On Thursday 06 March 2008 11:15:25 am Miguel Paraz wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > why anyone would still be using sed and awk in this day and age
> > boggles the mind :-D
> >
> > unless the project is running on some ancient antediluvian Unix that
> > doesn't have Perl.
>
> I agree. Any time you spend learning sed+awk won't be worth it after
> the project.
Not true...
If you need to build a LFS system, or do your LPIC.
And the reason that linux - OS operating systems are so great is you have the
choice, What happens if your Perl Craps out..
You should learn at least two or three ways of doing each item so as you can
compare speeds, ability, and have that backup..
Or shall i just use CTRL-R or CTRL-F?
--
Regards,
Michael Cole
LPIC-1
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