Welcome to tedsedawkandvim.com!
I’m Ted and I created this site to be a resource for using regular expressions in conjunction with sed, awk and vim to assist with large text editing tasks. Since 2011 I have been using the VIM editor and I have utilized sed and awk off and on throughout the past 17 years to handle various scripting needs. One aspect I love about these tools is that all UNIX / Linux distros have sed and awk available. When solving problems “on the job” you may not always have your favorite programming language available and being able to use sed and awk could possibly be your only saving grace.
As for the VIM editor…in my opinion the VIM editor is simply incredible. It can be utilized in so many ways to increase productivity. Here again the VI editor is available on all UNIX / Linux distros and even if you don’t like VI you may one day have to use it to edit something. Admittedly, the downside is the steep learning curve to really become proficient with VIM. After 5 years of using VIM I still get frustrated at times but at this point I feel like I could not live without it. Finally, I find that VIM makes text editing much more interesting and even rewarding as large text editing tasks are cut down to quick and easy commands in VIM.
Over the past several years I have compiled sed, awk and vim learnings from books, the Web, and trial and error. My intentions are to eventually make all of these available on this site as well as to keep the site growing with new learnings. Thanks for visiting and I hope you find the site useful.
-Ted