re: Perl vs grep sed and awk

[thutmose]

Hey,



I was wondering if I could avoid learning perl and stick with awk grep and sed. I have no where near mastered any of them but wanted to know if awk, grep and sed can do all of the things perl can.

 

[bjverzal]

Nope - there are things that Perl can do that awk/sed/grep cannot do. I recommend you learn it.

Bill.

 

[MikeLacey]

Yup Mike
"Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald."

Is that a haiku?
I never could get the hang
of writing those things.