name: awk
binary: awk
aliases: []
category: text
summary: Pattern scanning and text processing language.
homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
docs: https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/
detect:
version_args: ["--version"]
local:
files: []
dirs: []
package_json:
package_manager_prefixes: []
use_when:
- Transform line-oriented text streams
- Summarize columns or logs from shell pipelines
avoid_when:
- Structured data has a proper parser available
risk:
level: low
effects:
- read_files
requires_auth: false
destructive: false
confirmation_required_for: []
guardrails:
- Use structured parsers for JSON, YAML, XML, or CSV when practical.