awk

awk

GitAlias has some aliases that use the command awk to process data. GitAlias expects to use a current version of GNU awk such as version 5.1 or greater. This command is also known as gawk.

➤ https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/

Do you have GNU awk installed?

awk --version

The output should start with "GNU" then a version number such as:

GNU Awk 5.1.1

If the output doesn't start with "GNU", or shows a version number that looks like a long date, such as...

awk version 20200816

...then some of the GitAlias data processing commands might not work for you.

Install awk

Install awk via macOS and brew package manager:

brew install awk

Install awk via Ubuntu and apt package manager:

apt-get install awk

Install awk via Fedora and yum package manager:

yum install awk

For other ways to install GNU awk, see the GNU awk page.

➤ https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting "awk: calling undefined function systime source line number 1"

This error message means that your command awk is unable to run the function systime.

This error is likely happening because your system command awk is older, or is not fully compatible with GNU awk.

To solve this, install current GNU awk as described above.