Text Processing
|
Command |
Use |
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col |
Process control characters. |
|
cut |
Select columns for display. |
|
emacs |
Work environment with powerful text editing capabilities. |
|
ex |
Line editor underlying vi . |
|
expand |
Convert tabs to spaces. |
|
fmt |
Produce roughly uniform line lengths. |
|
fold |
Break lines. |
|
groff |
Format troff input. |
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join |
Merge different columns into a database. |
|
paste |
Merge columns or switch order. |
|
rev |
Print lines in reverse. |
|
sed |
Noninteractive text editor. |
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sort |
Sort or merge files. |
|
tr |
Translate (redefine) characters. |
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uniq |
Find repeated or unique lines in a file. |
|
vi |
Visual text editor. |
|
xargs |
Process many arguments in manageable portions. |
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