# Install mawk

Interpreter for the AWK Programming Language. Version 1.3.4-20260302 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mawk
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mawk
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mawk
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/mawk/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add mawk
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mawk from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install mawk
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mawk from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install mawk
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mawk from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mawk
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mawk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install mawk
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mawk from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:mawk
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mawk>
- **Version:** 1.3.4-20260302
- **Source summary:** Interpreter for the AWK Programming Language
- **Homepage:** <https://invisible-island.net/mawk/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ThomasDickey/mawk-snapshots>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://invisible-island.net/mawk>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/mawk/mawk-1.3.4-20260302.tgz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- mawk (cli)
- mawk (alias)

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.3.4-20260302
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://invisible-island.net/mawk/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Notes de sécurité

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** mawk
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - mawk - 1.3.4.20250131-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mawk from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Pattern scanning and text processing language | https://invisible-island.net/mawk/
- Nix - mawk: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mawk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - mawk - 1.3.4.20240123-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mawk from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Pattern scanning and text processing language | https://invisible-island.net/mawk/
- apk - mawk - 1.3.4_p20260302-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mawk from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | mawk is an interpreter for the AWK Programming Language | https://invisible-island.net/mawk/
- apk - mawk-doc - 1.3.4_p20260302-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mawk-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | mawk is an interpreter for the AWK Programming Language (documentation) | https://invisible-island.net/mawk/
- dnf - mawk - 1.3.4-6.20260302.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mawk from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Interpreter for the AWK programming language | https://invisible-island.net/mawk/
- zypper - mawk - 1.3.4.20240622-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mawk from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Implementation of New/POSIX AWK | https://invisible-island.net/mawk/mawk.html
- MacPorts - mawk: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/mawk/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
