Origin of 'awk'

Christopher Dollin kers at otter.hple.hp.com
Thu Mar 10 18:26:03 AEST 1988


>@AWK!!!@
>
>Is *this* the true origin of one of my favorite UNIX commands?
>Could it have really come from a campy 60's action/adventure show?

Isn't it an abbreviation of "awkward"? I hear there's a command whose name is
a contraction of "vile" .....................................................

Regards,
Kers                                    | "Why Lisp if you can talk Poperly?"



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