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But awk is usually part of the default system install, unlike Lua. And while GNU awk isn't as common, it's still far more likely to be available than Lua, espec
by wahern 6y ago
But awk is usually part of the default system install, unlike Lua. And while GNU awk isn't as common, it's still far more likely to be available than Lua, especially on Linux systems. (Though, per elsethread, it shouldn't be too difficult to port to POSIX awk, or the superset of "portable" awk.)