awk

Meanings

• noun

  A powerful text-processing command-line utility used for data manipulation and reporting in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

  - "awk '{print $1}' file.txt"
  - "The output of the awk command is redirected to a new file."

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Synonyms

unhandy

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Variants

List of all variants of awk that leads to same result
hawk , hawks , hawked , hawking , hawk moth , hawkmoth , hawkmoths , sphinx , chicken hawk , chicken hawks , Cooper's hawk , Cooper's hawks , death's-head hawk moth , death's-head moth , faux hawk , faux hawks , faux-hawk , faux-hawks , fauxhawk , fauxhawks

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Etymology

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Developed in the 1970s by Alfred V. Aho, Peter J. Weinberger, and Brian W. Kernighan as a tool for processing and analyzing data in a more efficient way than traditional shell scripts.

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Trivia

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1. The name awk is derived from the initials of its creators: Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan.

2. awk is often used as a verb, as in 'I awked the data file to extract the necessary information.'

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Related Concepts

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1. sed: Another popular Unix text-processing utility, often used in conjunction with awk for more complex text manipulation tasks.

2. perl: A high-level, general-purpose programming language that also includes text processing capabilities, similar to awk.

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Culture

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awk has been widely used in various fields such as data analysis, system administration, and scientific research. It is often considered a fundamental tool for Unix users and has been featured in numerous books, tutorials, and online resources.

How to Memorize "awk"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a command-line interface where you type in awk followed by curly braces {} to define a block of code that will be executed on each line of a file.

2. associate
   

   - Associate awk with the idea of efficiently processing and analyzing data, especially in a Unix environment.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember: Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan created awk to make data manipulation a breeze.

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