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		sam_lowry_ on June 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Which tools have made you a much better pr... Shell, awk, sed and textutils. They teach that programming is everywhere. I have trouble understanding professional challenges of people that never had a chance to learn those. Like accountants struggling to merge tables or proposal writers painfully tuning document layouts.

elt0r0 on June 9, 2020 [–]

Any recommendations for resources on learning more about these commands?

ravoori on June 9, 2020 | | [–]

Shell - for bash, I'd recommend the Bash Guide from Greg's Wiki (https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide) For awk 1. Chapters 1 and 2 from the Awk Programming Language(https://ia802309.us.archive.org/25/items/pdfy-MgN0H1joIoDVoI...) 2. Awk one-liners (https://www.pement.org/awk/awk1line.txt) 3. Explanations for one-liners (https://catonmat.net/awk-one-liners-explained-part-one)

ChanderG on June 10, 2020 | | [–]

https://www.grymoire.com/Unix/index.html Have used this for Awk and Sed.

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