Question

Which filter apart from perl, is the most powerful?

(a) sed

(b) awk

(c) grep

(d) cut

The question was posed to me in quiz.

My question is from Various Operations using Awk Command in division Awk – An Advanced Filter & Perl – The Master Manipulator of Unix

Answer 1

Correct answer is (b) awk

The best explanation: The awk command made a later entry in the UNIX system. Like sed, it combines features of several filters. It is one of the most powerful filter after perl.