Fascination of Awk

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  • awk-raycaster

    Pseudo-3D shooter written completely in gawk using raycasting technique

  • Author missed an opportunity to reference this 3D doom-like in awk: https://github.com/TheMozg/awk-raycaster

  • ngetopt.awk

    Gawk library for command line parsing

  • awk is amazing. One pattern I often use is:

    $ query_something | awk 'generate commands' | sh

    For larger programs, I wrote and use ngetopt.awk: https://github.com/joepvd/ngetopt.awk. This is a loadable library for gawk that lets you add option parsing for programs.

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  • awk-webserver

    A simple webserver, written in GNU awk, that supports directory listing and download of file from the directory where it is launched

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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