Probably a good book, but it serves a way different purpose than this article which is more of a gateway drug for newbies like myself who have never worked with

Probably a good book, but it serves a way different purpose than this article which is more of a gateway drug for newbies like myself who have never worked with awk before and don't quite understand the value-add. I really enjoyed this article, because now that I have a sampling of the class of problems that awk can help me with, I am more likely to use it. And it only took 10 minutes to get this overview. My brain is already buzzing with ideas on how I can use this with gron[1] that was mentioned a few days ago on HN. We all need a compelling reason for a tool before investing the time for whatever Bible may exist, so "just grab" the Bible first instead isn't the most helpful advice :) But I do appreciate you flagging it! [1] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron --- P.S. For those who liked the writing style of this tutorial, you may enjoy these other ones on the IBM website by the same author Daniel Robbins: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/linux/libraryview.jsp?topic_by=All+topics+and+related+products&sort_order=desc&lcl_sort_order=desc&search_by=Daniel+Robbins&search_flag=true&type_by=All+Types&show_abstract=false&sort_by=Relevance&end_no=100&show_all=true https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/linux/libraryview.j...