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Subject: Re: [9fans] awk reading?
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arnold@skeeve.com wrote:

>I have to toot my own horn a bit:
>
>http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/
>
>The manual is careful to distinguish standard awk from gnu awk
>features.
>
>If someone is up to porting gawk 4.0 to Plan 9, I'd be interested to
>help!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Arnold

Mr. Robbins' book is a gold mine--and here I must say thanks, sir, for bo=
th the outstanding documentation and the indispensable code!

I also have to third the classic text. The example code itself I'd consid=
er necessary reading, and that you can download for free on "The Awk Prog=
ramming Language" site. The text itself isn't online or very cheap but tr=
y ABEBooks. You wouldn't regret the purchase.

TAPL is always right on my desk.  Excellent explanation of the awk model =
and design.  Just yesterday I was re-reading the chapter on relational da=
tabases for a little script to help with our household cashflow projectio=
n. That chapter takes awk about as far as I can imagine it being reasonab=
le, and Kernighan et al make it easy to understand.