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The Ultimate Linux Shell Scripting Guide
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The Ultimate Linux Shell Scripting Guide

by Donald A. Tevault
October 2024
Beginner to intermediate
698 pages
16h 7m
English
Packt Publishing
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9

Filtering Text with grep, sed, and Regular Expressions

So far, we’ve looked at how to perform file searches with find, and at how to use text-stream filter utilities to extract and present data from text files and program output streams. In this chapter we’ll be looking at two other utilities, sed and grep, that will allow you to supercharge both your searches and your text manipulations. Before that though, you need to understand about Regular Expressions.

Topics in this chapter include:

  • Understanding Regular Expressions
  • Understanding sed
  • Understanding grep
  • Using RegEx Buddy
  • Using RegEx101
  • Looking at some real-world examples

If you’re ready, let’s get started.

Technical Requirements

Use any of your Linux virtual machines or your Linux host ...

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