[colug-432] Tutorials

[Judd Montgomery]

On 05/14/2015 02:56 PM, Rick Hornsby wrote:
>> On May 14, 2015, at 13:51, Scott Merrill <skippy at skippy.net> wrote:
>>
>> sed is very  powerful.  The man page is likely not of particular help to you as you get started learning it.  Instead, I’d consult your favorite search engine for “sed tutorial” or similar, and work through a few of them.
>>
>> Another useful tool is awk.  awk is also powerful, but can feel like an arcane spell at times.
>>
>> Take your time learning both of these tools.  They’ll become indispensable for you as you grow more and more familiar with Linux!
> +1
>
> I went out of my way to avoid these two tools during my early Jedi-foo training because I was intimidated by them.  I wish I hadn't.
Agreed.  You can search on awk 1-liners and sed 1-liners and basic
things you need are in there or you can combine them to get what you
want done.  You could also use tr and patch.

Judd