One thing that bash is excellent at is manipulating strings of text. If you’re at the command line or writing a small script, then knowing some bash string...
Bash (bourne again shell) has been around since 1989 and owes its longevity to its usefulness and flexibility. While it’s the default login and command shel...
It turns out Awk is pretty simple. It has only a couple of conventions and only a small amount of syntax. It’s straightforward to learn, and once you underst...
When the AWK tutorial came out, one of the questions on hacker news was how you use AWK with CSV (comma-separated value) files.
Background: Fingers, Head, and Google
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot more things at the command line. I’m not a hard-core terminal guy – I use VSCode more than Vim – but I’m always surprised at t...