From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 21 00:24:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D46D1065697 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:24:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [IPv6:2607:f2f8:3080::]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 761FD8FC18 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:24:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5A8404926D; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:24:55 -0700 (PDT) From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Paul Schmehl References: <23BA961B74BA2B5CA8B523F9@utd65257.utdallas.edu> x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.11.6; tzolkin = 8 Cimi; haab = 19 Yaxkin Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:24:55 -0700 In-Reply-To: <23BA961B74BA2B5CA8B523F9@utd65257.utdallas.edu> (Paul Schmehl's message of "Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:12:20 -0500") Message-ID: <868w40izhk.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Any awk gurus on the list? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:24:55 -0000 >>>>> "Paul" == Paul Schmehl writes: Paul> Yes, I know I could do this easily in Perl. I'm doing this to try Paul> and improve my understanding of awk. To what end? Every modern system that can run awk can also run Perl. Why not concentrate on Perl? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion