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In AWK, you can read a text file using the Here’s an example of how to use AWK to read and print the contents of a file named In this example, the AWK also provides several built-in variables that make it easier to process the contents of the input file. For example, the Here’s an example of how to use AWK to read a file containing tab-separated values and print only the first and third fields:<\/p>\nawk<\/code> command followed by the { commands }<\/code> block that specifies the actions to be performed on each line of the input file. The input file can be specified as the last argument on the command line, or it can be redirected from the standard input.<\/p>\nfile.txt<\/code>:<\/p>\nawk '{ print }'<\/span> file.txt
\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n{ print }<\/code> block is a simple command that prints each line of the input file, as is.<\/p>\n$0<\/code> variable holds the entire line, while the $1<\/code>, $2<\/code>, etc. variables hold the values of the individual fields within the line.<\/p>\n