AWK

AWK is a language designed to process and transform column-structured text, line by line. It's a classic Unix tool, perfect for extracting and formatting data from files and logs straight from the terminal.

• Creado por Aho, Weinberger & Kernighan
• Año 1977
• Paradigma: Scripting · interpreted
• Extensiones: .awk

Para qué se usa

• Process text & logs
• Extract columns
• Quick reports

A favor

• Perfect for tabular text
• Available on every Unix
• Concise

En contra

• Limited beyond text
• Cryptic syntax
• Not for large programs

Ecosistema

• gawk
• mawk
• nawk

Ejemplo

BEGIN { print "¡Hola, mundo!" }