Effective awk Programming: Universal Text Processing and Pattern Matching Contributor(s): Robbins, Arnold (Author) |
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ISBN: 1491904615 ISBN-13: 9781491904619 Publisher: O'Reilly Media OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming - General - Computers | Operating Systems - Unix |
Dewey: 005.133 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 7" W x 9" (1.90 lbs) 557 pages |
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Publisher Description: When processing text files, the awk language is ideal for handling data extraction, reporting, and data-reformatting jobs. This practical guide serves as both a reference and tutorial for POSIX-standard awk and for the GNU implementation, called gawk. This book is useful for novices and awk experts alike. In this thoroughly revised edition, author and gawk lead developer Arnold Robbins describes the awk language and gawk program in detail, shows you how to use awk and gawk for problem solving, and then dives into specific features of gawk. System administrators, programmers, webmasters, and other power users will find everything they need to know about awk and gawk. You will learn how to:
This book is published under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. You have the freedom to copy and modify this GNU manual. Royalties from the sales of this book go to the Free Software Foundation and to the author. |
Contributor Bio(s): Robbins, Arnold: - Arnold Robbins is a professional programmer and technical author who has worked with Unix systems since 1980 and has been using AWK since 1987. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. Arnold is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is coauthor of the sixth edition of O'Reilly's Learning the vi Editor. |