What kind of problems was Perl built to solve? Perl, just like awk, continues to thrive because it solves a particular class of problems exceptionally well. Find out from this week’s book review.

One of the greatest changes that happens when someone becomes a textsmith is not learning a new command. It is learning a new way of thinking. This second of the three-part series on working with streams delves into the psychology of a textsmith.

One of the habits that gradually changes a person’s shell scripting style is discovering that Bash can manipulate text on its own.