reckon - execute a block of awk program statements.

SYNOPSYS

        reckon 'statements'

reckon allows the execution of a block of awk statements. It evaluates its arguments as a single awk language block and exits.

EXAMPLES

        reckon 'print "X"'
        X

• calc - a command line calcutator
• row, select - select rows from a starbase table
• compute - compute column values for the rows of a starbase data table
• validate - conditionally run statements on the rows of a starbase data table
• reckon - evaluate awk statments as a user program.
• mawk an implementation of the awk programming language by Mike Brennan.
• tawk Awk language extensions implemented at SAO.

• starbase.1 starbase data table introduction.
• starbase.3 starbase data table C library.
• starbase.5 starbase data table file format.

• starbase.1 starbase data table introduction.
• starbase.3 starbase data table C library.
• starbase.5 starbase data table file format.