awk: /awk/ 1. n. [Unix techspeak] An interpreted language for
massaging text data developed by Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and
Brian Kernighan (the name derives from their initials). It is
characterized by C-like syntax, a declaration-free approach to
variable typing and declarations, associative arrays, and
field-oriented text processing. See also Perl. 2. n. Editing
term for an expression awkward to manipulate through normal regexp
facilities (for example, one containing a newline). 3. vt. To
process data using `awk(1)'.
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