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# Installing Gawk-3.1.3

    Estimated build time:           0.2 SBU
    Estimated required disk space:  17 MB

## Contents of Gawk

(Last checked against version 3.1.1.)

Gawk is an awk implementation that is used to manipulate text files.

Gawk installs the following:

### Program Files

awk, gawk, gawk-3.1.1, grcat, igawk, pgawk, pgawk-3.1.1, pwcat

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## Gawk Installation Dependencies

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## Installation of Gawk

Prepare Gawk to be compiled:

    ./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

    make

This package has a testsuite available which can perform a number of checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the following command will do so:

    make check

And install it:

    make install

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