Before Perl there was AWK and this book was great. Now we have Perl.... ( )

Although I bought this years ago, I didn't actually learn AWK until after I'd learned Perl (by which time, of course, I didn't really need AWK anymore.) So I'm really rating not the book (which is well written) but the ideas in AWK, which are so much a key part of Perl. ( )

This thin little paperback book cost me $45! But with it, I was able to work some minor miracles with AWK that saved my company thousands of dollars. If you have to do lots of searching or manipulation on text files, AWK is the way to go, and this book will make it happen. The best guide to AWK, bar none. ( )