From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 21 01:05:34 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 1394710656A4 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:05:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.39.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CFA1F8FC23 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:05:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 28046 invoked by uid 0); 21 Aug 2010 01:05:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 21 Aug 2010 01:05:33 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=IfdPs86FXEVcLrkrUT5YjVTH2In7srwVtxB9FkjKNz9u0+NrHXEXBoDKGH5d9ZqfsallpW0w5QPBORNORfSUoiYsiIyZOLX9gAOGQSMuqJGJnIjDvgLcCHMmFsRGVlG0; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OmcWa-0003Jj-8Q for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:05:33 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:03:01 -0600 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:03:01 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100821010301.GA52486@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <23BA961B74BA2B5CA8B523F9@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <868w40izhk.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <868w40izhk.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} 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 01:05:34 -0000 --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 05:24:55PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "Paul" =3D=3D Paul Schmehl writes: >=20 > Paul> Yes, I know I could do this easily in Perl. I'm doing this to try > Paul> and improve my understanding of awk. >=20 > To what end? >=20 > Every modern system that can run awk can also run Perl. Why not > concentrate on Perl? Maybe he wants to understand Awk well enough to translate a bunch of Awk scripts to Perl. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxvJcUACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUuZwCfQ5gnyrNz4faszbQXV6Lb3A6P J58AoJEW5syabki6ZKi4owKILdDPjH+H =e+B1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2--