I wrote an e-book on Awk two months ago: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/awk-book/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/awk-book/ It teaches Awk through many practical e

I wrote an e-book on Awk two months ago: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/awk-book/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/awk-book/ It teaches Awk through many practical examples, so called one-liners, that are small and short programs that just do one task. Such as joining lines, printing lines matching a pattern, summing up numbers on lines, converting text, etc.