Awk Command Generator

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raw: # Replace input.txt with your file or pass the data through the pipe: cat file |awk '# Generated template - check and match the fields/patterns to your data # Zadanie: Filter rows where column 2 matches "ERROR", print columns 1,2,5, and count matching lines. BEGIN{ OFS="\t"; } { if ($2 ~ /ERROR/) { c++; print $2; } } END{ print c; }' input.txt awk '# Generated template - check and match the fields/patterns to your data # Zadanie: Filter rows where column 2 matches "ERROR", print columns 1,2,5, and count matching lines. BEGIN{ OFS="\t"; } { if ($2 ~ /ERROR/) { c++; print $2; } } END{ print c; }' input.txt

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AWK basics

AWK processes a file line by line. Syntax: awk 'pattern {action}' file. $0 = entire line, $1 = first field, $2 = second field, NR = line number, NF = number of fields, FS = separator (default: space or TAB). CSV separator: awk -F "," or awk -F ";"

AWK Command Examples

Extract column: awk -F "," "{print $2}" data.csv. Filter lines: awk "$3 > 100" log.txt. Column sum: awk -F ","{sum+=$2} END {print sum}" data.csv. Number of lines: awk "END {print NR}" file. Change the separator: awk -F "," OFS=\t;$1=$1" csv. Remove duplicates: awk "!seen[$0]++"

AWK patterns and conditions

BEGIN: execute before processing. END: execute after. /regex/: lines matching the regular expression. $2 ~ /pattern/: field matches. $3 > 100 && $4 == "active": compound conditions. NR==1: first line (header) only. NO.>1: skip header. !($1 in seen): unique values of field 1.

AWK vs sed vs grep

grep: searches for lines that match a pattern - the simplest way. sed: edits the text stream (replace, delete). AWK: full language with variables, calculations, data structures. For columns: AWK is the best. For replacement: sed. For search: grep. Combination: grep ERROR log | awk "{print $3}" | sort | uniq -c.

Frequently asked questions

How to process CSV from AWK?

awk -F "," "{print $1, $3}" file.csv. For the header: awk -F "," "NR>1 {print $2}" (skips the first line). Quotes in CSV: AWK does not support RFC 4180 - for complex CSVs, use python (csv module) or mlr (Miller tool).

How to calculate the average of the AWK column?

awk -F "," "{sum+=$2; count++} END {if(count>0) print sum/count}" data.csv. Skip header: awk -F "," "NR>1 {sum+=$2; count++} END {print sum/count}". Rounding: printf "%.2f\n", sum/count.

How to remove duplicates from an AWK file?

awk "!seen[$0]++" file.txt: removes repeated lines. !seen[$1]++: unique after the first column. Sorted: sort file | uniq. AWK is faster when the file does not need to be sorted.

Where to run AWK on Windows?

Git Bash: AWK available (GNU Awk). WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux): Full Linux. Cygwin: POSIX layer with AWK. PowerShell: no native AWK. Online: tool on this page or awk.js (WebAssembly AWK). Note: some AWK variants (gawk, mawk, nawk) may have different options.

What is the difference between awk, gawk, mawk?

awk: POSIX standard. gawk (GNU awk): extended, most Linuxes. mawk: faster than gawk, less extended. nawk (new awk): used on BSD/macOS. In production: check which version is installed (awk --version). Compatibility: Basic expressions work on everyone.

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