[RndTbl] RTFM brainstorm.

[Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson]

Hi, all.

The other day I was trying to execute a command on all subdirectories
(recursively) and files, even though these files and directories contained
non-alphanumeric characters and space. I found my answer on StackOverflow
eventually, but there were a lot of different approaches to it, some
utilizing commands like "awk", "gawk" (which I'm told is just a GNU
version), but in my 13 years on Linux, I've never found the serenity to
learn all those crazy text processing commands.

So perhaps, if someone is well versed in text/file/directory processing, a
short lecture on the most powerful commands might be useful. Just an idea.
:)

Kind regards,
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson
helgi at binary.s

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Sean Cody <sean at tinfoilhat.ca> wrote:

> We are quickly powering through our current RTFM pool.
>
> Since the point of the exercise is to educate the group it seems only
> reasonable to find out what commands/systems the group would like to hear
> about?
>
> That being said, is there any command/system you were always curious about
> but haven't found time to investigate?
> What about a command you are using but you are unsure if you are getting
> the full potential out of it?
> Any particular command you enjoy using that you think other people could
> benefit from?
>
> Let us know and we'll add it to the pool.
>
> --
> Sean
> P.S. While we would really like members to present RTFM, just giving us an
> idea of the things you want to learn about will help a lot.
>
>
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