A colleague of mine once posted a hiring question to ask prospective developers: “What is the least significant 10 digits of the series: 
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Tag: awk
awk, the Often Ignored Little Language
Many people use awk for one-liners; picking out fields from logs, doing pattern matching. It’s capable of so much more however. IMO, the “littleness” of the language is one of it’s strengths. Continue reading “awk, the Often Ignored Little Language”
Friday the 13th One Liner
Just for fun, how many combinations of months are there where Friday falls on the 13th? This one-liner will print out a table of month combinations along with the years for a given range. Continue reading “Friday the 13th One Liner”