AWK

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