awk

   1.  n.  [Unix  techspeak]  An interpreted language for massaging text
   data  developed  by Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan
   (the name derives 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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