" in AWK). |
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==Citations== |
==Citations== |
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*{{WP|AWK_%28programming_language%29|Wikipedia:AWK}} |
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