Awk is designed to work with text files where the data is structured,
laid out in records and fields. It excels at extracting info from these
kinds of files, and every version of Linux/UNIX will have awk installed.
Perl came along later, and now we have Python which is even more
powerful yet.
Dos-Man 64 wrote:
On Feb 20, 12:23 pm, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote:
Ah, I see. Fair enough.
Actually, I have studied awk a long time ago. I never actually needed
to use it for anything.
BTW, a book which I think gets newcomers up to speed quickly with the
Unix philosophy and shell commands is "Linux Phrasebook":
http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Phrasebook-Scott-Granneman/dp/0672328380
It's like what the man pages should have been: organized by context
and with meaningful examples.
Regards,
- Robert
Cool. I just ordered it. Thanks.
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