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Old 12-12-2008
Speed: sed vs awk

I'm just curious to know what you would prefer to use in a script to make changes in files. In general is sed quicker than awk? or is it the other way around?
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Old 12-12-2008

For simple substitutions, I use sed. For more complicated changes, I use awk. The speed difference is usually not significant.
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