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Automation of UNIX-based systems often involves text manipulation. Many programs are configured with textual configuration files. Text is the output format, and the input format, of many systems. While tools like sed, grep, and awk have their place, Python is a powerful tool for sophisticated text manipulation.
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Zadka, M. (2019). Text Manipulation. In: DevOps in Python. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4433-3_6
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