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How to Use awk to Perform Arithmetic Operations in Loops

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Dec 26, 2024

awk is a scripting language designed for text processing and data extraction, which reads input line by line, splits each line into fields, and allows you to perform operations on those fields. It’s commonly used for tasks like pattern matching, arithmetic calculations, and generating formatted reports.

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