Gawk Alternatives
Gawk is described as 'The awk utility interprets a special-purpose programming language that makes it possible to handle simple data-reformatting jobs with just a few lines of code. Gawk is Gnu's interpreter for the awk language' and is an app in the development category. There are five alternatives to Gawk for Linux, Mac, Windows and BSD. The best alternative is ripgrep, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Gawk are ack, datamash, Mawk and spot.
Gawk alternatives are mainly File Search Utilities but may also be Statistical Analyzers or Programming Languages. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Gawk.ripgrep
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
12 alternatives to ripgrep- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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ripgrep is a command line search tool that combines the usability of The Silver Searcher (an ack clone) with the raw speed of GNU grep.
ripgrep Features
ack
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- File Search Utility
14 alternatives to ack- Mac
- Linux
Ack is designed as a standalone (one perl file) replacement for 99% of the uses of grep. ack is intelligent about the files it searches. It knows about certain file types, based on both the extension on the file and, in some cases, the contents of the file.
datamash
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Statistical Analyzer
3 alternatives to datamash- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
GNU datamash is command-line program which performs simple calculation (e.g. count, sum, min, max, mean, stdev, string coalescing) on input files. Datamash has a rich set of statistical functions, to quickly assess information in textual input files.
datamash Features
Mawk
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo5 alternatives to Mawk- Free • Open Source
- Programming Language
- Linux
mawk is an interpreter for the AWK Programming Language.
Mawk Features
spot
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo5 alternatives to spot- Free • Open Source
- File Search Utility
- Linux
Tiny ack-style file search utility. All arguments constitute the search text. No need to wrap most searches in double quotes. Short & written in Bash - just find & grep: you can edit it easily to suit your liking.