gawk

Install command: 
brew install gawk

GNU awk utility

https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/

License: GPL-3.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/gawk.json

Formula code: gawk.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
macOS on
Intel		 sonoma ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 5.4.1
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

gmp 6.3.0 GNU multiple precision arithmetic library
mpfr 4.2.2 C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations
readline 8.3.6 Library for command-line editing
gettext 1.0 GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library

Binaries: awk, gawk, gawk-5.4.1, gawkbug

GNU "awk" has been installed as "gawk".
If you need to use it as "awk", you can add a "gnubin" directory
to your PATH from your ~/.bashrc and/or ~/.zshrc like:

     PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/gawk/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"

GitHub Packages downloads:

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