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		yters on Dec 14, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Famous Awk One-Liners Explained, Part II It left me wondering why people think that file is so great.

pkrumins on Dec 14, 2008 [–]

Because books do not teach writing concise scripts, they would expand on multi-line functions, etc.

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