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		busterarm on Jan 15, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Awk in 20 Minutes I agree, but I get most of the same out of Ruby even if might be slightly less readable (or ugly Ruby code). It's nice that the mentality comes out of using certain languages though. also http://tomayko.com/writings/awkward-ruby

kazinator on Jan 16, 2015 [–]

So you get an ugly program that requires a third party tool, rather than just a POSIX system. I would say that this solution then requires additional justification compared to the Awk no-brainer.

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