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awk, grep, sort, and pipe. I'm always amazed at how well thought out, simple, functional, and fast the unix tools are. I still prefer to sift through and valida
by msravi 8y ago
awk, grep, sort, and pipe. I'm always amazed at how well thought out, simple, functional, and fast the unix tools are. I still prefer to sift through and validate data using these tools rather than use excel or any full-fledged language.
Edit: Also "column" to format your output into a table.
- gpderetta 8y agoAlthough I probably use it multiple times everyday, I hate column. At least the implementation I use has issues with empty fields and a fixed maximum line length. Edit: s/files/fields/