Text parsing?

[Scott W]

Eric F Crist wrote:

>Hello group,
>
>For what purposes will I find I need to use all these tools you write about?  
>I'm talking about awk, ed, ex, etc.  I haven't found the need to do so, yet, 
>but I'd like to possibly learn this stuff before I really do need it.
>
>  
>
Depends on what your system is used for- I've used the previously 
mentioned tools almost daily when working as a sysadmin- for monitoring 
disk qusage, process CPU usage, parsing output (log and standalone 
application one-time logs), install logs....you name it.

Scott