Custom field separator

Use colon as field separator, print user and UID

awk -F: '{print $1, $3}' /etc/passwd
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More awk commands

  • Filter rows by pattern
    awk '/ERROR/ {print NR": "$0}' app.log

    Print line number and content for lines matching ERROR

  • Sum a column
    awk '{sum += $4} END {print sum}' access.log

    Accumulate a numeric column and print total

  • Print lines between two patterns
    awk '/START/,/END/' file.txt

    Range pattern: include lines from START to END inclusive

  • Skip header line
    awk 'NR>1 {print $1, $2}' data.csv

    Process all lines except the first (header)

  • Count occurrences per key
    awk '{count[$1]++} END {for (k in count) print count[k], k}' access.log | sort -rn

    Frequency count of the first field (e.g. IP addresses)

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