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AWK

data-driven programming language made by Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan
Thing standard_unix_utility_or_command Q213970

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
standard UNIX utility or command, scripting language, external domain-specific language, command-line tool[4][5][6]
Inception
1977[22]
Has use
computer programming, creating, data-driven programming, procedural programming[18][19][20][21]
Collection
Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace, Text Analysis Portal for Research[13][14]
Designed by
Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan[15][16]
Developer
Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan, Peter J. Weinberger[10][11][12]
Influenced by
C, SNOBOL, Bourne shell[1][2][3]
Media type
text/x-awk, application/x-awk[23][24]
Named after
Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan, Peter J. Weinberger[7][8][9]
Programming paradigm
data-driven programming, procedural programming[25][26]
Software version identifier
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008[17]
🏷️ Also known as
ar أوك cs Gawk de Mawk fa آک fa ای‌دبلیوکی fa ای دبلیو کی fa ای دبلیوکی fr Awk ko AWK 프로그래밍 언어 nl Programmeertaal Awk th ภาษา AWK th ภาษาออว์ก zh 艾侯溫伯格柯林漢 zh 艾溫柯
🔖 Identifiers · 25
Library of Congress authority ID
sh87003812
GND ID
4242961-4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Awk-example.png ↗
ArchWiki article
AWK
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12302957w
Described at URL
pubs.opengroup.org, tapor.ca, marketplace.sshopencloud.eu
Freebase ID
/m/0q2c
Gentoo Wiki article
Awk
Homebrew formula name
awk
IdRef ID
031901646
KBpedia ID
Awk-ProgrammingLanguage
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
173540216
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NL CR AUT ID
ph268180
Namuwiki ID
awk
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007539008805171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810693504605606
Open Library subject ID
awk, awk_(computer_program_language)
Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID
14852
SVKKL authority ID
0213275-awk-programovaci-jazyk
SlackBuilds package
development/onetrueawk
Source code repository URL
github.com
Stack Exchange tag
stackoverflow.com
Subreddit
awk
Yale LUX ID
concept/d31fde24-0e1f-46bb-9e0f-d26010f7b933
Zhihu topic ID
19562735

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  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . tapor.ca. tapor.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0213275-awk-programovaci-jazyk
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0213275-awk-programovaci-jazyk, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 22w ago · Alex rosenberg35 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → standard UNIX utility or command, scripting language, external domain-specific language +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: command-line tool"
  3. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase ID → /m/0q2c
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Awk.wav
    Namuwiki ID → awk
    Imported from → —
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007539008805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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