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How is it better that SQL for these tasks on tabular data?It has far better handling of a CSV/TSV file on the command line directly and is compasable in shell pipelines.
>My point, if one wants cat, sort, sed, join on tabular data, SOL is exactly that.
SQL is a language for data in the form of tables in relational databases.
While it can do sorting or joining or some changes, it is meant for a different domain than these tools, which other constraints, other concerns, and other patterns of use...
You don't need to load anything to a db, for starters.
You also normally don't care for involving a DB in order to use in a shell script, or for quick shell exploration.
You also can't mix SQL and regular unix userland in a pipeline (well, with enough effort you can, but it's not something people do or need to do).
It has far better handling of a CSV/TSV file on the command line directly and is compasable in shell pipelines.
>My point, if one wants cat, sort, sed, join on tabular data, SOL is exactly that.
SQL is a language for data in the form of tables in relational databases.
While it can do sorting or joining or some changes, it is meant for a different domain than these tools, which other constraints, other concerns, and other patterns of use...
You don't need to load anything to a db, for starters.
You also normally don't care for involving a DB in order to use in a shell script, or for quick shell exploration.
You also can't mix SQL and regular unix userland in a pipeline (well, with enough effort you can, but it's not something people do or need to do).