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Re:Useful sed scripts and patterns by chasil on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:16AM (#29200031)
The full specification for the AWK language is 40 pages in the book written by the authors.

I sometimes forget the exact syntax for pipes and file open/close, but it's not hard to find in 40 pages.

AWK is in busybox, and a lot of other places that Python simply cannot go.

The control structure syntax is also the same a C/JavaScript/PHP/C++ etc., so it certainly does not hurt to know it.

https://archive.org/download/pdfy-MgN0H1joIoDVoIC7/The_AWK_P...

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