{"product_id":"effective-awk-programming-universal-text-processing-and-pattern-matching-9781491904619","title":"Effective awk Programming: Universal Text Processing and Pattern Matching","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen processing text files, the \u003ci\u003eawk\u003c\/i\u003e language is ideal for handling data extraction, reporting, and data-reformatting jobs. This practical guide serves as both a reference and tutorial for POSIX-standard \u003ci\u003eawk\u003c\/i\u003e and for the GNU implementation, called \u003ci\u003egawk\u003c\/i\u003e. This book is useful for novices and \u003ci\u003eawk\u003c\/i\u003e experts alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this thoroughly revised edition, author and \u003ci\u003egawk\u003c\/i\u003e lead developer Arnold Robbins describes the \u003ci\u003eawk\u003c\/i\u003e language and \u003ci\u003egawk\u003c\/i\u003e program in detail, shows you how to use \u003ci\u003eawk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003egawk\u003c\/i\u003e for problem solving, and then dives into specific features of \u003ci\u003egawk\u003c\/i\u003e. System administrators, programmers, webmasters, and other power users will find everything they need to know about \u003ci\u003eawk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003egawk\u003c\/i\u003e. You will learn how to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFormat text and use regular expressions in \u003ci\u003eawk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003egawk\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcess data using \u003ci\u003eawk\u003c\/i\u003e's operators and built-in functions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManage data relationships using associative arrays \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefine your own functions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Think in \u003ci\u003eawk\u003c\/i\u003e\" with two full chapters of sample functions and programs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake advantage of \u003ci\u003egawk\u003c\/i\u003e's many advanced features \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDebug \u003ci\u003eawk\u003c\/i\u003e programs with the \u003ci\u003egawk\u003c\/i\u003e built-in debugger \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtend \u003ci\u003egawk\u003c\/i\u003e by writing new functions in C or C++ \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is published under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. \u003ci\u003eYou have the freedom to copy and modify this GNU manual.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoyalties from the sales of this book go to the Free Software Foundation and to the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arnold Robbins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Reilly Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 7.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491904619\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArnold Robbins is a professional programmer and technical author who has worked with Unix systems since 1980 and has been using AWK since 1987. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. Arnold is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is coauthor of the sixth edition of O'Reilly's Learning the vi Editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"O'Reilly Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45384564670579,"sku":"9781491904619","price":72.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_bf4fa947-e606-4b74-99fb-d692e3a04b99.jpg?v=1787335789","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/effective-awk-programming-universal-text-processing-and-pattern-matching-9781491904619","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}