mjgardner, 4 months ago @jacobydave #awk when your data has records (lines) and fields (columns). #sed when it doesn’t. Combine to taste. And when you get tired of smushing everything through text pipes or cross-platform differences forcing portable code down to the least-common denominator of features, do what @cestith said and use #Perl: https://mastodon.social/@cestith/111857559756385921
@jacobydave #awk when your data has records (lines) and fields (columns).
#sed when it doesn’t.
Combine to taste.
And when you get tired of smushing everything through text pipes or cross-platform differences forcing portable code down to the least-common denominator of features, do what @cestith said and use #Perl: https://mastodon.social/@cestith/111857559756385921