awk
1. n. [UNIX techspeak] An interpreted language for massaging
text data developed by Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian
Kernighan (the name is from their initials). It is characterized
by C-like syntax, a declaration-free approach to variable typing
and declarations, associative arrays, and field-oriented text
processing. See also
Perl. 2. n. Editing term for an
expression awkward to manipulate through normal
regexp
facilities (for example, one containing a
newline). 3. vt. To
process data using `awk(1)'.
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