At 2026-08-26T06:06:42-0600, Stan Marsh wrote:
> From: Zachary Santer
> Whenever I see the phrase "sed and awk", I immediately think "No need
> for sed; whatever sed can do, AWK can do and do better".

...and whatever AWK can do, sed can do as well.  ;-)

https://sed.sourceforge.io/local/scripts/dc.sed.html

You can also get a remarkable amount done with dc(1).

AWK is a very nice language and I've mused elsewhere that it seems to
occupy--or be terribly close to--a sweet spot in language design.

But it's just one tool in the box.  A crafty person has many tools.

Regards,
Branden

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