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acomjean · 2019-06-27
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Learning Unix tools is pretty good place to start. There are a lot of commands that can do a lot of processing. It’s been a while since I learned but the book “Unix power tools” from oreily is pretty good. It’s old, but honestly these commands haven’t changed much.
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596003302.do
Python is slower compared to some of it’s compiled cousins, but it’s quick to write and a great skill to have when bash scripting can’t handle some of the complexity or you need dB access. We use it sometimes to call c programs to do DNA sequence alignments and process the returns.
mh and xmh
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781565920934.do
He's a co-author of the classic UNIX Power Tools
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596003302.do
Add'l ORA pubs:
https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/28#Books
"Power Tools" columns for Linux Magazine:
http://www.jpeek.com/articles/linuxmag/
Though I've not read it specifically, From Bash to Z Shell seems likely to focus on shell art and arcana most closely.
https://www.apress.com/us/book/9781590593769
His 1999 SVLUG talk was a classic, the slides don't give it justice, though there are some nuggets there for many users.
http://www.jpeek.com/talks/svlug_19991103/