How to use awk to select data from commands and scripts Your email has been sent Image: iStock/Inimma-IS Must-read developer coverage What Powers Your Databases? Take This DZone Survey Today!

Arcane syntax? The parts of Perl's syntax that have given it a bad name either come from it's recycling the syntax of tools like Awk, variable names that I was familiar with from the same tools or ...

I love chaining commands as much as anyone, and sed, awk, grep, and perl are some of my best friends. However, remember that, in *nix, each command runs in its own process, the resources required for ...