[OT] - subthread - perl vs sed Re: [olug] Text search and Replace

[Terry]

I use cat and echo.  I am a scrooge when it comes to
resources.
:)
--- Sam Tetherow <tetherow at nicusa.com> wrote:
> Why waste the effort, if you are resource starved to
> the point that perl 
> is that much more of a burden then sed, your issue
> is not the tool but 
> the environment.
> 
> Do you still use ed for simple file editing?
> 
> Sean Kelly wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 01:41:55PM -0600, Jay
> Hannah wrote:
> > 
> >>Call me a zealot, but IMHO it's a good idea to
> learn Perl once rather 
> >>than learning sed _and_ awk. Learn one thing
> instead of two, plus you 
> >>can then do sooo much more than both combined. Ah,
> Perl. The Swiss Army 
> >>Chainsaw of text processors**.
> > 
> > 
> > Okay, zealot. The proper thing to do is to learn
> all three and then learn
> > when and how to use them properly and in sane
> proportions.
> > 
> 
> 
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>
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Terry

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