On 16/07/2019 09:59, Oscar Benjamin wrote: >> All true, but sed - once you get used to it! - is easier IMHO >> and usually faster than Python - it's written in C... > > I always think I'll like sed but whenever I actually try to use it I > just can't get the syntax together.
Id been using awk and sed for 15 years before I discovered Python (and perl) so they are kind of second nature. If you can't settle with sed try awk, it's much simpler to use and almost as powerful but not as fast. I think awk is one of the most neglected of the *nix tools now that scripting languages like perl/python/ruby exist. But for line by line file processing it is superb. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
