AWK Tutorial

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Print hey 48 times on screen
yes | head -48 | awk '{print "hey"}'

Print hey.0010 to hey.0099
yes | head -90 | awk '{printf("hey00%2.0f ",NR+9)}'

Head= how many to count
NR= where to start counting from

Print Hello to hello3
yes | head -3 | awk '{printf("hello%.of ", NR+0)}'

Print everyline erasing the 2nd field.
awk '{$2=" ",print}' filename