Linux AWK Command Game

Linux AWK Command Cheat Sheet

• Print the first column: awk '{print $1}' filename
• Print specific columns: awk '{print $1, $3}' filename
• Use a custom delimiter: awk -F':' '{print $1}' filename
• Filter rows where a column matches: awk '$2 == "match"' filename
• Filter rows where a column is greater than: awk '$3 > 1000' filename
• Print the last column: awk '{print $NF}' filename
• Count the number of lines: awk 'END {print NR}' filename
• Replace a word: awk '{gsub(/old/, "new"); print}' filename
• Print lines where a column starts with: awk '$1 ~ /^start/' filename
• Exclude lines containing a pattern: awk '!/pattern/' filename