From 47218d271f20b39610d5f63b3bc7dfc86642bdba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Stoelp <johannes.stoelp@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 20:47:12 +0200
Subject: awk: add example with negative pattern

---
 src/tools/awk.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/tools/awk.md b/src/tools/awk.md
index 7ffe9a8..5fc3184 100644
--- a/src/tools/awk.md
+++ b/src/tools/awk.md
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ awk 'NR%2 == 0 { print $0 }' <file>
 The pattern `NR%2 == 0` matches every second record and the action `{ print $0 }`
 prints the whole record.
 
+### Negative patterns
+```bash
+awk '!/^#/ { print $1 }' <file>
+```
+Matches records not starting with `#`.
+
 ### Access last fields in records
 ```bash
 echo 'a b c d e f' | awk '{ print $NF $(NF-1) }'
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