Gawk: meaning, definitions and examples

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gawk

[ ɡɔːk ]

^{Context #1}

programming

To process text or data using the AWK programming language.

Synonyms

analyze, parse, scan

Examples of usage

I need to gawk through this log file to find the errors.
The script is designed to gawk for specific patterns in the input data.

Translations

Translations of the word "gawk" in other languages:

🇵🇹 olhar boquiaberto

🇮🇳 हक्का-बक्का रह जाना

🇩🇪 gaffen

🇮🇩 melongo

🇺🇦 витріщатися

🇵🇱 gapić się

🇯🇵 ぽかんと見る (pokan to miru)

🇫🇷 regarder bouche bée

🇪🇸 mirar boquiabierto

🇹🇷 şaşkın şaşkın bakmak

🇰🇷 멍하니 바라보다

🇸🇦 يحدق بفم مفتوح

🇨🇿 zírat

🇸🇰 zízať

🇨🇳 目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi)

🇸🇮 buljiti

🇮🇸 glápa

🇰🇿 таңдану

🇬🇪 დაუჯერებლად შეხედვა

🇦🇿 açıqqözlə baxmaq

🇲🇽 mirar boquiabierto

Word origin

The term 'gawk' is a combination of 'grep' and 'awk', which are two popular Unix utilities for text processing. It originated in the Unix/Linux community as a shorthand for using the AWK programming language in a similar way to grep. Over time, 'gawk' has become a widely recognized term in the programming world for text processing operations.