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|Name=GNU Awk
 
|Name=GNU Awk
|Short description=String manipulation language
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|Short description=Text scanning and processing language
|Full description='''Gawk''' is the GNU implementation of AWK, a programming language that has evolved considerably during the past 30 years. It also adds a large number of features over POSIX awk.
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|Full description='''Gawk''' is the GNU implementation of Awk, a specialized programming language for the easy manipulation of formatted text, such as tables of data. Gawk features many extensions beyond the traditional implementation, including network access, sorting, and large libraries.
 
 
This package is well suited for working with text files, when several kinds of tasks occur repeatedly, for extracting certain lines and discard the rest is needed, or for making changes wherever certain patterns appear. It can handle simple data-reformatting jobs with just a few lines of code.
 
 
|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
 
|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
|User level=intermediate
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|Is High Priority Project=No
|Component programs=igawk
 
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gawk.git
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gawk.git
|Computer languages=C
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|Documentation note=This package is well suited for working with text files, when several kinds of tasks occur repeatedly, for extracting certain lines and discard the rest is needed, or for making changes wherever certain patterns appear. It can handle simple data-reformatting jobs with just a few lines of code.
|Documentation note=User manual included in HTML at http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/  
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Full documentation available at https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/
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=== Further reading ===
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*  [https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawkinet Gawkinet: TCP/IP Internetworking with Gawk]
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*  [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/AWK_Language_Programming AWK Language Programming], by Arnold D. Robbins
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'''Bookstore'''
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[https://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033820.do Effective awk Programming, 4th Edition]
  
Manpage and reference card available in PostScript format.
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'''Selection from the [https://shop.fsf.org/ FSF shop]'''
|Related projects=Diffutils,FireString,Patch,Grep
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[https://shop.fsf.org/books/free-freedom-20-richard-stallman Free as in Freedom 2.0, by Richard Stallman]
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[https://shop.fsf.org/books-docs/introduction-command-line Introduction to the Command Line]
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'''[https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html Helping the GNU Project and the Free Software Movement]'''
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If you have corrections to this entry or questions about it, please contact: mailto:maintainers@gnu.org
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
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|Donate=https://my.fsf.org/donate/
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|Related projects=gnustandards,Diffutils,FireString,Patch,Grep,Xgawk
 
|Keywords=text,awk,string,GNU awk,word processing,gawk,text manipulation
 
|Keywords=text,awk,string,GNU awk,word processing,gawk,text manipulation
|Version identifier=4.1.2
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|Version identifier=5.1.0
|Version date=2015/04/29
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|Version date=2020/04/14
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-4.1.2.tar.xz
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-5.1.0.tar.lz
 
|Last review by=Genium
 
|Last review by=Genium
|Last review date=2015/04/30
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|Last review date=2020/06/06
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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|Submitted date=2011/04/01
|Status=
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|User level=advanced
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|Component programs=igawk
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|Paid support=https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=Yes
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|OpenPGP signature=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-5.1.0.tar.lz.sig
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|Test entry=No
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|GNU package identifier=gawk
 
|GNU package identifier=gawk
|License verified date=2010-05-18
 
 
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{{Project license
 
{{Project license
|License=GPLv3
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|License=GPLv3orlater
|License copyright=Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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|License copyright=Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,  2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
|License verified by=genium
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|License verified by=Genium
|License verified date=2014-10-09
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|License verified date=2020/06/06
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|License note=https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/tree/COPYING
 
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{{Person
 
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|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Email=arnold@skeeve.com
 
|Email=arnold@skeeve.com
|Resource URL=
 
 
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{{Resource
 
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|Resource audience=Bug Tracking
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|Resource audience=Debian (Ref) (R)
|Resource kind=E-mail
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|Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gawk-doc
|Resource URL=mailto:bug-gawk@gnu.org
 
 
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=Newsgroup
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|Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gawk
|Resource URL=comp.lang.awk
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|Resource audience=Savannah (Ref)
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
 
|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
|Resource URL=http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git
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|Interface=command-line
 
|Interface=command-line
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|Programming-language=C
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|Runs-on=Windows, BSD, OS X, GNU/Linux
 
|Text-creation=word-processing
 
|Text-creation=word-processing
 
|Use=text-creation
 
|Use=text-creation

Revision as of 06:05, 6 June 2020


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GNU Awk

https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
Text scanning and processing language

Gawk is the GNU implementation of Awk, a specialized programming language for the easy manipulation of formatted text, such as tables of data. Gawk features many extensions beyond the traditional implementation, including network access, sorting, and large libraries.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

22 November 2022




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Arnold Robbins Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
FTPDownloadhttps://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gawk/
DebianDeveloperhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gawk
SavannahVCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/
FTPDownloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/gawk/
DebianDeveloperhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gawk-doc
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gawk-diffs/
Generalhttps://translationproject.org/domain/gawk.html
SavannahDeveloperhttps://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gawk/
WikidataGeneralhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6024222
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gawk/
SavannahVCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gawk.git
FTPDownloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/


Software prerequisites

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 22 November 2022.




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