Nice intro/overview! Awk is great, I've used it a lot ... I remember I often used it to read/parse log files and then generate SQL using Awk, in order to perform database changes. It's very flexible for this kind of extract/transform/output work.
Awk is extremely flexible and easy to use. Can indeed replace cut/grep/join if you want to. And perl, never got into it, too complicated and cryptic, I prefer the C/javascript-like syntax of Awk.
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Nice intro/overview! Awk is great, I've used it a lot ... I remember I often used it to read/parse log files and then generate SQL using Awk, in order to perform database changes. It's very flexible for this kind of extract/transform/output work.
Some Awk one-liners replace my use of other Unix tools like cut, grep, join. Some people use
perlas a betterawkbut I prefer the simplicity of Awk.Awk is extremely flexible and easy to use. Can indeed replace cut/grep/join if you want to. And perl, never got into it, too complicated and cryptic, I prefer the C/javascript-like syntax of Awk.