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Speaking of AWK, is there a more succinct version of the AWK programming language book that I can use for learning? https://ia802309.us.archive.org/25/items/pd

• sn41 6y ago
  You can use the notes of Bruce Barnett for quick lookups: https://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Awk.html https://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Awk.html
• asicsp 6y ago
  I wrote a book on GNU awk one-liners: https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnuawk/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnuawk/ There's plenty of examples and exercises, plus an entire chapter dedicated to regular expressions.
• dredmorbius 6y ago
  GNU AWK User's Guide is reasonably succinct, while being fairly comprehensive. https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html The manpage alone is quite useful, though lacks some useful details. The awk FAQ provides general background, including diffeerences between implementations: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-lang/awk/faq/ http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-lang/awk/faq/
• boneitis 6y ago
  On mobile; pardon the link format. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=43BNFcOdBlY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=43BNFcOdBlY In an afternoon, you can learn enough to be more than dangerous. The presenter drafted up a set of (easy, yet practical) companion exercises and a pt2 video with his own answers. I cannot recommend this talk enough. Although I hadn't the opportunity to put the knowledge to use and have since forgotten it (i don't work in tech), i find comfort in knowing i can reacquire the power of awk even sooner than the already-short first time around.