On: Shell script best practices, from a decade of scripting things

[boredtofears]

yeah thats exactly right. it may only take an hour to learn, but every time i need to use awk it seems like i have to spend an hour to re-learn its goofy syntax.

[tejtm → boredtofears]

alas this is true, I never correctly recall the order of particular function args as they are fairly random, still beats the alternative of having to continually internalize entire fragile ecosystems to achieve the same goal.

[boredtofears → tejtm]

yeah you're definitely right. im sure if it was something i had to use more consistently i'd be able to commit it to memory. maybe...