Learn GNU Awk one-liners ebook
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Learn GNU Awk one-liners ebook
An eBook with hundreds of GNU Awk one-liners
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7 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.40.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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Useful for learning awk and command line tools
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This is great. Studying the work of masters is the best way to learn a trade.
Koshkin on HNThank you very much for this. My partner lost her job, and she will use your books to help her on a new carrier path.
davidcollantes on HN
Nice that classic Unix tools get attention
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I always like when classic lean-and-mean Unix tools get attention, as opposed to big language ecosystems. Speaking of which, is there a particular reason why only gawk is…
tannhaeuser on HN
Objections
Covers only gawk, not portable POSIX awk
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I always like when classic lean-and-mean Unix tools get attention, as opposed to big language ecosystems. Speaking of which, is there a particular reason why only gawk is…
tannhaeuser on HN
Unix tools seen as brittle and slow
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I don't see Unix tools as lean and mean, but as brittle and slow. It's never just a "one liner", you end up piping text data through dozens of programs with inconsistent…
gridlockd on HN
Requests
A POSIX awk version of the book
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Purchased! Thank you for writing these. My wishlist is for a POSIX awk version of your book.
jph on HN
An epub version
From 2 comments
epub version will by available?
ojagodzinski on HNSome others have asked for an epub version too. I have this article [1] bookmarked, so if it goes well, I'll add epub as well this month. If you know pandoc, you could use the…
asicsp on HN
Perl one-liners book
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Is there any equivalents of perl one-liners?
Congeec on HNI want a Perl one. I never saw the need to do AWK because I knew Perl fairly well. In saying that the youngsters should learn some of these old school tools. Python is a nice…
collyw on HN
Questions
Why only gawk is covered
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I always like when classic lean-and-mean Unix tools get attention, as opposed to big language ecosystems. Speaking of which, is there a particular reason why only gawk is…
tannhaeuser on HN
Alternatives named
Perl one-liners book by no starch press
From 1 comment
no starch press sells a Perl One Liners book. https://nostarch.com/perloneliners
celias on HN
catonmat Perl one-liners
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https://catonmat.net/ftp/perl1line.txt ?
exikyut on HN