The AWK Programming Language

Name: The AWK Programming Language
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ISBN: 9780138269722

by Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, Peter J. Weinberger

2nd Edition

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional PTG

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Print ISBN	9780138269722
eText ISBN	9780138269777
Publisher	Addison-Wesley Professional PTG
Publishing Year	2024
Edition	2nd Edition
Language	English
Pages	230

The AWK Programming Language, 2nd Edition provides a dedicated technical reference for writing and executing pattern-matching code. Authored by original language creators Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, and Peter J. Weinberger, this reference volume establishes a clear framework for constructing compact scripts to solve practical data challenges.

The text organizes its material across distinct functional domains. Introductory chapters cover foundational tutorial concepts and practical script actions before advancing into exploratory data analysis, routine data processing, and formatted database reports. Subsequent chapters detail specialized techniques for processing words, designing custom little languages, and conducting experiments with algorithms.

Published within the Pearson Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series, the volume includes a complete Awk Reference Manual in Appendix A. Serious programmers and networking professionals gain an accessible, practical reference designed to support automated software workflows and systematic pattern-matching tasks.

Chapter 1: An Awk Tutorial
- • 1.1 Getting Started
- • 1.2 Simple Output
- • 1.3 Formatted Output
- • 1.4 Selection
- • 1.5 Computing with Awk
- • 1.6 Control-Flow Statements
- • 1.7 Arrays
- • 1.8 Useful One-liners
- • 1.9 What Next?
Chapter 2: Awk in Action
- • 2.1 Personal Computation
- • 2.2 Selection
- • 2.3 Transformation
- • 2.4 Summarization
- • 2.5 Personal Databases
- • 2.6 A Personal Library
- • 2.7 Summary
Chapter 3: Exploratory Data Analysis
- • 3.1 The Sinking of the Titanic
- • 3.2 Beer Ratings
- • 3.3 Grouping Data
- • 3.4 Unicode Data
- • 3.5 Basic Graphs and Charts
- • 3.6 Summary
Chapter 4: Data Processing
- • 4.1 Data Transformation and Reduction
- • 4.2 Data Validation
- • 4.3 Bundle and Unbundle
- • 4.4 Multiline Records
- • 4.5 Summary
Chapter 5: Reports and Databases
- • 5.1 Generating Reports
- • 5.2 Packaged Queries and Reports
- • 5.3 A Relational Database System
- • 5.4 Summary
Chapter 6: Processing Words
- • 6.1 Random Text Generation
- • 6.2 Interactive Text-Manipulation
- • 6.3 Text Processing
- • 6.4 Making an Index
- • 6.5 Summary
Chapter 7: Little Languages
- • 7.1 An Assembler and Interpreter
- • 7.2 A Language for Drawing Graphs
- • 7.3 A Sort Generator
- • 7.4 A Reverse-Polish Calculator
- • 7.5 A Different Approach
- • 7.6 A Recursive-Descent Parser for Arithmetic Expressions
- • 7.7 A Recursive-Descent Parser for a Subset of Awk
- • 7.8 Summary
Chapter 8: Experiments with Algorithms
- • 8.1 Sorting
- • 8.2 Profiling
- • 8.3 Topological Sorting
- • 8.4 Make: A File Updating Program
- • 8.5 Summary
Chapter 9: Epilogue
- • 9.1 Awk as a Language
- • 9.2 Performance
- • 9.3 Conclusion
Chapter Appendix A: Awk Reference Manual
- • A.1 Patterns
- • A.2 Actions
- • A.3 User-Defined Functions
- • A.4 Output
- • A.5 Input
- • A.6 Interaction with Other Programs
- • A.7 Summary