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I don’t know any programming languages…but I feel like I “get” awk… Also, this blog post helps with the above. For some reason I like how the author cites tech

I don’t know any programming languages…but I feel like I “get” awk… Also, this blog post helps with the above. For some reason I like how the author cites technical reviews of the article and email correspondence as references.

KMnO4 4y ago
Missed opportunity to use one of my favourite words: grok [0]. And congratulations. I’ve been trying for the past year to learn awk, and while I can pretty reliably split text files and extract columns, I’m pretty far from being able to grok awk. [0]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grok https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grok
- hobs 4y ago
  I actually hate it for this purpose, in the book it also means to drink deep and has psycho-sexual connotations. Why not just say understand and move on?
  - KMnO4 4y ago
    The book that coined the term was written over 60 years ago. Its usage has evolved since then.