On 01/08/2012, Martin Kopta <mar...@kopta.eu> wrote: >> Also, I'm really curious why people use cut when awk exists. > > $ du -b /usr/bin/cut /usr/bin/gawk /opt/plan9/bin/awk > 38600 /usr/bin/cut > 400212 /usr/bin/gawk > 105700 /opt/plan9/bin/awk > > Speed and simplicity I guess? > > Why would I use awk of which I don't remember syntax, when I could often > do with trustworthy cut easily?
This. Actually just simplicity; I'm not sure which has better speed. Meh.
