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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: a sed question
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:56:17 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:09:25 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 16:36:32 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>
>>> I'd be surprised to
>>> see *any* Linux distribution (other than small embedded systems) that
>>> doesn't include awk (either gawk or mawk, or even busybox awk) by
>>> default.
>>
>> The point being, it would likely be easier to remove Awk than to remove 
>> Perl.
> 
> Which is quite different from what you wrote, which was that "you’re
> more likely to find Perl than Awk on a Linux system".

You do know that Linux systems encourage customization, don’t you?