I had this exact book and used awk on DOS/Novell in the early 90's when scripting choices were pretty scarce. The writing is tremendous - a model of clarity, a

I had this exact book and used awk on DOS/Novell in the early 90's when scripting choices were pretty scarce. The writing is tremendous - a model of clarity, and worth reading just for that. Anything with Kernighan, Pike or Plauger as author is worth checking out just for the example of clear thinking.