Archive for June 2nd, 2009

Mastering those awks, greps and seds

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

What makes a GNU/Linux system infinitely useful and productive than a Windows system ? I would say, it is the countless utility programs available as part of the GNU Program. These nifty little demons are both a blessing and curse. A blessing in the sense that, almost all your text processing capabilities are handled smoothly and efficiently by these tools. On the other hand, knowing very little about one tool also has its disadvantages.

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Advanced grepping

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

I’ve been using GNU/Linux for almost an year now. But the surprises and features that GNU programs have been showing almost always amazes me. Its like having a monster beast in hand, trained to do only a particular task. As time goes on, you forget that the beast can do much more than it was trained for.

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