Re:Awk: The Power and Promise of a 40-Year-Old Language
by lbhdc on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @05:36PM
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I think that is a good point, that often writing a short python script is usually the best solution.
I use awk (and python) daily at work. I work with a lot of flat files, and I use awk when I am doing data quality checks. One of the "sweet spots" it hits for me is when I need to group data by value, or other relatively simple aggregations.
I use awk (and python) daily at work. I work with a lot of flat files, and I use awk when I am doing data quality checks. One of the "sweet spots" it hits for me is when I need to group data by value, or other relatively simple aggregations.