A loop is a conditional construct that allows us to perform one or more actions again and again till the condition is true as specified in expression. In AWK we can specify a loop using a while, do or for statement.
Looping statement
The while loop
The while is the simplest looping statement in AWK. A while statement has a condition and a body. The body contains the action statements that are executed till the condition is true. The condition could be a logical condition or conditional-expression that evaluates to true. First while statement tests the condition; if the condition evaluates to true, then it executes the statements specified in the body. Once all the statements specified in the body have been executed, the condition...
