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11.5 Operators

The table below lists the operators, in order of increasing precedence, that are available in awk.

SymbolMeaning
= =+ -= *= /= %= ^=Assignment.
?:C conditional expression (nawk and gawk).
||Logical OR.
&&Logical AND.
~ !~Match regular expression and negation.
< <= > >= != ==Relational operators.
(blank)Concatenation.
+ -Addition, subtraction.
* / %Multiplication, division, and modulus.
+ - !Unary plus and minus, and logical negation.
^Exponentiation.
++ -- Increment and decrement, either prefix or postfix.
$Field reference.

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