Look up: awk

1. AWK
   (Unix language named after its authors... Al Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan)
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2. awk
   1. (tool, language) (Named from the authors' initials) An interpreted language included with many versions of Unix for massaging text data, developed by Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan in 1978. It is characterised by C-like syntax, declaration-free variables, associative arrays, a...
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3. Awk
   Awk (ak) adjective [ Middle English auk , awk (properly) turned away; (hence) contrary, wrong, from Icelandic öfigr , öfugr , afigr , turning the wrong way, from af off, away; confer Old High German abuh<...
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4. Awk
   Awk adverb Perversely; in the wrong way. L'Estrange.
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5. Awk
   • (a.) Odd; out of order; perverse. • (a.) Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward. • (adv.) Perversely; in the wrong way. • (a.) Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end).
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6. Awk
   Awk is a UNIX interpreted language for massaging text data developed by Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan (the name is formed from their initials). It is characterised by a C-like syntax, a declaration-free approach to variable typing and declarations, associative arrays, and field-oriented text processing.
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7. AWK
   The `AWK` utility is a data extraction and reporting tool that uses a data-driven scripting language consisting of a set of actions to be taken against textual data (either in files or data streams) for the purpose of producing formatted reports. The language used by awk extensively uses the string ...
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