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cheat.sheets/sheets/awk
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# awk
# Pattern scanning and processing language
# Sum integers from a file or STDIN, one integer per line.
printf '1\n2\n3\n' | awk '{sum += $1} END {print sum}'
# Using specific character as separator to sum integers from a file or STDIN.
printf '1:2:3' | awk -F ":" '{print $1+$2+$3}'
# Print a multiplication table.
awk -v RS='' '
{
for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){
printf("%dx%d=%d%s", i, NR, i*NR, i==NR?"\n":"\t")
}
}
' <<< "$(seq 9 | sed 'H;g')"
# Specify output separator character.
printf '1 2 3' | awk 'BEGIN {OFS=":"}; {print $1,$2,$3}'
# Search paragraph for the given REGEX match.
awk -v RS='' '/42B/' file
# Display only first field in text taken from STDIN.
echo 'Field_1 Field_2 Field_3' | awk '{print $1}'
# Note that in this case, you're far better off using cut(1).
# Use AWK solo; without the need for something via STDIN.
awk 'BEGIN {print("Example text.")}'
# Access environment variables from within AWK.
awk 'BEGIN {print ENVIRON["LS_COLORS"]}'
# Count number of lines taken from STDIN.
free | awk '{L++} END {print(L)}'
# Cleaner, more efficient approach to the above.
free | awk 'END {print(NR)}'
# Output unique list of available sections under which to create a DEB package.
awk '!A[$1]++ {print($1)}' <<< "$(dpkg-query --show -f='${Section}\n')"
# Using process substitution (`<()` is NOT command substitution), with AWK and
# its associative array variables, we can print just column 2 for lines whose
# first column is equal to what's between the double-quotes.
awk '{NR != 1 && A[$1]=$2} END {print(A["Mem:"])}' <(free -h)
# While below is an easier and simpler solution to the above, it's not at all
# the same, and in other cases, the above is definitely preferable.
awk '/^Mem:/ {print($2)}' <(free -h)
# Output list of unique uppercase-only, sigil-omitted variables used in [FILE].
awk '
{
for(F=0; F<NF; F++){
if($F~/^\$[A-Z_]+$/){
A[$F]++
}
}
}
END {
for(I in A){
X=substr(I, 2, length(I))
printf("%s\n", X)
}
}
' [FILE]
# Output only lines from FILE between PATTERN_1 and PATTERN_2. Good for logs.
awk '/PATTERN_1/,/PATTERN_2/ {print}' [FILE]
# Pretty-print a table of an overview of the non-system users on the system.
awk -F ':' '
BEGIN {
printf("%-17s %-4s %-4s %-s\n", "NAME", "UID", "GID", "SHELL")
}
$3 >= 1000 && $1 != "nobody" {
printf("%-17s %-d %-d %-s\n", $1, $3, $4, $7)
}
' /etc/passwd
# Display the total amount of MiB of RAM available in the machine. This is also
# a painful but useful workaround to get the units comma-separated, as would be
# doable with Bash's own `printf` built-in.
awk '/^MemTotal:/ {printf("%'"'"'dMiB\n", $2 / 1024)}'