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Syntax awk options > ' Program ' Input-File1 Input-File2 ... awk -f PROGRAM-FILE options > Input-File1 Input-File2 ... If no Input-File is specified then `awk' applies the Program to "standard input", (piped output of some other command or the terminal. Typed input will continue until end-of-file (typing `Control-d') Basic functions The basic function of awk is to search files for lines (or other units of text) that contain a pattern. When a line matches, awk performs a specific action on that line. The Program statement that tells `awk' what to do; consists of a series of "rules". Each rule specifies one pattern to search for, and one action to perform when that pattern is found. For ease of reading, each line in an `awk' program is normally a separate Program statement , like this: pattern { action } pattern { action } ... e.g. Display lines from my_file containing the string "123" or "ab...

ELinks is an advanced and well-established feature-rich text mode web (HTTP/FTP/..) browser. ELinks can render both frames and tables, is highly customizable and can be extended via Lua or Guile scripts. It is quite portable and runs on a variety of platforms. ELinks is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License. If you want to see ELinks in action check out the screenshots . ELinks is a program for browsing the web in text mode. The goal of the project has from the beginning been to provide a feature-rich text mode browser with an open patches/features inclusion policy and active development. One of these features is that ELinks includes Links-Lua which adds scripting capabilities to ELinks. Why text mode ? It may seem strange that anyone would develop a text mode browser in a world where the power of computers keep improving and most people favor graphical applications. Most graphical browsers are slow (especially to start up) and eat a lot of memory. For some...