> awk/sed are just horrible to learn for beginners
That doesn't seem fair. The two are entirely different. I found Awk very friendly and easy to learn, and use it every day for all kinds of things, in one-liners and in scripts. The AWK Programming Language is masterfully written, a joy to read, as are Arnold Robbins' books. Even the man page is short and very readable.
That doesn't seem fair. The two are entirely different. I found Awk very friendly and easy to learn, and use it every day for all kinds of things, in one-liners and in scripts. The AWK Programming Language is masterfully written, a joy to read, as are Arnold Robbins' books. Even the man page is short and very readable.