The GNU textutils package was developed in the 80's but the ideas it implemented are rooted deep in the 70's as well as BSD and UNIX. Today, 30 years later, textutils is still relevant and is used as a significant tool in the toolbox of Big Data developers and analysts. The integration with cloud computing makes textutils a package that can provide, in some cases, better solutions than modern Big Data tools.

The lecture will show principles of using command-line tools, such as textutils, for Big Data tasks.

About Boaz Menuhin

Former military intelligence, Ben Gurion University computer science graduate. One of the first employees at Crosswise (sold to Oracle). Today deals with Big Data and cloud computing services.