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tucGNU awk
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.

 Free

Free software from the GNU Project.

Web, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Selects fields using more than a single-character delimiter
  • Supports negative field indexes and custom formatting
  • Compact one-liners for text extraction and reformatting
  • Extensions such as networking and persistent memory
  • The main tool is command-line software
  • Upstream distributes source code; Windows builds come from third parties
  • The awk language is terse and takes time to learn
Downloadable app, Web application Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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