awk(9)

SYNOPSIS

awk - AWK files

FILES

hkawk.emf - AWK hook definition
awk.etf - AWK Language header template file
awk.eaf - AWK Language abbreviation file

EXTENSIONS

.awk - AWK file
.gawk - GNU AWK file
.nawk - New AWK file

MAGIC STRINGS

#![ \t]*/.*awk


MicroEmacs recognises the magic string on the first line of the file used to locate the executable. The awk files may be extensionless and are still recognised.

DESCRIPTION

The awk file type template provides simple hilighting of AWK files, folding, item listing and abbreviations.

General Editing


On creating a new file, a new header is automatically included into the file. time(2m) is by default enabled, allowing the modification time-stamp to be maintained in the header.

Hilighting


The hilighting features allow keywords, variables,comments, strings and characters of the language to be differentiated and rendered in different colors.

Abbreviations


The installation comes with a default abbreviation file for AWK file editing which can be used by writing short abbreviations like "if", "el" (else) or "fu" (function) - and then pressing the key-binding for the expand-abbrev-handle(3) command. The list of abbreviations can be used interactively in the GUI version of MicroEmacs using the abbrev-list(3) command.

Folding and Information Hiding


Generic folding is enabled within AWK files. The folds occur about function and BEGIN or END block definitions located on the left-hand margin and their closing brace which is located at the beginning of a line. collapse-all(3) (un)folds all regions in the file, collapse-current(3) (un)folds the current region.

Navigation via Item List


The AWK mode offers beside folding as well support for displaying an outline of the functions and the blocks for easy navigation using the item-list(3) command.

BUGS

None reported. Template could probably benifit from some form of auto indentation.

SEE ALSO

abbrev-list(3), collapse-all(3), collapse-current(3), expand-abbrev-handle(3), item-list(3), time(2m).

Supported File Types

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Last Modified: 2025/08/28
Generated On: 2025/09/29