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AWK is a text programming language primarily used in UNIX like systems for software pre-processing. 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
NEdit - XFree86 - Autoindent, autocomplete and syntax highlighting.

DOS implementations of AWK

Gawk

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

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 * [http://esca.atomki.hu/paradise/dos/awk-en.html Gawk]
-====DOS text & programmers editors with AWK support====
+===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==
+* [http://awk.info/ Awk Community Portal]
 [[Category:Programming Languages]][[Category:AWK]]