Learn about various commands available for common and exotic text processing needs. Examples have been tested on GNU/Linux - there'd be syntax/feature variations with other distributions, consult their respective man pages for details.
- Cat, Less, Tail and Head
- cat, less, tail, head, Text Editors
- GNU grep
- GNU sed
- GNU awk
- Perl the swiss knife
- Ruby one liners
- Sorting stuff
- sort, uniq, comm, shuf
- Restructure text
- paste, column, pr, fold
- Whats the difference
- cmp, diff
- File attributes
- wc, du, df, touch, file
- Miscellaneous
- cut, tr, basename, dirname, xargs, seq
Rough drafts
Possible additions
- Parsers for html, xml, csv, json, etc
- Renaming files
- other commands like split, combine, datamash, etc
- Please open an issue for typos/bugs/suggestions/etc
- Even for pull requests, open an issue for discussion before submitting PRs
- or gitter group chat for discussion as well as for help/mentorship
- Share the repo with friends/colleagues, on social media, etc to help reach other learners
- Contribute by donating on patreon or liberapay
- In case you need to reach me, use gitter private chat
- or mail me at
echo '[email protected]' | tr 'a-z' 'n-za-m'
- or mail me at
Recorded couple of videos based on content in the chapters, not sure if I'll do more
Check out exercises directory to solve practice questions, right from the command line itself
As of now, only grep exercises has been added. Stay tuned for more
Includes only completed chapters
- unix.stackexchange and stackoverflow - for getting answers to pertinent questions as well as sharpening skills by understanding and answering questions
- Forums like Linux users, /r/commandline/, /r/linux/, /r/ruby/, news.ycombinator, devup and others for valuable feedback (especially spotting mistakes) and encouragement
- See wikipedia entry 'Roses Are Red' for
poem.txtused as sample text input file
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