awk is a powerful text-processing language that is widely used in Unix-like operating systems, including Linux. Named after its three original developers - Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan, awk is adept at performing operations upon text files, such as sorting, filtering, and report generation.
awk is a powerful text-processing language that is widely used in Unix-like operating systems, including Linux. Named after its three original developers - Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan, awk is adept at performing operations upon text files, such as sorting, filtering, and report generation.
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awk '{print $1,$2}' filename
awk '{print $1,$2}' filename
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This would display the first and second field (typically separated by spaces) of every line in 'filename'.
This would display the first and second field (typically separated by spaces) of every line in 'filename'.
Visit the following resources to learn more:
- [IBM.com: Awk by Example](https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/l-awk1/)