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# awk
> A versatile programming language for working on files.
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> More information: <https://github.com/onetrueawk/awk>.
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- Print the fifth column (a.k.a. field) in a space-separated file:
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`awk '{print $5}' {{filename}}`
- Print the second column of the lines containing "foo" in a space-separated file:
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`awk '/{{foo}}/ {print $2}' {{filename}}`
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- Print the last column of each line in a file, using a comma (instead of space) as a field separator:
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`awk -F ',' '{print $NF}' {{filename}}`
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- Sum the values in the first column of a file and print the total:
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`awk '{s+=$1} END {print s}' {{filename}}`
- Print every third line starting from the first line:
`awk 'NR%3==1' {{filename}}`
- Print different values based on conditions:
`awk '{if ($1 == "foo") print "Exact match foo"; else if ($1 ~ "bar") print "Partial match bar"; else print "Baz"}' {{filename}}`
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- Print all lines where the 10th column value equals the specified value :
`awk '($10 == value)'`
- Print all the lines which the 10th column value is between a min and a max :
`awk '($10 >= min_value && $10 <= max_value)'`