Awk is the most useful tool that people largely ignore in the UNIX tool chest. If you think of any script that has simple logic and involves transformations on

Awk is the most useful tool that people largely ignore in the UNIX tool chest. If you think of any script that has simple logic and involves transformations on input data, it could be more easily written in awk and integrated with the shell. After learning awk your UNIX abilities will increase exponentially.