Ars Technica

Linux/BSD Command Line 101: Using awk, sed, and grep in the Terminal

Click to expand... My main machine for a long time has been running macOS, a certified Unix OS. Does that fact also entitle me to write "solid Unix experience" on my resume? I should hope not. "Unix ...
Network World

Removing duplicate characters from a string on Linux with awk

The awk command can make it easy to remove duplicate characters from a string even when those characters aren’t sequential, especially when the process is turned into a script. First, the awk command ...
Network World

The many faces of awk

The awk command provides a lot more than simply selecting fields from input strings, including pulling out columns of data, printing simple text, evaluating content – even doing math. If you only use ...
TechRepublic

Use command-line Perl to make UNIX administration easier

Command-line Perl scripts can make adminstering a UNIX box easier by replacing certain commands with some routine scripts. Find out how to take advantage of this approach. Perl is everywhere. Most ...
Ars Technica

Linux/BSD Command Line 101: Using awk, sed, and grep in the Terminal

Wow. It’s amazing we ever made it out of the 20th century. It’s like reading about farmers who would plow by hand. I remember the epiphany (long time ago) of discovering how awk solved my problem of ...