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I was hoping to see an article about some neat new utilities specifically tailored for doing advanced data analysis. Instead this is a set of basic examples of
by gnosis 13y ago
I was hoping to see an article about some neat new utilities specifically tailored for doing advanced data analysis.
Instead this is a set of basic examples of bog-standard tools that every newbie *nix user should be already familiar with: cat, awk, head, tail, wc, grep, sed, sort, uniq
- pmelendez 13y ago>"tools that every newbie nix user should be already familiar with" The key word is should... you might be surprised how many "not newbie" nix users are not aware of those commands or how using them in this fashion. Specially awk.
- D9u 13y agoI forgot all about wc, but thanks to this article I may remember it the next time I need it. Thanks!
- jlgaddis 13y agoLots of people are familiar with the "basics" of each of these commands but many of them (awk, sed) are very powerful utilities that can do much, much more than it appears at first glance.
- Osmium 13y agoDon't forget there are only ever going to be more unix newbies in the world. It's not like they're a dying breed. There are more people than ever who have never been exposed to unix tools who might benefit from them (myself included several years ago).
- robinson-wall 13y agoIndeed. I'm going to start calling myself a data scientist now, instead of a sysadmin. See if I can't get a raise.