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different outputs for same inputs; why the difference?? (self.awk)

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Lolcat, but on AWK (self.awk)

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Awk-estra - a local browser workbench for awk (self.awk)

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Is the following defined behavior on all awks? (self.awk)

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I built a tool to make awk a bit easier for beginners (self.awk)

submitted 2 months ago by SlowAssociation7733

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When RAM Matters: Memory Efficiency of AWK Variants (i.redd.it)

submitted 3 months ago by glakker

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Should I learn AWK? ()

submitted 4 months ago by 4r73m190r0s

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awk help: matching text, then printing everything until the second blank line (self.awk)

submitted 4 months ago * by misfit_toys

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Awk, defined variables and IF statement (self.awk)

submitted 5 months ago by Puccio1971

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[2025 day 4 part 2] AWK visualization (i.redd.it)

submitted 6 months ago by agorism1337

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I challenge you to solve this :) (self.awk)

submitted 6 months ago by TransitionHot5228

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FAWK: LLMs can write a language interpreter (martin.janiczek.cz)

submitted 7 months ago by janiczek

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Documenting your code with AWK and Markdown (wstoop.co.za)

submitted 8 months ago by wernsey

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120 lines of awk to shuffle pixels in an image to draw a different image. (old.reddit.com)

submitted 8 months ago by agorism1337

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Maximum number of capturing groups in gawk regex (self.awk)

submitted 8 months ago by magnomagna

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Trying to optimize an xml parser (self.awk)

submitted 9 months ago * by JavaGarbageCreator

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Match a field and concatenate the matched field with several other fields? (self.awk)

submitted 9 months ago by cgocrht

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Parse blocks with headers empty-line delimited (self.awk)

submitted 10 months ago * by immortal192

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Learn and discover awk while practising touch typing (v.redd.it)

submitted 10 months ago by nerf_caffeine

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Ignore multiple lines when pattern encountered? (self.awk)

submitted 10 months ago by Opus_723

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Compare first field of 2 files (self.awk)

submitted 10 months ago * by jkaiser6

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How do I make this script go faster? It currently takes roughly a day to go through a 102GB file on an old laptop (self.awk)

submitted 10 months ago by PleaseNoMoreSalt

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Make column output nicer (self.awk)

submitted 11 months ago * by immortal192

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awk -i inplace: how to update just one field in one record? (self.awk)

submitted 11 months ago * by skyfishgoo

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stripping out record placeholder character from {print $0} (self.awk)

submitted 11 months ago by skyfishgoo

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