C.5 Text Editing and Processing

You can use the following tools to edit, convert, and otherwise manipulate text.

awk

Pattern-matching language for textual database files.

cut

Tool that selects columns for display.

emacs

GNU Emacs.

ex

Line editor underlying vi .

fmt

Produces roughly uniform line length.

groff

Document formatting system that can render troff typesetting macros to PostScript, HTML, and other formats.

join

Merges different columns into a database.

paste

Merges columns or switches their order.

pico

Simple text editor designed for use with the Pine mailer. Note that the version of pine that ships with Mac OS X is much older than the current release.

sed

Stream editor.

texi2html

Converts Texinfo to HTML.

tr

Command that substitutes or deletes characters .

vim

Visual text editor.