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Linux/UNIX Awk Command Tutorial with Examples

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Pradeep Kumar
Aug 5, 2014

Awk is a scripting language which is used for processing or analyzing text files. Or we can say that awk is mainly used for grouping of data based on either a column or field , or on a set of columns. Mainly it’s used for reporting data in a usefull manner. It also employs Begin and End Blocks to process the data.
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