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+The one, true implementation of the AWK pattern-directed scanning and
+processing language, by one of the language's creators, Brian
+Kernighan. This is the version of awk described in "The AWK
+Programming Language", by Al Aho, Brian Kernighan, and Peter
+Weinberger (Addison-Wesley, 1988, ISBN 0-201-07981-X).
+It is also known as new awk, or nawk.