The AWK Programming Language, 2nd Edition, 9780138269722
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Awk: Simple, powerful text processing; learn it fast, use it everywhere.

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    31 October 2023

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Summary

Awk: Your Fast Track to Text Mastery

Awk, born in Bell Labs in 1977, remains a remarkably useful tool for solving diverse problems with speed and efficiency. In this updated edition, the creators of Awk themselves reveal its capabilities and guide you to effective usage.

Here’s what programmers are saying today: “I love Awk.” “Awk is amazing.” “It is just so damn good.” “Awk is just right.” “Awk is awesome.” “Awk has always been a language that I loved.”

It’s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780138269722
ISBN-10:0138269726
Series:Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series
Author:Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan, Peter Weinberger
Publisher:Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:Addison Wesley
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Edition:2nd
Release Date:31 October 2023
Weight:415g
Dimensions:230mm x 178mm x 13mm
About The Author

Alfred Aho

Alfred V. Aho is Lawrence Gussman Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Columbia University, and former department chair. Well known for his work on algorithms, data structures, programming languages, compilers, and the foundations of computer science, he has received the ACM A. M. Turing Award and the IEEE John von Neumann Medal.

Brian W. Kernighan was a member of the Computing Science Research Center at Bell Labs and is currently a professor in the Computer Science department at Princeton. He is the co-creator of several programming languages and the co-author of numerous books, including the computing classic, The C Programming Language.

Peter J. Weinberger, currently at Google, has served as chief technology officer at Renaissance Technologies and as leader of computer science research at Bell Labs. He is a Fellow of the AAAS.

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