Six awk command examples

6. Programming example
a. Create gawk files having commands in it.

[root@kalwa1 tmp]# cat gawk.1
{print}
[root@kalwa1 tmp]#

Now from command prompt give following command:

gawk -f gawk.1 students

Example:

[root@kalwa1 tmp]# gawk -f gawk.1 students
Manmohan 286 555-5574 manmohan 8
Atul 280 555-4221 atul 10
Anshul 279 555-1112 anshul 2
Romel 284 555-2121 shrikant 12
[root@kalwa1 tmp]#

b. Now create the following second program named it as “gawk.2”

[root@kalwa1 tmp]# cat gawk.2
BEGIN {
 print "Students for UX Techno";
 print;
 }
 {print}
[root@kalwa1 tmp]#

Now from command prompt give following command:

gawk -f gawk.2 students

Example:

[root@kalwa1 tmp]# gawk -f gawk.2 students
Students for UX Techno
Manmohan 286 555-5574 manmohan 8
Atul 280 555-4221 atul 10
Anshul 279 555-1112 anshul 2
Romel 284 555-2121 shrikant 12
[root@kalwa1 tmp]#