GoAWK
A POSIX-compatible AWK interpreter for command-line text processing, with support for CSV and TSV files.
Open source (MIT)By Ben Hoyt
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About GoAWK
GoAWK runs AWK programs from the command line and can also be used from Go programs. It is tested against the POSIX AWK and GNU AWK test suites.
Alongside standard AWK behavior, it provides a CSV mode for reading and writing CSV and TSV files.
Strengths
- POSIX-compatible AWK behavior
- Reads and writes CSV and TSV in CSV mode
- Can run as a command-line program or from Go code
Limitations
- Its behavior has documented differences from AWK and GNU AWK.
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the MIT license.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- Ben Hoyt
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- People who use AWK for shell-based text and data processing
- Categories
- CLI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the Homebrew formula
- Sources