gawk - pattern scanning and processing language
#awk --help
Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] -f progfile [--] file ...
Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] [--] 'program' file ...
POSIX options: GNU long options: (standard)
-f progfile --file=progfile
-F fs --field-separator=fs
-v var=val --assign=var=val
Short options: GNU long options: (extensions)
-b --characters-as-bytes
-c --traditional
-C --copyright
-d[file] --dump-variables[=file]
-e 'program-text' --source='program-text'
-E file --exec=file
-g --gen-pot
-h --help
-L [fatal] --lint[=fatal]
-n --non-decimal-data
-N --use-lc-numeric
-O --optimize
-p[file] --profile[=file]
-P --posix
-r --re-interval
-S --sandbox
-t --lint-old
-V --version
To report bugs, see node `Bugs' in `gawk.info', which is
section `Reporting Problems and Bugs' in the printed version.
gawk is a pattern scanning and processing language.
By default it reads standard input and writes standard output.
Examples:
gawk '{ sum += $1 }; END { print sum }' file
gawk -F: '{ print $1 }' /etc/passwd
A versatile programming language for working on files.
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Print the fifth column (a.k.a. field) in a space-separated file:
awk '{print $5}' filename
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Print the second column of the lines containing "something" in a space-separated file:
awk '/something/ {print $2}' filename
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Print the last column of each line in a file, using a comma (instead of space) as a field separator:
awk -F ',' '{print $NF}' filename
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Sum the values in the first column of a file and print the total:
awk '{s+=$1} END {print s}' filename
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Sum the values in the first column and pretty-print the values and then the total:
awk '{s+=$1; print $1} END {print "--------"; print s}' filename
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Print every third line starting from the first line:
awk 'NR%3==1' filename