I don't think I've used awk scripts more than in one or two occasions, I use it mostly for one liners and there I like awk's simplicity. When I need something m

I don't think I've used awk scripts more than in one or two occasions, I use it mostly for one liners and there I like awk's simplicity. When I need something more complex I resort to Python which is slower but usually manageable, you're right that if I knew Perl I'd have both tools in one language.