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Here on Stack Exchange we often see answers on questions, that use tools other than the bash language, such as awk, sed, grep, etc.

These tools are specific in POSIX, so they should be available on most systems, but I was wondering if any systems exist where bash is available but not awk. Or does the availability of bash imply by necessity all POSIX tools?

Please consider all possible platforms, such as embedded systems, stripped down installations for working with old hardware, MS windows emulators, etc.

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  • Are you asking for something more than https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/82409/are-there-versions-of-unix-that-dont-have-awk-in-default-install? – muru Jun 24 '19 at 20:48
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    In my experience, stripped-down systems are more likely to have awk than bash. A shell like dash is much more appropriate for a stripped down system than the large and featureful bash. – John1024 Jun 24 '19 at 20:49
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    @muru: Yes, that covers my question I think, should I flag it as a dupe, or just delete it? – user000001 Jun 24 '19 at 20:50

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