sed and awk Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition

Only thing I didn’t like was the price compared to his other books.

this book came out the box with a noticeable fold on the back cover. simple guide for your sed&awk references. your better off just researching off google imo

This is a nifty little reference book that I'm using now that I've brew installed like the real versions of these commands. I know there's a man page and what have you, but my eyes feel like they're going to bleed after a long day... it's nice to save them hell, and actually dog ear/underline the useful bits for things I use a bunch.Besides, it's not a bad idea to indicate to the people around you that you grok the command line or are at least trying to learn. If older folks run the shop, you get street cred or a pat on the head. If younger folks do... they might ask you over to their desk to help with a personal program they'd never be able to hack together, despite being like python ninjas or whatever.

Sure - it's supposed to be a "pocket" reference. It just shows syntax. The --help option for most of these commands provides this same brief info.The shortage of examples gives it limited usefulness.

Normally, I ask Google for instructions in how to use the sed and awk commands. However, I once found myself without internet and I lost a whole day trying to figure out the right syntax of sed. With this book in my backpak this will never happen again.If you need a complete description of the commands, with examples and explanations, please consider buying the "non pocket" version, since this is only a fast reference, much like having a "man sed" in your pocket (it really is *tiny*).

While Google and manpages are great, there's no replacement for reference guides like these and the aforementioned are not exactly "readily available" when you're sitting in a datacenter with a downed non-virtual server. If you are a Linux/FreeBSD/AIX/MacOSX Admin and want an edge on really making life easier for yourself, then you need to be able to have a good series of references to do such. You cannot know everything after all and every little bit of code snippet or reference set helps tremendously.Sed & Awk Pocket Reference is just one of those necessities that one should have for such a job as it really will help you become proficient and may even help you get out of a situation a bit faster. I have gone through 2 of these references personally and use it for everything from troubleshooting to automated cronjobs. My only complaint with this 2nd Edition is that it doesn't have as many examples as I'd like, requiring one to fiddle around with switch & option syntax a few times to get right. Otherwise, it's a gem in doing my job. Get it!

I have hard copies of this book but thought the kindle version would be a handy solution to the prob of having to not need the book often but when I do... and it has been.

I feel cheated by buying this book. And who cares? It cost less than $9. BUT I have four other O Reilly Pocket Reference books and I concluded they are a great value especially since they are all priced around $8-11 each. All of them over 100 pages long and some close to 200 pages and packed full of very concise, organized information. For something around $10 per pocket reference and the amount of content per book - I concluded they are a GREAT value. THAT IS until I bought this "Sed and Awk: Pocket Reference" . I have developed the feeling that it can be faster to just grab a pocket reference and look it up - much like using a dictionary. Especially if you don't remember the exact command - thumbing thru one of these pocket references can be faster and more efficient then a web search. It can save time sorting thru a Google search or have pops up harassing you to join a forum. But you need some info in your pocket reference and since this thing is a total length of 46 pages there is not much here. And the Awk coverage begins on page 18 - so you get (46-18) or 28 pages of Awk. And after the 'regex' boiler plate info in the beginning of this book - about a dozen pages of Sed info. Since I have used Awk intensely on occasion - I feel there is a lot more to Awk then 28 pages. But I don't use Awk frequently enough to master it - so I really wanted a quick Awk and Sed reference. And this book is not that.It is strange since I have Arnold Robbins Bash Pocket Reference and it is not bad at over 100 pages and I find it organized and useful. I use it for the occasional shell script. But I think Robbins is taking advantage of the good reputation of these other pocket references. I think it is important to note that he has written a 456 page "Effective Awk Programming" book for around $40 on Amazon. It is almost like Robbins is saying - "you want some reference on Awk? - then buy my $40 book otherwise here is a teaser book with a few pages on Sed and Awk". It seems very little effort was exerted in writing this "Sed and Awk" Pocket Reference. Since I was so happy with my other pocket references - I had high expectations and did not bother to read the product description that this 'book' is less than 50 pages. It is about 1/8 inch or 4mm thick - it is more like a pamphlet. So, I can't recommend this book.

Compré este libro por error de modo que mi opinión puede ser un poco sesgada. A mi parece que este libro complementa a este otro "Sed & awk" escrito por Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins. Sin este último, el primero es menos útil, a no ser que el lector tenga cierta experiencia usando sed y awk.

It's a 40 pages book but cost is 600 I was shocked after receiving the book wast of money instead take a print from internet about sed and awk

A little short but it's a pocket reference.

The book is mostly naritive and there is no concise definition of syntax. Save youriney and read the free open source documents.

love the handly little book of tricks, great quick read and easy to follow snip its