With respect to the fact that 99% of my use of awk is done like this: > | awk '{print $<word>}' The solution to the first exercise looks surprisingly clean.

With respect to the fact that 99% of my use of awk is done like this: > | awk '{print $<word>}' The solution to the first exercise looks surprisingly clean. It will be interesting to see how they continue as the challenges get harder. Bookmarked!