Text Editing and Processing
You can use the following tools to edit, convert, and otherwise manipulate text.
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awk Pattern-matching language for textual database files.
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cut Tool that selects columns for display.
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emacs GNU Emacs.
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ex Line editor underlying
vi.-
fmt Produces roughly uniform line length.
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groff Document formatting system that can render
trofftypesetting macros to PostScript, HTML, and other formats.-
join Merges different columns into a database.
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paste Merges columns or switches their order.
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pico Simple text editor designed for use with the Pine mailer. Note that the version of
pinethat ships with Mac OS X is much older than the current release.-
sed Stream editor.
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texi2html Converts Texinfo to HTML.
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tr Command that substitutes or deletes characters.
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vim Visual text editor.
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