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{{Entry
|Name=gawk
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|Name=GNU Awk
|Short description=String manipulation language
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|Short description=Text scanning and processing language
|Full description=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).
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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.
|User level=intermediate
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|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
|Status=Live
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|Is High Priority Project=No
|Component programs=igawk
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|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gawk.git
|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/gawk.html
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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.
|VCS checkout command=
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|Computer languages=C
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Full documentation available at https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/
|Documentation note=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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|Paid support=
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=== Further reading ===
|IRC help=
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|IRC general=
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*  [https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawkinet Gawkinet: TCP/IP Internetworking with Gawk]
|IRC development=
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*  [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/AWK_Language_Programming AWK Language Programming], by Arnold D. Robbins
|Related projects=Diffutils,FireString,Patch,Grep
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'''Bookstore'''
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[https://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033820.do Effective awk Programming, 4th Edition]
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'''Selection from the [https://shop.fsf.org/ FSF shop]'''
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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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----
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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
|Is GNU=y
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|Version identifier=5.1.0
|Last review by=Janet Casey
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|Version date=2020/04/14
|Last review date=2009-05-19
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|Version status=stable
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-5.1.0.tar.lz
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|Last review by=Genium
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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
|Version identifier=3.1.8
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|User level=advanced
|Version date=2010-05-10
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|Component programs=igawk
|Version status=stable
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|Paid support=https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/
|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-3.1.8.tar.gz
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=Yes
|License verified date=2010-05-18
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|OpenPGP signature=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-5.1.0.tar.lz.sig
|Version comment=
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|Test entry=No
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|Is GNU=Yes
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|GNU package identifier=gawk
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{{Project license
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|License=GPLv3orlater
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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.
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|License verified by=Genium
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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
 
{{Person
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|Real name=Arnold Robbins
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
|Real name=Arnold Robbins
 
 
|Email=arnold@skeeve.com
 
|Email=arnold@skeeve.com
|Resource URL=
 
 
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
|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
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|Resource audience=Debian (Ref)
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|Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gawk
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Savannah (Ref)
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gawk/
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{{Resource
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource URL=https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/
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{{Resource
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|Resource kind=Mailing List
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|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gawk/
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{{Resource
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|Resource kind=Mailing List
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|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gawk-diffs/
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{{Resource
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|Resource kind=Mailing List
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|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
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{{Resource
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|Resource kind=Download
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|Resource URL=https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/gawk/
 
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=Download
|Resource kind=Newsgroup
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|Resource URL=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/
|Resource URL=comp.lang.awk
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{{Resource
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|Resource kind=General
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|Resource URL=https://translationproject.org/domain/gawk.html
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|Resource kind=General
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/people/
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Wikidata
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|Resource kind=General
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|Resource URL=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6024222
 
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{{Software category
 
{{Software category
 
|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
 
|Works-with=text
 
|Works-with=text
 
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{{Project license
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{{Featured}}
|License=GPLv2orlater
 
|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
 
|License verified date=2010-05-18
 
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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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