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utp-1.0

comprehensive book on unix text processing

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Description

Originally published in 1987, Unix Text Processing (UTP) (written by Dale Dougherty and Tim O'Reilly) provides one of the few comprehensive looks at all the tools involved in a typical troff-based writing workflow. It covers: - UNIX and troff basics - text editors (vi, ex, and sed) - the ms and mm macro packages - scripting with sh, awk, and sed - the tbl, eqn and pic preprocessors - macro writing The appendices provide a collection of reference material and other useful pointers.

Package information

Ports path
books/utp
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Anthony J. Bentley <anthony@anjbe.name>
Categories
books
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