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The awk Programming Language

by Alfred V Aho

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Originally developed by Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan, and Peter Weinberger in 1977, AWK is a pattern-matching language for writing short programs to perform common data-manipulation tasks. In 1985, a new version of the language was developed, incorporating additional features such as multiple input files, dynamic regular expressions, and user-defined functions. This new version is available for both Unix and MS-DOS.

This is the first book on AWK. It begins with a tutorial that shows how easy AWK is to use. The tutorial is followed by a comprehensive manual for the new version of AWK. Subsequent chapters illustrate the language by a range of useful applications, such as:

• Retrieving, transforming, reducing, and validating data
• Managing small, personal databases
• Text processing
• Little languages
• Experimenting with algorithms

The examples illustrates the book's three themes: showing how to use AWK well, demonstrating AWK's versatility, and explaining how common computing operations are done. In addition, the book contains two appendixes: summary of the language, and answers to selected exercises.

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Synopsis:

Originally developed by Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan, and Peter Weinberger in 1977, AWK is a pattern-matching language for writing short programs to perform common data-manipulation tasks. In 1985, a new version of the language was developed, incorporating additional features such as multiple input files, dynamic regular expressions, and user-defined functions. This new version is available for both Unix and MS-DOS.

This is the first book on AWK. It begins with a tutorial that shows how easy AWK is to use. The tutorial is followed by a comprehensive manual for the new version of AWK. Subsequent chapters illustrate the language by a range of useful applications, such as:

• Retrieving, transforming, reducing, and validating data
• Managing small, personal databases
• Text processing
• Little languages
• Experimenting with algorithms

The examples illustrates the book's three themes: showing how to use AWK well, demonstrating AWK's versatility, and explaining how common computing operations are done. In addition, the book contains two appendixes: summary of the language, and answers to selected exercises.

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About the Author

Brian W. Kernighan works in the Computing Science Research Center at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies. He is Consulting Editor for Addison-Wesley's Professional Computing Series and the author, with Dennis Ritchie, of The C Programming Language.

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Table of Contents

Preface.

1. An AWK Tutorial.

Getting Started.

Simple Output.

Fancier Output.

Selection.

Computing with AWK.

Control-Flow Statements.

Arrays.

A Handful of Useful “One-liners.”

What Next?

2. The AWK Lanaguage.

Patterns.

Actions.

User-Defined Functions.

Output.

Input.

Interaction with Other Programs.

Summary.

3. Data Processing.

Data Transformation and Reduction.

Data Validation.

Bundle and Unbundle.

Multiline Records.

Summary.

4. Reports and Databases.

Generating Reports.

Packaged Queries.

A Relational Database System.

Summary.

5. Processing Words.

Random Text Generation.

Interactive Text-Manipulation.

Text Processing.

Summary.

6. Little Languages.

An Assembler and Interpreter.

A Language for Drawing Graphs.

A Sort Generator.

A Reverse-Polish Calculator.

An Infix Calculator.

Recursive-Descent Parsing.

Summary.

7. Experiments with Algorithms.

Sorting.

Profiling.

Topological Sorting.

Make: A File Updating Program.

Summary.

8. Epilog.

AWK as a Language.

Performance.

Conclusion.

Appendix A: AWK Summary.

Appendix B: Answers to Selected Exercises.

Index.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780201079814

With:

Weinberger, Peter J.

With:

Kernighan, Brian W.

With:

Weinberger, Peter J.

Author:

Aho, Alfred V.

Author:

Weinberger, Peter J.

Author:

Kernighan, Brian W.

Publisher:

Addison-Wesley Professional

Location:

Reading, Mass. :

Subject:

Programming Languages - General

Subject:

Technology

Subject:

Programming languages (electronic computers)

Subject:

AWK (Computer program language)

Subject:

AWK

Subject:

Software Engineering - Programming and Languages

Copyright:

1988

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series Volume:

99-509

Publication Date:

January 1988

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

College/higher education:

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

210

Dimensions:

9.2 x 6.3 x 0.5 in 327 gr

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Product details 210 pages Addison Wesley Publishing Company - 2012-02-14 English 9780201079814 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Pearson, Originally developed by Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan, and Peter Weinberger in 1977, AWK is a pattern-matching language for writing short programs to perform common data-manipulation tasks. In 1985, a new version of the language was developed, incorporating additional features such as multiple input files, dynamic regular expressions, and user-defined functions. This new version is available for both Unix and MS-DOS.

This is the first book on AWK. It begins with a tutorial that shows how easy AWK is to use. The tutorial is followed by a comprehensive manual for the new version of AWK. Subsequent chapters illustrate the language by a range of useful applications, such as:

• Retrieving, transforming, reducing, and validating data
• Managing small, personal databases
• Text processing
• Little languages
• Experimenting with algorithms

The examples illustrates the book's three themes: showing how to use AWK well, demonstrating AWK's versatility, and explaining how common computing operations are done. In addition, the book contains two appendixes: summary of the language, and answers to selected exercises.

020107981XB04062001