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<code>gawk</code> is a powerful stream editor that can be used in command pipelines to perform special functions that do not have a command written for. The easiest use of gawk (and a very common one) is to manipulate the columns in text stream. | <code>gawk</code> is a powerful stream editor that can be used in command pipelines to perform special functions that do not have a command written for. The easiest use of gawk (and a very common one) is to manipulate the columns in text stream. | ||
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gawk is a powerful stream editor that can be used in command pipelines to perform special functions that do not have a command written for. The easiest use of gawk (and a very common one) is to manipulate the columns in text stream.
In the examples that follow, assume that a file name test-data.txt exists and contains 3 columns of data.
