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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.
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==
==OS/2 Implementations==
===Interpreters & compilers===
;Compiler
* [[Preditor/2]] - Has a built in extended AWK compiler - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[TAWK]] Compiler for OS/2 from ''Thompson Automation Software''
 
;Interpreter
* [[GNU awk]] - Open source - Current
* [[GNU awk]] - Open source - Current
* QTAwk 1.22 (1997-01-07) - Shareware
* QTAwk 1.22 (1997-01-07) - Shareware
* mawk - Michael Brennan - Open Source (GPL) - Discontinued
* mawk - Michael Brennan - Open Source (GPL) - Discontinued
* [[Preditor/2]] - Has a built in extended AWK compiler - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[TAWK]] Compiler for OS/2 from ''Thompson Automation Software''


===Translators===
;Translators
*a2p - AWK to PERL translator - Open source (included with [[Perl]] 5)
*a2p - AWK to PERL translator - Open source (included with [[Perl]] 5)


===OS/2 text & programmers editors with AWK support===
;Editor support
* [[Elvis]] - awk syntax support included by default - Open source - Current
* [[Elvis]] - awk syntax support included by default - Open source - Current
* [[jEdit]] - Java based editor - AWK syntax highlighting built in - Current.
* [[Lugaru Epsilon]] - AWK syntax highlighting, code folding and syntax-aware autoindent available as a separate download. - Commercial.
* [[Lugaru Epsilon]] - AWK syntax highlighting, code folding and syntax-aware autoindent available as a seperate download. - Commercial.
* [[NEdit]] - XFree86 - Autoindent, autocomplete and syntax highlighting.
* [[NEdit]] - XFree86 - Autoindent, autocomplete and syntax highlighting.
* [[Preditor/2]] - AWK template, syntax highlighting and debugging features - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[Preditor/2]] - AWK template, syntax highlighting and debugging features - Commercial - Discontinued.


====AWK related programmer's utilities====
;Programmer's utilities
* [[Exuberant ctags]] - Creates index files out of AWK source files - Open source - Current.
* [[Exuberant ctags]] - Creates index files out of AWK source files - Open source - Current.


==DOS implementations of AWK==
==DOS Implementations==
* Bawk - Bob Brodt
* Bawk - Bob Brodt
* [http://esca.atomki.hu/paradise/dos/awk-en.html Gawk]
* [http://esca.atomki.hu/paradise/dos/awk-en.html Gawk]
* QTAwk - Pearl Boldt
* QTAwk - Pearl Boldt


===DOS text & programmers editors with AWK support===
;Editor support
* [[Elvis]] - awk syntax support included by default - Open source - Current
* [[Elvis]] - awk syntax support included by default - Open source - Current
* [[Lugaru Epsilon]] - AWK syntax highlighting, code folding and syntax-aware autoindent available as a seperate download. - Commercial.
* [[Lugaru Epsilon]] - AWK syntax highlighting, code folding and syntax-aware autoindent available as a seperate download. - Commercial.
==Java Implementations==
* Jawk - J2SE 5
;Editor support
* [[jEdit]] - Java based editor - AWK syntax highlighting built in - Current.


==Publications==
==Publications==

Revision as of 00:35, 12 January 2018

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.

OS/2 Implementations

Compiler
  • Preditor/2 - Has a built in extended AWK compiler - Commercial - Discontinued.
  • TAWK Compiler for OS/2 from Thompson Automation Software
Interpreter
  • GNU awk - Open source - Current
  • QTAwk 1.22 (1997-01-07) - Shareware
  • mawk - Michael Brennan - Open Source (GPL) - Discontinued
Translators
  • a2p - AWK to PERL translator - Open source (included with Perl 5)
Editor support
  • Elvis - awk syntax support included by default - Open source - Current
  • Lugaru Epsilon - AWK syntax highlighting, code folding and syntax-aware autoindent available as a separate download. - Commercial.
  • NEdit - XFree86 - Autoindent, autocomplete and syntax highlighting.
  • Preditor/2 - AWK template, syntax highlighting and debugging features - Commercial - Discontinued.
Programmer's utilities
  • Exuberant ctags - Creates index files out of AWK source files - Open source - Current.

DOS Implementations

  • Bawk - Bob Brodt
  • Gawk
  • QTAwk - Pearl Boldt
Editor support
  • Elvis - awk syntax support included by default - Open source - Current
  • Lugaru Epsilon - AWK syntax highlighting, code folding and syntax-aware autoindent available as a seperate download. - Commercial.

Java Implementations

  • Jawk - J2SE 5
Editor support
  • jEdit - Java based editor - AWK syntax highlighting built in - Current.

Publications

  • Leon S. Levy: A Walk Through AWK, SIGPLAN Notices Vol. 18 #12 Dec 1983, pp.69-85
  • 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

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