Linux has some great command line tools. These ones excel at text manipulation.
| awk | Perform functions on text arranged in fields |
| cut | Extract specific columns from lines of text |
| diff | Perform a line by line comparison of two text files |
| expand | Convert tab stops to spaces |
| expr | Extract part of a string from another string. |
| fmt | A simple paragraph formatter |
| grep | Extract lines of text from a file containing a certain text string. |
| head | Display the first n lines from a file |
| lex | Perform lexical analysis of a text stream |
| more | |
| paste | Convert a single text column into multiple columns |
| roff | Text formatter |
| sed | Non interactive text line editor |
| sort | |
| tail | |
| test | Compare two strings for equality |
| tr | Replace selected characters in a file |
| wc | Count the number of lines, words, or characters in a file. |
Related Posts
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.