[9fans] awk reading?

[Winston Kodogo]

I know that the original request was for online reading about awk, but
I can't help adding my recommendation for the offline dead tree
version of "The awk Programming Language" by aw&k. I resisted buying
it for years, on the grounds of its extraordinary price on Amazon,
succumbed eventually, and have never regretted it. The book is a
little miracle of clarity in a confused world.

And if you don't want to buy that, consider "The Unix Programming
Environment" by Kernighan & Pike - chapter 4 covers awk, and the rest
of the book covers all of the bits of Unix you needed to know until
the lunatics took over the asylum.

[Aram Hăvărneanu]

Post by Winston Kodogo
I resisted buying
it for years, on the grounds of its extraordinary price on Amazon,
succumbed eventually, and have never regretted it.

I buy my books on abebooks. I've bought many gems for $0.99. Looking
at the books I've bought, the average price I payed is $4. Yes, it's
not a typo.

They have some very rare books as well.

[Calvin Morrison]

Post by Aram Hăvărneanu

Post by Winston Kodogo
I resisted buying
it for years, on the grounds of its extraordinary price on Amazon,
succumbed eventually, and have never regretted it.

I buy my books on abebooks. I've bought many gems for $0.99. Looking
at the books I've bought, the average price I payed is $4. Yes, it's
not a typo.
They have some very rare books as well.
--
Aram Hăvărneanu

+1

Abebooks has a great listing of books and for relatively good prices. They
offer a wide selection of used books as well. I've managed to grab my own
copy of K & R :)

Calvin Morrison

[Jeremy Jackins]

Post by Calvin Morrison
Abebooks has a great listing of books and for relatively good prices. They
offer a wide selection of used books as well. I've managed to grab my own
copy of K &  R :)
Calvin Morrison

Another good one is alibris.com, I've grabbed a few Kernighan titles
from there including The UNIX Programming Environment and The Practice
of Programming for very cheap. They have The awk Programming Language
for $1 right now.