Text Processing with awk in Zsh — Complete Guide for Beginners

Learn awk in Zsh! This lesson covers field extraction with $1 $2 $3, print and printf, custom separators with -F, pattern matching with regex, numeric conditions, BEGIN/END blocks, NR and NF variables, ternary expressions, summing columns, associative arrays for counting, piping with awk, and building custom reports. 🔗 Source code: https://github.com/GoCelesteAI/zsh_text_processing_awk ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 — Intro 0:26 — Basic awk Explained 1:06 — Basic awk Demo 3:04 — Patterns & Conditions Explained 3:44 — Patterns & Conditions Demo 5:49 — Practical awk Explained 6:27 — Practical awk Demo 8:34 — Recap 9:16 — End 📋 Topics covered: • Field extraction: awk '{print $1, $3}' file • Print entire line with $0 • Rearranging columns • Custom field separator with -F • Formatted output with printf • Number of fields with NF • Pattern matching with /regex/ • BEGIN and END blocks • Line numbers with NR • Ternary expressions for conditional output • Summing column values • Associative arrays for counting occurrences • Filtering by field values • Piping command output to awk • Sorting unique values: awk | sort | uniq • Building custom reports with formatted output 🎬 Part of the Zsh Shell Tutorial series — subscribe for weekly lessons!