LPIC I Exam Cram™ 2: Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102

Chapter 8. Text Processing

Terms you’ll need to understand:

✓	Filters
✓	Pipes
✓	Redirection
✓	Regular expressions
✓	Standard error
✓	Standard input
✓	Standard output

Techniques you’ll need to master:

✓	Understanding data flow
✓	Redirecting data flow
✓	Using pipes
✓	Identifying command actions
✓	Parsing command strings
✓	Understanding sed
✓	Using regular expressions
✓	Finding text with grep

Unix/Linux Toolset Mentality

In this chapter we focus on the concepts and practice of getting a lot done on the shell command line. Chief among the skills you will gain from this chapter is the ability to choose commands and chain them together properly, and sometimes interestingly, to get your work done.

Unix and Linux have a toolset mentality that needs to be cultivated, and it must be learned ...