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Old 07-08-2011
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Originally Posted by bearvarine
Honestly though, -- and I know this is just my personal opinion -- I think awk is a scourge upon our land.
I thought so for years, then spared the time to learn it. Now I can't do without it. It's not inscrutiable, just not the same old procedural language you've relearned umpteen times.
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Like kudzu, it should be ripped out where ever it is found and replaced with something less inscrutable. I don't think there is any reason in 2011 to continue using an such an ancient, arcane, difficult to debug tool like awk when there are so many better choices available. - I'm Just Sayin'... Smilie
People who live in perl houses shouldn't complain about arcane and difficult and hard to debug. I learned awk in two weeks.
Last edited by Corona688; 07-08-2011 at 01:22 PM..
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Old 07-09-2011
awk is the first real language i'm learning.
So far, awk has proven to be invaluable for unix administration.
Not only printing and formatting, but also better understanding of other languages as well (C and Java).

It is hard (since i have no programming experience other then shell & sql ), but i believe mastering it will enable me to grow Smilie

Other then that, those small unix utilities we love are extremely optimized since they were written in the days machines had couple of KB of memory and slow CPU.
In todays multicore / GB enviroments those tools tend to do the job without any actual overhead on the machine.

Just my two cents.
Regards
Peasant.
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