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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Should I focus efforts on learning Perl or develop skills in awk, sed, etc Post 302637257 by shamrock on Tuesday 8th of May 2012 03:01:37 PM
Old 05-08-2012
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Originally Posted by brianjb
Is there any book that you can recommend on fine tuning sed and awk skills? Is there a particular book? I saw one on amazon.com by O'Reilly. Or should I continue to just read these forums to see how different people solve different problems or issues?
This is the only book on awk I would get.
Quote:
Originally Posted by brianjb
Thanks Corona. I definitely see the power of awk. I need to learn that more.
Thogh Perl is the new kid on the block I would recommend getting proficient in awk as it comes with every linux/unix flavor while perl is still an add on.
 

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