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awk: /awk/ 1. n. [Unix techspeak] An
interpreted language for massaging text data developed by Alfred Aho, Peter
Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan (the name derives from their initials). It
is characterized by C-like syntax, a declaration-free approach to variable
typing and declarations, associative arrays, and field-oriented text
processing. See also Perl. 2. n. Editing term for an
expression awkward to manipulate through normal
regexp facilities (for example, one containing a
newline). 3. vt. To process data using
awk(1).
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