Information about the package, mawk, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mawk package is designed for, Interpreter for the AWK programming language.
Package Name:
mawk
Summary:
Interpreter for the AWK programming language
Description:
mawk is an interpreter for the AWK programming language. The AWK language is useful for manipulation of data files, text retrieval and processing, and for prototyping and experimenting with algorithms.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3.4
Release:
5.20131226.el6
Size:
106 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the mawk package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mawk
This command will install mawk on the server.
yum remove mawk
This command will un-install mawk on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mawk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mawk
This command will un-install mawk on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove mawk when using the -y flag.
yum update mawk
This command will update mawk to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mawk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mawk
This command will update mawk to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove mawk when using the -y flag.
yum info mawk
This command will show you core information about the mawk package.
yum deplist mawk
This command will show you the dependencies for mawk. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update mawk
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mawk. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.