Question

Which of the following is supported by awk?

(a) if

(b) while

(c) for

(d) if, while, for

I had been asked this question in an online quiz.

The origin of the question is Various Operations using Awk Command in portion Awk – An Advanced Filter & Perl – The Master Manipulator of Unix

Answer 1

Right answer is (d) if, while, for

The best I can explain: awk generally supports all the functions and features of a modern programming language. It provides if condition for control flow and while, for loop for repeatedly executing the instructions.