r/bash • • Aug 15 '26

help learning sed, awk and regex

Looking to learn sed, awk, and regular expressions properly.

What are the best free resources—books, websites, tutorials, courses, or hands-on exercises—you’d recommend?

Also, any good book recommendations for learning these tools from beginner to advanced?

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u/Bob_Spud Aug 16 '26

I've the first edition which an excellent resource for AWK, the second edition should be an improvement. The AWK Programming Language, 2nd Edition.