5. Editing AWK Code

This mode is used for editing Awk code. It is automatically invoked for buffers visiting the following types of files:

• any file ending with an extension of `.awk'.

• any file that has an interpretor line (the "shebang" line) specifying "awk".

The mode operates much like C mode except for the syntax of comments. It uses the same keymap as C mode and has the same variables for customizing indentation. It has its own abbrev table and its own syntax table.

Turning on AWK mode calls the value of the variable awk-mode-hook with no arguments, if that value is non-nil.

NOTE: This library is obsolete. Support for AWK is now available directly via the cc-mode package. See section `AWK Mode' in CC Mode Manual., for details.

5.1 About Awk

Awk is a text-processing programming language. It is a useful and simple tool for manipulating text.

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