I noticed that I became so much more quick after taking 1 hour to properly learn awk. Yes, it literally takes about 1 hour.

Awk is awesome but saying it literally takes 1 hour to properly learn it is a bit overselling.

Awk is an amazingly effective tool for getting things done quickly.

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