[UFO Chicago] awkward admission

[Neil R. Ormos]

Brian Sobolak wrote:

> (Sorry for the partial transmission on the last msg)

> So at one of the last meeting we discussed awk.  We probably discuss awk
> at most meetings.  But somehow this time it stuck, and I revisited it.

> What fun!  It was neat to parse through 4+GB of text to count all of the
> words and look for patterns.  I know plenty of tools have this, but the
> minimalism of awk is refreshing.

> I used it today to parse some large XML files and it was much faster +
> easier than other techniques.

> SO it's a nice new tool in my toolkit.  Since I tend to be working with
> large files now more than databases, it's a hit.

I use AWK a lot. If you need help, feel free to ask. 

--Neil