What this snippet does
awk splits on whitespace and exposes each field as $1, $2 and so on.
Expected output
127.0.0.1 200
Why practise typing this
Typing text processing code builds muscle memory for the symbols and indentation Linux uses most, which prose-based typing tests never cover. DevType measures your words per minute and accuracy on this snippet and tracks the individual characters you mistype, so later lessons can target them.
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