MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoAn awkward realizationstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down14
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minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·13 hours agoEverything you do with awk, you can do with python, and it will also be readable.
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-28 hours agoHmm, but you have to install and run the Python environment for that. AWK is typically present on *NIX systems already. Python seem like overkill for basic text processing tasks.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·11 hours agoand perl, if you want it less readable
minus-squareLaurel Raven@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoOr PowerShell if you want it extra verbose
Everything you do with
awk, you can do withpython, and it will also be readable.Hmm, but you have to install and run the Python environment for that. AWK is typically present on *NIX systems already. Python seem like overkill for basic text processing tasks.
On Debian the
pythonis preinstalled.and
perl, if you want it less readableOr you are old and crazy
Or PowerShell if you want it extra verbose