UNIX Awk and Sed Programmer's Inteactive Workbook (UNIX Interactive Workbook) [Illustrated] (Paperback)

The quick, friendly, hands-on tutorial on UNIX programming with awk, sed and grep -- -- with exclusive access to an up-to-the-minute Web-based training site! Learn step-by-step how to solve practical problems with awk, sed and grep. Begin with a hands-on introduction to regular expressions and grep. Through interactive Labs, learn the fundamentals of sed, including addressing, commands, scripting and more. Walk step-by-step through the Awk language, writing simple programs, understanding data types, statements, expressions, patterns, actions, functions, arrays and I/O. Finally, put it all together with the Awk utility, learning techniques for printing, computation, and text processing. The accompanying Web site includes a Virtual Study Lounge where you can meet authors and other users; interactive testing modules that offer instant feedback; bonus projects and solutions; updates, new info, feedback areas and more.

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Start with a hands-on introduction to regular expressions and grep-including egrep and fast grep. Learn key sed fundamentals: addressing, scripting, plus all the commands you'll need for substitution, deletion, printing, appending, listing, reading/writing, and more. Walk step-by-step through awk, writing simple programs, understanding data types, statements, expressions, patterns, actions, functions, control flow, arrays, and I/O-all you need to solve real-world problems!

Master awk and sed programming now!

Totally integrated with a FREE, state-of-the-art UNIX learning Web site!

Every UNIX Interactive Workbook is fully integrated with its own exclusive Web site, giving you all this and more:

• "Test Your Thinking" project solutions and detailed explanations!
• Author's Corner: Your personal connection to this book's expert author!
• Practice questions with instant feedback and explanations!
• An exclusive message board where you can interact with other students!

Just the facts! No endless, boring discussions here! You'll learn hands-on, through practical exercises, self-review questions and real-world answers. Exclusive "Test Your Thinking" projects guarantee you'll go beyond rote knowledge to really master the subject! It's an integrated learning system that's proven to work!

Dozens of exercises cover the real world tasks that matter most!

100s of self-review questions and answers make sure you understand!

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