Programming languages

I constantly use linux/unix commands such as grep, sed, and awk to sift my want through data and output in the format I want but I don't know if that would classify as programming language. The only advice I have is to Google your heart out if you go this route and have lots of tests to see if it's doing what you want. Other than that I can't say I really have any preference other than I absolutely hate Visual Basic and hope everyone has forgotten it and the dumpster fire it is.