AWK

Description: AWK is a powerful, interpreted UNIX utility/programming language suitable for pattern matching and processing data tables. Programs are often only a few lines long and can be quickly dashed off for short tasks. Implementations include gawk, mawk, and nawk.

AWK is available within Cygwin (as gawk).

Applications: AWK is best for small quick pattern-matching tasks on data tables. Although Perl does this also, AWK still has its uses. AWK can generate reports or forms quickly. That is the most common usage.

Official Homepage: none

Newsgroup: comp.lang.awk

Newsletter/magazine: none known

Related links:

AWK Knowledge Base
an Introduction to AWK
The Awka home page
LJ article on using AWK
Wikipedia page for AWK