On 24/12/2018 05:25, Asokan Pichai wrote:
> That said, sometimes text processing at the shell can precede or even
> replace some of these. Of course that assumes Unix/Linux OS.
>
It's a good point except that any OS will do.
Even MS DOS had basic text processing commands suitable
for filtering
On 12/24/18 2:14 AM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> On 24/12/2018 05:25, Asokan Pichai wrote:
>
>> That said, sometimes text processing at the shell can precede or even
>> replace some of these. Of course that assumes Unix/Linux OS.
> In fact for most log file analysis I still use [ng]awk.
> Its
There is linear thinking and then there is more linear thinking.
As Alan, Mats and others said, there are often choices we can make and many
approaches.
If your goal is to solve a problem NOW and right where you are, any method
you can find is great.
If your goal is to solve it repeatedly or in
