# Command-line-text-processing

**Repository Path**: mirrors_hekailiang/Command-line-text-processing

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: Command-line-text-processing
- **Description**: From finding text to search and replace, from sorting to beautifying text and more
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2025-09-20

## Categories & Tags

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## README

Use [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/learnbyexample/scripting_course](https://badges.gitter.im/learnbyexample/scripting_course.svg)](https://gitter.im/learnbyexample/scripting_course) if you need help, have suggestions, etc

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# <a name="command-line-text-processing"></a>Command Line Text Processing

Work still in progress, stay tuned :)

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## <a name="chapters"></a>Chapters

* [Cat, Less, Tail and Head](./tail_less_cat_head.md)
    * cat, less, tail, head, Text Editors
* [GNU grep](./gnu_grep.md)
* [GNU sed](./gnu_sed.md)
* [GNU awk](./gnu_awk.md)
* [Sorting stuff](./sorting_stuff.md)
    * sort, uniq, comm, shuf
* [Restructure text](./restructure_text.md)
    * paste, column, pr, fold
* [File attributes](./file_attributes.md)
    * wc, du, df, touch, file
* [Miscellaneous](./miscellaneous.md) 
    * cut, tr, basename, dirname, xargs, seq

Rough drafts

* [Wheres my file](./wheres_my_file.md)
* [Whats the difference](./whats_the_difference.md)
* [Perl the swiss knife](./perl_the_swiss_knife.md)

Possible additions

* Parsers for html, xml, json, etc
* Renaming files
* other than coreutils like combine, datamash, etc

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## <a name="webinar-recordings"></a>Webinar recordings

Am new to video recording and there are few bumps. But I hope it would be helpful

* [Using the sort command](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLfAwwb5vGs)
* [Using uniq and comm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAb2kxA2TyQ)

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## <a name="exercises"></a>exercises

Check out [exercises](./exercises) directory to test yourself, right from the command line itself

As of now, only a few `grep` exercises has been added. Stay tuned for more

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## <a name="ebook"></a>ebook

Includes only completed chapters

* Read as ebook on [gitbook](https://learnbyexample.gitbooks.io/command-line-text-processing/content/)
* Download ebook for offline reading - [link](https://www.gitbook.com/book/learnbyexample/command-line-text-processing/details)

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## <a name="acknowledgements"></a>Acknowledgements

* [unix.stackexchange](https://unix.stackexchange.com/) and [stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/) - for getting answers to pertinent questions as well as sharpening skills by understanding and answering questions
* Forums like [Linux users](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/65688), [/r/commandline/](https://www.reddit.com/r/commandline/), [/r/linux/](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/), [devup](http://devup.in/) and others for valuable feedback (especially spotting mistakes) and encouragement

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## <a name="license"></a>License

This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)