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gawk

 

[ ɡɔːk ]

Verb
Context #1 | Verb

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

Etymology

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.

Word Frequency Rank

This word's position of #34,993 indicates it's among the more rare English words. While understanding it broadens your vocabulary, focus on more common words first.