Example applications
awk
has been used in surprising ways:
to implement database systems and
a variety of compilers and assemblers,
in addition to the more traditional tasks of
information retrieval, data manipulation, and report generation.
Invariably, the
awk
programs are significantly shorter
than equivalent programs written in more conventional
programming languages such as Pascal or C.
This section presents a few more examples
to illustrate some additional
awk
programs.
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