markus@cernvax.UUCP (markus baertschi) (10/13/90)
I'm looking for a good book as introduction into awk, sed and similar unix tools. The bookstores around have hundreds of books around unix but I found nothing which concentrates on these powerful utilities. I'll post a summary if there is interest. Thanks Markus -- Markus Baertschi | markus@cernvm.cern.ch CERN (European Particle Research Center) Geneva, Switzerland
haug@almira.uucp (Brian R Haug) (10/15/90)
You might want to try _The AWK Programming Language_ by Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, and Peter J. Weinberger (the three people awk is named after). It's published by Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-07981-X You might also try _The Unix Programming Environment_ by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike. Published by Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-937681-X. Has about 8 pages on sed, and 13 on awk. A third book I would recommend (which one would not normally look for information like this) is _Unix Text Processing_ by Dale Dougherty and Tim O'Reilly. Published by Hayden Books, ISBN 0-672-46291-5. About 20 pages on sed and 23 on awk. Share and Enjoy! Brian
szmyd@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (Bill Szmyd) (10/15/90)
> > I'm looking for a good book as introduction into awk, sed and similar > unix tools. The bookstores around have hundreds of books around unix > but I found nothing which concentrates on these powerful utilities. > > I'll post a summary if there is interest. > > Thanks Markus > > -- > Markus Baertschi | markus@cernvm.cern.ch > CERN (European Particle Research Center) > Geneva, Switzerland > ---------- Try the recent update on AWK from Aho, Kernighan and Weinberger, "The AWK Programming Language". Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. I paid about $22 (US) for it. Doesn't cover SED but is great for AWK. Note that to run some of the constructions they use you need the new version of AWK. On some machines this is found as NAWK. -- Bill Szmyd Software Engineering Systems Division Hewlett-Packard Ft. Collins, CO
dag@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM (Daniel A. Graifer) (10/15/90)
I believe Nutshell Books (aka O'Reilly & Assoc.) has a new book out on awk, sed, and regular expressions. Send them email at uunet!ora!nuts or call 1-800-338-NUTS. I have no relationship with these people except as a satisfied customer. Dan -- Daniel A Graifer Coastal Capital Funding Corp. Sr. Vice President, Financial Systems 7900 Westpark Dr. Suite A-130 (703)821-3244 McLean, VA 22102 -- Daniel A. Graifer Franklin Mortgage Capital Corporation uunet!dag@fmccva.franklin.com 7900 Westpark Drive, Suite A130 (703)448-3300 McLean, VA 22102
james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) (10/16/90)
Also of interest might be the "AWK Programming Language" by the original authors of the language (check spelling) Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan. It is published by Prentice Hall, I believe (I don't have my copy with me), and is much more easily understood than the "C Programming Language". The Nutshell series is also and excellent reference as well as the "Shell Programming" book by Kochran and Woods, which also has a fairly good section on sed.
pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) (10/16/90)
In article <550@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM> dag@fciva.UUCP (Daniel A. Graifer) writes:
=I believe Nutshell Books (aka O'Reilly & Assoc.) has a new book out on
=awk, sed, and regular expressions. Send them email at uunet!ora!nuts
=or call 1-800-338-NUTS.
It's due in November along with Larry Wall's book on Perl!
Pete
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In <99@dlss2.UUCP> james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) writes: > Also of interest might be the "AWK Programming Language" by the >original authors of the language (check spelling) Aho, Weinberger, and >Kernighan. It is published by Prentice Hall, I believe Title: The AWK Programming Language Authors: Alfred V. Aho Brian W. Kernighan Peter J. Weinberger Published: 1988, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. ISBN: 0-201-07981-X -- Norm Joseph - (amanue!oglvee!norm) cgh!amanue!oglvee!norm@dsi.com, or Oglevee Computer Systems, Inc. ditka!oglvee!norm@daver.bungi.com ---<*>--- "Shucking Usenet oysters in pursuit of a pearl." -- Bill Kennedy
rwelch@diana.cair.du.edu (RANDY S WELCH) (10/22/90)
In article <13820001@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM> szmyd@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (Bill Szmyd) writes:
Try the recent update on AWK from Aho, Kernighan and Weinberger, "The AWK
Programming Language". Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. I
paid about $22 (US) for it. Doesn't cover SED but is great for AWK.
Note that to run some of the constructions they use you need the new
version of AWK. On some machines this is found as NAWK.
--
Bill Szmyd
Software Engineering Systems Division
Hewlett-Packard
Ft. Collins, CO
One might also try the following:
The GAWK manual that comes with GNU awk, a nice manual.
Some older SYS V Programming Manuals have a chapter on awk programming (
my copy of the book coves the old awk, I've seen newer copies that cover
nawk )
-randy
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-David Lynch "The Angriest Dog in the World"tim@isla.ora.com (Tim O'Reilly) (10/23/90)
Brian Haug (haug@Columbia.NCR.COM) wrote: > A third book I would recommend (which one would not normally look for > information like this) is _Unix Text Processing_ by Dale Dougherty and Tim > O'Reilly. Published by Hayden Books, ISBN 0-672-46291-5. About 20 pages > on sed and 23 on awk. Thanks for the plug. You might be interested to know that Dale has just finished an entire book on sed and awk, for our Nutshell series. It has just gone to the printer, and will be available at the UNIX Expo in New York on October 31 (complete with t-shirt :-) and can also be ordered by calling 1-800-338-NUTS. We're glad you liked UNIX Text Processing. Tim O'Reilly @ O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Publishers of Nutshell Handbooks 632 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol, CA 95472 707-829-8512, 800-338-6887 (in CA 800-533-6887), FAX 707-829-0104 Internet: tim@ora.com UUCP: uunet!ora!tim
pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) (10/23/90)
In article <1990Oct22.053855.20203@mercury.cair.du.edu> rwelch@diana.cair.du.edu (RANDY S WELCH) writes: =In article <13820001@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM> szmyd@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (Bill Szmyd) writes: = = = Try the recent update on AWK from Aho, Kernighan and Weinberger, "The AWK = Programming Language". Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. I = paid about $22 (US) for it. Doesn't cover SED but is great for AWK. O'Reilly et al, the Nutshell people, will have their "SED & AWK" book out in November. 1-800-dev-nuts. Pete -- Prof. Peter J. Holsberg Mercer County Community College Voice: 609-586-4800 Engineering Technology, Computers and Math UUCP:...!princeton!mccc!pjh 1200 Old Trenton Road, Trenton, NJ 08690 Internet: pjh@mccc.edu Trenton Computer Festival -- 4/20-21/91