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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu
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Subject: Re: perl
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Date: 14 Jun 90 11:36:20 GMT
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In article <18498@well.sf.ca.us> gregs@well.sf.ca.us (Greg Strockbine) writes:
> I'm just starting to look at perl. Is there a good reason
> to use it instead of sed, awk, etc.?

Sure: it can handle much longer lines. Much much longer lines. It can do
anything your shell can. It has a reasonably pleasant syntax.

It is, on the other hand, somewhat more difficult to program efficiently
than a judicious combination of sh, sed, and awk.

---Dan