The AWK Programming Language

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A book that grows with you
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AWK was intended to be an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use tool. As it was designed by some of the greatest leaders in software development this powerful language has been very successful.

The introduction to the language is clear, followed by more detailed examples of all of the powerful and subtle features. The reader is provided with very useful utilities right from the start.

The authors complete the book with extensive and comprehensive examples which would inspire anyone interested in languages, systems administration or data conversion. My only complaint is that the book is rather expensive for a paperback.

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Summary: The book that defines the language.
Review: Chapter 2 of The AWK Programming Language serves as the formal definition of the language, written by its creators. There is no other published standard or official document. So this book is the primary, definitive resource for all issues related to the awk programming language in general. Other awk resources (e.g., the GNU awk manual) should be regarded as secondary and treated as subordinate to The AWK Programming Language. It is especially important for contributors to the Usenet newsgroup comp.lang.awk to bear this in mind when posting general, version-independent information about awk to that newsgroup.

Owning this book is a prerequisite to becoming an expert awk programmer. Though there are other resources available for learning awk, both in print and on the Internet, none of them are as succinct and as straighforward as The AWK Programming Language.

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Summary: This is an excellent reference book
Review: I found this book to be well written and to the point. I was able to quickly learn the basics. Yet the book is also a valuable reference book covering all facets of the language. I would highly recommend it.

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Summary: This book is worth the money. Trust me.
Review: I have only read the first chapter of this book. But I am hooked. It might be the best book on any subject I have ever read. I wish all programming books were written this way.

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Summary: This book is worth the money. Trust me.
Review: I have only read the first chapter of this book. But I am hooked. It might be the best book on any subject I have ever read. I wish all programming books were written this way.

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Summary: The awk bible a must have tome for all Unix power scripters
Review: I second the feeling here, this awk book is the most concise, clear and useful scripting book on unix period with the exception of perl. Its also a job life saver. At work we cant use perl on our unix servers because of management attitudes so awk and sh are the only tools to script with. Become a Unix power scripter with this cool book!

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Summary: Best AWK reference around.
Review: I think this is the best AWK reference book around. Easy to read and understand references and examples. As a beginner I was able to start quickly, and now it still makes a fine reference to the finer points of using AWK.

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Summary: 10 Stars
Review: I wish I can give 10 stars for this book. This is a bible.

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Summary: 10 Stars
Review: I wish I can give 10 stars for this book. This is a bible.

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Summary: Excellent reference
Review: The AWK Programming Language was written very well. The first couple of chapters describe the language and the rest are full of real-world examples. The exercises at the end of each section are very helpful and expand on the examples given. Any one who works with flat data files should be familiar with awk, and this is the book to get the job done.