gawk
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Gawk Commands
Gawk command syntax with verified terminal examples.
Commands
14 commands for Gawk
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Gawk Command: Conditional Printing Different Values
gawk '{if ($1 == "foo") print "Exact match foo"; else if ($1 ~ "bar") print "Partial match bar"; else print "Baz"}' <path/to/file> gawk Operations
Gawk Command: Print Every Third Line
gawk 'NR%3==1' <path/to/file> gawk Operations
Gawk Command: Print Fifth Column
gawk '{print $5}' <path/to/file> gawk Operations
Gawk Command: Print Fifth Column Space Separated File
gawk '{print $5}' <path/to/file> gawk Operations
Gawk Command: Print Last Column Comma Field Separator
gawk -F ',' '{print $NF}' <path/to/file> gawk Operations
Gawk Command: Print Last Column With Comma Separator
gawk -F ',' '{print $NF}' <path/to/file> gawk Operations
Gawk Command: Print Lines With Tenth Column Value In Range
gawk '($10 >= <min_value> && $10 <= <max_value>)' <path/to/file> gawk Operations
Gawk Command: Print Lines Within Column Range
gawk '($10 >= <min_value> && $10 <= <max_value>)' <path/to/file> gawk Operations
Gawk Command: Print Second Column Containing Foo
gawk '/<foo>/ {print $2}' <path/to/file> gawk HTTP
Gawk Command: Print User Table With Header
gawk 'BEGIN {FS=":";printf "% -20s %6s %25s\n", "Name", "UID", "Shell"} $4 >= 1000 {printf "% -20s %6d %25s\n", $1, $4, $7}' /etc/passwd gawk Operations
Gawk Command: Print Users With Uid Greater Than Or Equal To 1000
gawk 'BEGIN {FS=":";printf "% -20s %6s %25s\n", "Name", "UID", "Shell"} $4 >= 1000 {printf "% -20s %6d %25s\n", $1, $4, $7}' /etc/passwd gawk Search
Gawk Command: Print Values Based On Conditions
gawk '{if ($1 == "foo") print "Exact match foo"; else if ($1 ~ "bar") print "Partial match bar"; else print "Baz"}' <path/to/file> gawk Operations
Gawk Command: Sum First Column Values
gawk '{s+=$1} END {print s}' <path/to/file> gawk Operations
Gawk Command: Sum First Column Values And Print Total
gawk '{s+=$1} END {print s}' <path/to/file> Suggest a Gawk Command
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Coverage: Focused examples for common Gawk workflows.
Verified version: current stable LTS.
Verification: Test commands in a disposable workspace and submit notes for edge cases.