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AWK Scripting

The document provides an overview of the AWK scripting language including its syntax, how it works, common terms used, and examples of how to perform various tasks like printing columns, searching for words, working with CSV files, and using conditions. It also discusses using AWK for scripting and programming concepts like variables, loops, and functions.

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AWK Scripting

The document provides an overview of the AWK scripting language including its syntax, how it works, common terms used, and examples of how to perform various tasks like printing columns, searching for words, working with CSV files, and using conditions. It also discusses using AWK for scripting and programming concepts like variables, loops, and functions.

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LINUX TUTORIAL

AWK
SCRIPTING
Syntax
awk options ‘pattern {action}’ file_name

echo “Hello” | awk options ‘pattern {action}’

options:
-F field separator
-v var=value
-f file
How AWK works?
test.txt

This is line one


This is line two
Row 1 This is line one
Row 2 This is line two
Fields
F1 F2 F3 F4

Row 1 This is line one


Row 2 This is line two
Terms used in AWK
NR - No. of record/row
NF - No. of fields
$0 - Print everything
$1, $2 - Field no.
Examples
Print only a given column
Print last column
Search a word
Print only a given line no. (let’s say line 5)
Print row or line no. at start of each line
Print range of lines (line3 to 6)
Get line no. of empty lines
Search multiple words
Ignore case while searching
How to check if a given char is present in column
Working with CSV or different delimeter

How to work with CSV file


Print data of employees whose salary>50k
What if a file is having multiple delimeter
Use Cases Where AWK can be useful

How to only get Status of service


How to get list of files
How to read logs in range of time
Get files modified in Oct
Useful Functions
How to replace a word?
Length of line/field
Index/position of a word in a given line
Print values in upper or lower letter
AWK Scripting Concepts
awk
'BEGIN{start_action}
pattern/condition {action}
END{stop_action}'
file_name
Other Programming Concepts we can use
Variables
If-Else
Array
For Loop
While loop
Functions
How to find total/sum of salary
How to find average salary
How to print no. of lines
How to ignore headers/first row to count
no. of users
Using Condtions
How to get length of longest line?
Print High for salary >50k else LOW
Print Total salary paid in Loan
department
Using AWK condition/pattern in a
file

Add your conditions and pattern in a


file let’s say file.awk

awk -f file.awk <file.txt>


Using AWK as a script

#!/bin/awk -f

BEGIN{start_action}
pattern/condition {action}
END{stop_action}
Print only given feild/column
awk ‘{print $2}' file

Print last row or last column


awk ‘{print $NR}' file
awk ‘{print $NF}' file

Search for a word in file


awk ‘/word/ {print $2}' file
Print only given line no.
awk ‘NR==5 {print $0}' file

Print line with each row


awk ‘{NR print $0}' file

Search for multiple words in file


awk ‘/word1|word2/ {print $2}' file
Read from CSV file and print a given column
awk -F, '{print $1}' file

Print range of lines from a file


awk ‘{NR==3, NR==6 print $0}' file

Get the empty lines


awk ‘NF==0 {print NR}' file
Print data of employees, salary > 50000
awk -F, ‘$NF>50000’ file

P
Functions
Replacing a word in a file
awk -F, ‘{gsub(“from“, “to“) print $0} file’

Print index/position of a given word


echo "Hi Paul" | awk '{print index($0, "Paul")}'

Get length of a word/row


echo "Hi Paul" | awk '{print length($2)}'
Split the words in a row in an array
awk -F, ‘{split($0, arr, “,“); print arr[1]} file’

Print
AWK as Script
awk ‘
BEGIN{start_action}
pattern/condition {action}
END{end_action}
‘
file_name
awk -f script.awk file_name
Find sum/total salary
awk -F, ‘{sum+=$NF} END{print sum}' file

Find average salary


awk -F, ‘{sum+=$NF} END{print sum/NR}' file

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