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Do You ever use awk's "system" command? I run stuff like You mentioned (piping to a shell) and also system() frequently. It depends on many factors which one
by Rediscover 4y ago
Do You ever use awk's "system" command?
I run stuff like You mentioned (piping to a shell) and also system() frequently. It depends on many factors which one I'll choose.
(FWIW, I'm also quite decent in many shell flavors on many Unix/Linux variants, so that is another determinant)
Eg, the Busybox ash(1) that I frequently work with does not support arrays, but its awk(1) does...