I use awk from time to time, specially when I need to process a file line by line and the task is too simple to use python (ie. an awk one-liner will do!).
Perl regexes are rightfully known for being cryptic but those awk statements make me cry for my mama.
I use awk from time to time, specially when I need to process a file line by line and the task is too simple to use python (ie. an awk one-liner will do!).