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Re:Problem solving with Unix commands by svsucculents on Saturday February 16, 2019 @11:33AM (#19179363)
It's C. Learn C and you know awk. The only awk worth using is G(nu)awk anyway.
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Re:Problem solving with Unix commands by msla on Saturday February 16, 2019 @08:19PM (#19182017)
No, in that C doesn't have the pattern-action style of awk:

    /<pattern>/ { <action> }
"For every line which matches <pattern> perform <action> " is the fundamental flow of awk programs. It's procedural but the iteration is hidden; it's almost like each stanza is a callback which gets executed when the pattern fires. I'm kinda surprised no "real language" has adopted this design for an API.
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