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What does awk do?

pattern-scanning and text-processing language.

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awk examples, explained

$ awk -F, '{print $1}' data.csv

  • awkpattern-scanning and text-processing language
  • -F,set the input field separator
  • {print $1}awk program: run this on each input line — use column $1
  • data.csvan argument passed to the command

awk flags & options

-Fset the input field separator
-vassign a variable before the program runs
-fread the awk program from a file

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