AWK is a
computer pattern/action language that can be used for data analysis,
manipulation and simple reporting. It is one of the early tools to appear
in Version 3
UNIX and gained popularity as a way to add computational
features to a UNIX
pipeline. The name AWK is derived from the surnames of its
authors, [Alfred V. Aho]
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Brian W. Kernighan, [Peter J. Weinberger]
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A version of AWK is a standard feature of nearly every modern unix-like
operating system available today. The most common versions are listed at
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/awkbook/ .
Awk is an example of a programming language that uses the string datatype?.
The power, terseness and limitations of AWK programs and sed scripts inspired Larry Wall to write Perl.
Talk section. Is "Version 3 UNIX" supposed to be "3rd edition UNIX"? That would be approximately the right time frame, though i would have thought maybe 4th or 5th edition. Adding a date would help too.
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