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Using awk

Example applications

awk has been used in surprising ways. We have seen awk programs that implement database systems and a variety of compilers and assemblers, in addition to the more traditional tasks of information retrieval, data manipulation, and report generation. Invariably, the awk programs are significantly shorter than equivalent programs written in more conventional programming languages, such as Pascal or C. In this section, we present a few more examples to illustrate some additional awk programs.


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