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[awk] Run and understand. Split any string by spaces with the awk command

created-2025/11/13 updated-2026/03/21

Introduction

This repository runs an awk command to split any string by whitespace and print it

Commands that need to be installed

None in particular

Quickstart

Try running an awk command to print each string

ubuntu

echo "hello awk command world" | awk '{print $4}'
Output results
world

macos

MacPorts

echo "hello awk command world" | awk '{print $4}'
Output results
world

windows

WSL2

echo "hello awk command world" | awk '{print $4}'
Output results
world

MSYS2 MINGW64

echo "hello awk command world" | awk '{print $4}'
Output results
world

Procedure

ubuntu

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

Nothing in particular

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, please install it using the following command.

Nothing in particular

command

Executing the following command should output the detailed string world

echo "hello awk command world" | awk '{print $4}'
detail
world

macos

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

Nothing in paticular

※MacOS uses the MacPorts package manager to manage commands. If you haven’t installed it yet, please see the MacPorts installation instructions at the link below.

It also allows you to set aliases for commands so that you can call them without conflicting with existing environments.

If you are using this blog for the first time, please refer to the following two articles to set up your environment.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, install it using the following command and set an alias.

Nothing in paticular

COMMAND

Executing the following command should output the detailed string world

echo "hello awk command world" | awk '{print $4}'
detail
world

windows

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the prompt and if command not found does not appear, it’s OK.

WSL2
Nothing in paticular
MSYS2 MINGW64
Nothing in paticular

※Windows has been confirmed to work with WSL2 and MSYS2 MINGW64. Please install WSL2 if possible, and if you are unable to set it up, you can run it by installing MSYS2, but there may be some commands that can only be run in WSL2. Please refer to the following article for instructions on how to install WSL2 and MSYS2.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the prompt, please install it using the following command.

WSL2
Nothing in paticular
MSYS2 MINGW64
Nothing in paticular

command

Executing the following command should output the detailed string world

WSL2
echo "hello awk command world" | awk '{print $4}'
detail
world
MSYS2 MINGW64
echo "hello awk command world" | awk '{print $4}'
detail
world

Afterword

Prints the entire string (hello awk command world) before splitting on $0

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