Prig: like AWK, but uses Go for “scripting” February 2022 Summary: The article describes Prig, my AWK-like tool that uses Go as the scripting language. I compare Prig with AWK, then dive into how Prig works, and finally look briefly at Prig’s Sort and SortMap builtins (which use Go’s new generics if Go 1.18 is available). Go to: Prig vs AWK | Go output | Testing | Generics | Conclusion In a recent