diff --git a/pages/common/awk.md b/pages/common/awk.md
index f4638e9bc..e526de359 100644
--- a/pages/common/awk.md
+++ b/pages/common/awk.md
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@
 - Sum the values in the first column and pretty-print the values and then the total:
 
 `awk '{s+=$1; print $1} END {print "--------"; print s}' {{filename}}`
+
+- Print every third line starting from the first line:
+
+`awk 'NR%3==1' {{filename}}`