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How long have you been using Awk?

For a few years for two clients (financial and governmental) that have a range of older controlled systems.

We benefit from simple analytics that are POSIX, not python, perl, R, etc. http://www.numcommand.com/

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I've never heard of numcommand before, but it looks super awesome and exactly what I need. I use Linux servers, but am forced to use Windows as my local. So first question, do you have experience with awk/gawk on Windows? Second question: What do you prefer about Awk over Python/Perl? I guess if all your analytics are fairly short it is just easier in Awk? Thanks!

Thank you!

Yes in my experience of awk/gawk on Windows, things work the same, other than file separators, line endings, and similar platform-specific issues.

For your second question, awk simply works. It's reliable, fast, and everywhere. I also like python and perl, and choose these for any modern system.

Thank you!

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