Awk Definition
pronoun
(computing) A Unix scripting language or the command line interface itself.
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noun
(usually attributive, computing) Code written in or skill in using the awk language.
I used C, Perl, the Bourne shell, and some awk and tcl to implement these projects.
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Origin of Awk
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From Old Norse Ç«fugr, Ç«figr, afigr (“turned backwards") (> Danish avet (“backwards"), Swedish avig (“turned backwards")), from Proto-Germanic. Cognate with German äbich, Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 (ibuks, “turned back"). Akin to Sanskrit अपाच् (apāc, “turned away") . Compare dialect Danish ave (“to turn"), Icelandic öfga (“to reverse").
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