Class sed awk

From Tuxinternet

Synopsis

We will be learning the advanced features of sed and awk including some of the additional features of programs like gawk. These two programs are made to read in input and manipulate it so it's output matches what you want. They have quite a bit of power behind them if you know how to use them properly.

Prerequisites

Before taking this class I suggest having an understanding of shell scripting.

Overview

• Regular Expressions
• sed command basics
• awk command basics
• When and how to use these commands
• Advanced use of the sed command
  • moving around a file
  • holding data
• Advanced use of the awk command
  • Conditionals and loops
  • arrays, splits and other variable fun
• adding esed and gawk
• when and how to use sed and awk