Re: awk has its place

I'd do that as:

ls -l|perl -pale '$_=$F[4]'
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which saves a couple of characters. I know what you mean, but I forgot most of the awk and sed that I ever knew when I learnt Perl.

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Re: Re: awk has its place by grinder (Bishop) on Mar 30, 2001 at 19:51 UTC
True enough, but using fewer characters isn't necessarily faster (to type). There's four switches needed, whereas that `p-r-i-n-t` just rolls off the finger `r-l-r-r-l` and that `tick dollar underscore equals dollar F` has you bouncing up and down on the shift key. It just ain't as smooth. Reflecting on this, the few vestiges of awk that remain are more in my fingers than in my head. -- `g r i n d e r`	[reply]

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Re: Re: awk has its place
by grinder (Bishop) on Mar 30, 2001 at 19:51 UTC

True enough, but using fewer characters isn't necessarily faster (to type). There's four switches needed, whereas that p-r-i-n-t just rolls off the finger r-l-r-r-l and that tick dollar underscore equals dollar F has you bouncing up and down on the shift key. It just ain't as smooth.

Reflecting on this, the few vestiges of awk that remain are more in my fingers than in my head.

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g r i n d e r

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