>I disagree with the post's description of awk being an "advanced command" I guess there's no categorization of "advanced" vs "beginner" that will satisfy ever

>I disagree with the post's description of awk being an "advanced command" I guess there's no categorization of "advanced" vs "beginner" that will satisfy every audience but I consider awk an advanced tool. About 20 years ago, I wrote some AWK tips and cheatsheet back on USENET and today I would have to refer to that post to write basic awk commands. The thing about awk is that it's a compact programming language with variables and conditionals and that's a step-change in complexity for many users.