Common Examples
$ awk '{print $1}' file$ awk -F: '{print $1}' /etc/passwd$ awk '/pattern/ {print}' file$ awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}' filePattern scanning and processing
$ awk '{print $1}' file$ awk -F: '{print $1}' /etc/passwd$ awk '/pattern/ {print}' file$ awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}' file