* for search and replace on entire lines and other address based filtering, I prefer sed (or perl if I need PCRE features like non-greedy, lookarounds, code in

* for search and replace on entire lines and other address based filtering, I prefer sed (or perl if I need PCRE features like non-greedy, lookarounds, code in substitution section, etc) * for field processing, most multiple line processing, use of logic operators, arithmetic, control structures etc, I prefer awk or perl * this repo is aimed at command line text processing tools, most awk examples given are single line, a few are 2-3 lines. Personally I prefer Python for larger programs ---- See also: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/303044/when-to-use-grep-less-awk-sed https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/303044/when-to-use-...