September 2002
Beginner to intermediate
216 pages
7h 43m
English
You can use the following tools to search and sort files.
An extended version of grep.
A tool that searches files for literal words.
A utility that searches the system for filenames.
A tool that searches files for text patterns.
A faster version of find; however, it depends on a database that is periodically updated by the weekly cron job in /etc/weekly. If the database is out of date, find will be more accurate.
A tool that sorts a file (use -n for numeric sorting, -u to eliminate duplicates).
A tool that searches binary files for text patterns.
A utility that reports or filters duplicate lines in a file.
A tool that searches compressed files for text patterns.