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gawk

http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/gawk.html
The awk utility interprets a special-purpose programming language that makes it possible to handle simple data-reformatting jobs with just a few lines of code. It is a free version of 'awk.' GNU Awk implements the AWK utility which is part of IEEE Std 1003.1 Shell and Utilities (XCU).

Documentation

User manual included in HTML at http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/ Manpage and reference card available in PostScript format

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This is a GNU package

Download

Download version 3.1.8 (stable)
released on 10 May 2010

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Text-creation:word-processing
• Use:text-creation
• Works-with:text

Licensing

License	Verified by	Verified on	Notes
GPLv2orlater	Kelly Hopkins	18 May 2010

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Arnold Robbins	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Bug Tracking	E-mail	mailto:bug-gawk@gnu.org
Developer	Newsgroup	comp.lang.awk

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This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 19 May 2009.

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