Master·Read and process text
awk: Extract structured text fields
Syntax
awk [-F delimiter] '{print $n}' [file]Options
-F- field separator
Examples
awk -F , '{print $2}' data/users.csvUsage and sandbox support
The teaching subset only supports printing a field or an entire $0 line, and does not support the generic awk program.
Hands-on exercises
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