Awk is the coolest tool you don't know

Re:Awk is the coolest tool you don't know by sprynr on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:17PM (#27040799)

Awk is nice when I need something more complex than just a straight up 'grep' (And has support for both basic and Perl regex) but I really think that sed is the best solution for almost all of the examples in just because of its readability vs standard regex and its power with streams.

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Re:Awk is the coolest tool you don't know by ravoori on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @10:45PM (#27045587)

Which flavor of awk supports perl regex? Gawk certainly doesn't

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Re:Awk is the coolest tool you don't know by sprynr on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @11:05PM (#27045731)

Oops sorry I was referencing grep not awk

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