AWK - difference in awk and nawk

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difference in awk and nawk

deccan010182@gmail.com

2007-06-18, 7:57 am

what is the difference in awk and nawk?

Juergen Kahrs

2007-06-18, 7:57 am

deccan010182@gmail.com wrote:
> what is the difference in awk and nawk?
>

awk is the name of the more generic command name.
nawk refers to an implementation from 1987.
The difference between both usually doesnt matter
anymore, expect for the poor Solaris users.

Is this a homework assignment ?

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