awk Commands Cheat Sheet

Print Columns

awk '{print $1}' file.txt
awk '{print $1, $3}' file.txt

Field Separator

awk -F":" '{print $1}' /etc/passwd
awk -F"," '{print $1, $2}' data.csv

Pattern Matching

awk '/pattern/ {print $0}' file.txt
awk '$3 > 100 {print $1}' file.txt