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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: a sed question
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 02:22:18 +0100
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On 22.12.2024 01:28, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 01:02:03 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> 
>> The advantage of Awk is that it's standard on Unix systems ...
> 
> On my Debian system:
> 
>     ldo@theon:~> apt-cache rdepends gawk | wc -l
>     89
>     ldo@theon:~> apt-cache rdepends perl | wc -l
>     1121
> 
> Let’s just say, you’re more likely to find Perl than Awk on a Linux 
> system ...

My comment was on Unix systems (not specifically Linux) and on
the Unix standards (POSIX).

Not sure what you read and understood where I wrote "standard".

Awk is demanded by POSIX, Perl isn't.

So on any standard conforming Unix you are guaranteed to *have*
a 'sh' (POSIX-shell) and an 'awk'. Moreover, even if you are
developing on a system with Perl, but will have to implement
(run) the software in a different environment, you may not be
allowed to install third party software (open or else) with it.

(One may not like such company policies but they are reality.)

Janis