Unix/Linux Training Overview
The objective of this course is to develop the programming skills required to write applications using the awk programming language.
Unix/Linux Training Audience
Unix system application developers, administrators, and advanced users.
Unix/Linux Training Prerequisites
The ability to write programs in a high level language (such as C or shell) is very helpful in completing the lab exercises and understanding the lectures. A good working knowledge of the UNIX environment is necessary.
Unix/Linux Training Course duration
2 Days
Unix/Linux Training Course outline
Introduction to awk
Introduction to awk
How awk Programs Work
Running awk Programs
Examples
Patterns
Summary and Patterns
BEGIN and END
Expressions
String-Matching Patterns
Extended REs in awk
Range Patterns
Actions
awk Actions
Expressions
Operators
Flow Control
More Flow Control
The next, break, continue, and exit statements
Built-in Variables
Input andOutput
Formatted Output with printf
Output into Files
Output into Pipes
Input Separators
Multi-Line Records
The getline Function
More getline
Passing Parameters into a Script
Functions
Built-In Arithmetic Functions
Built-In String Functions
More String Functions
User Defined Functions
Local Variables
Arrays
Arrays
Associative Arrays
The Array for Statement
The Array in Operator
Deleting Array Elements
The Split Function
Multi-Dimensional Arrays
Command Line Parameter Passing
