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Old 20th March 2009
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Originally Posted by gosha View Post
Thanks, I guess it's time to start awk and perl
Given many of your recent questions, either language (as well as Python...) can do the job as there is overlap in their functionalities. What you should do next is look at a little of each & determine which seems more intuitive in terms of syntax, usage, script construction, etc.

Recognize that if you are simply wanting custom sorting, then awk(1) may very well be your best choice (for now...). However, if you continue down this path of wanting custom scripts for this or that need, then you should begin assessing which language meets your more long term goals & go with the best choice. It takes time & effort to mount the learning curve of any language, & continually flipping from one choice to the next is counterproductive.
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