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		kingmanaz on July 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Useful Unix commands for data science >I recommend "The AWK Programming Language" by Aho, Kernighan, and Weinberger I concur with this recommendation. "The AWK Programming Language", at little over 100 pages, is a classic of programming language instruction. The book jumps right into use cases, it does not waste one's time. This book should be required reading for anyone contemplating writing a handbook on any programming language; my CS bookshelf would be several feet thinner and several times more informative.

cjg_ on July 15, 2013 [–]

Sadly it seems very expensive now, $95 on Amazon...

jh3 on July 15, 2013 | | [–]

Fortunately, a google search for "the awk programming language pdf" returns a link to this: http://books.cat-v.org/computer-science/awk-programming-lang...

It's the first result for me.

KC8ZKF on July 15, 2013 | | [–]

USD 8.99 used, with 3.99 shipping.

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