Awk is a powerful text-parsing tool for Unix and Unix-like systems, but because it has programmed functions that you can use to perform common parsing tasks, it[he]#039[/he]s also considered a programming language. You probably won[he]#039[/he]t be developing your next GUI application with awk, and it likely won[he]#039[/he]t take the place of your default scripting language, but it[he]#039[/he]s a powerful utility for specific tasks.read more

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