AWK

AWK is a pattern matching programming language primarily used in UNIX like systems for software pre-processing and other text handling tasks. It is named after initials of original writers Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan and should therefore be spelled all caps.

A list of OS/2 implementations of AWK

Interpreters & compilers

• GNU awk - Open source - Current
• mawk - Michael Brennan - Open Source (GPL) - Discontinued
• tawk - TAWK Compiler for OS/2 from Thompson Automation Software

Translators

• a2p - AWK to PERL translator - Open source (included with Perl 5)

OS/2 text & programmers editors with AWK support

• Elvis - awk syntax support included by default - Open source - Current
• jEdit - Java based editor - AWK syntax highlighting built in - Current.
• NEdit - XFree86 - Autoindent, autocomplete and syntax highlighting.

DOS implementations of AWK

• Gawk
• QTAwk - Pearl Boldt

DOS text & programmers editors with AWK support

• Elvis - awk syntax support included by default - Open source - Current

Publications

• Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, and Peter J. Weinberger: The AWK Programming Language Addison-Wesley 1988, ISBN 0-201-07981-X
• Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins: sed & awk O’Reilly 1997, ISBN 1-56592-225-5
• Arnold Robbins: GAWK: Effective AWK Programming O’Reilly 2001, ISBN 0-596-00070-7

Links

• Awk Community Portal
• The A-Z of Programming Languages: AWK - An interview with Alfred V. Aho - From Computerworld