I gotta say, I really enjoyed skimming through this, and saving it for future reference. I can already tell there are some basic things that I should've memorized with all the one liners I've used, but because most were cobbled together for the immediate task (and many online forum searches assume a lot of prior knowledge), so t this presentation, and cookbook style references really help me hold the practical benefits in memory alot longer, so thanks again!

thanks, that means a lot to me :)

if you are interested in text processing in general, do check the other chapters for grep/sed/perl/sort/paste/pr/etc

I learned a lot writing them up and marvel at the speed and functionality provided by these tools.. for many cases, it is lot easier to write a bash script combining these tools than to write a Perl/Python/Ruby script..

Ahh, what a useful link! Bookmarking immediately. I use AWK like once a year but when I do, I usually struggle a lot. Your examples are really helpful!

thanks, it's a reference for me as well - not easy to remember all the features and tricks

Thanks for that mate. I'm a regular customer your work is greatly appreciated.

thanks for the feedback :) happy learning