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backreference.org is a personal blog at backreference.org about programming and systems. Since 2010, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often ““In-place” editing of files”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Most-linked posts?
- “In-place” editing of files4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2011-06-17
- Idiomatic Awk (2010)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-04-30
- Idiomatic Awk (2010)2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-12-13
What Hacker News says?
I wrote a book on GNU awk one-liners with hundreds of examples and exercises [0]. Free to read online. For a quick introduction, see [1] [2] [0] https://github.com/learnbyexample/learn_gnuawk [1] https://backreference.org/2010/02/10/idiomatic-awk/ [2] https://earthly.dev/blog/awk-examples/
Comment linking /2010/02/10/idiomatic-awk/
on “Cheating at a company group activity using Unix tools”Submitted Idiomatic Awk (2010) as a story · 132 points
HN discussionSeems like the link should be https://backreference.org/2010/02/10/idiomatic-awk/ instead of https://backreference.org/index.html
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on “Idiomatic Awk (2010)”Submitted Using different delimiters in sed (2010) as a story · 59 points
HN discussionHere are some more learning resources: * https://backreference.org/2010/02/10/idiomatic-awk/ — how to write more idiomatic (and usually shorter and more efficient) awk programs * https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnuawk/preface.html — my ebook on GNU awk one-liners, plenty of examples and exercises * https://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Awk.html — covers information about different `awk` versions as well * https://ear…
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on “What does $0=$2 in awk do?”Submitted Idiomatic Awk (2010) as a story · 7 points
HN discussionPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23048054 (762 points | May 2, 2020 | 126 comments) See also: * https://backreference.org/2010/02/10/idiomatic-awk/ * https://earthly.dev/blog/awk-examples/ * https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnuawk/ (my ebook)
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on “Awk in 20 Minutes (2015)”Submitted “In-place” editing of files as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Iptables Debugging (2010) as a story · 2 points
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HN discussionSubmitted “In-place” editing of files as a story · 2 points
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