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The best introduction to awk is its man page. It is such a concise language that you can find pretty much everything you want to learn about it in just a few pa
by coliveira 12y ago
The best introduction to awk is its man page. It is such a concise language that you can find pretty much everything you want to learn about it in just a few pages.
- Gracana 12y agoThe manual page isn't an introduction, it's a reference. It says what it is (the GNU Project's implementation of the AWK programming language), and goes on to talk about how the program is operated and how the language works, but it doesn't explain why or where you'd use this tool That's fine for a reference manual but it's a big omission for an introduction.
- cbd1984 12y agoI actually like the GNU gawk info pages: https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/ https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/ Also, TCP/IP with gawk (The gawker's Guide To The Internet?): https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawkinet/ https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawkinet/