Utilities That Display and Manipulate Files

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aspell

Checks a file for spelling errors page 589

bzip2

Compresses or decompresses files page 596

cat

Joins and displays files page 599

cmp

Compares two files page 610

comm

Compares sorted files page 612

cp

Copies files page 616

cpio

Creates an archive or restores files from an archive page 619

cut

Selects characters or fields from input lines page 627

dd

Converts and copies a file page 633

diff

Displays the differences between two files page 638

find

Finds files based on criteria page 655

fmt

Formats text very simply page 664

gawk

Searches for and processes patterns in a file page 527

grep

Searches for a pattern in files page 683

gzip

Compresses or decompresses files page 688

head

Displays the beginning of a file page 691

less

Displays text files, one screen at a time page 697

ln

Makes a link to a file page 702

lpr

Sends files to printers page 705

ls

Displays information about one or more files page 708

man

Displays documentation for commands page 721

mkdir

Creates a directory page 724

mv

Renames or moves a file page 732

od

Dumps the contents of a file page 737

paste

Joins corresponding lines from files page 742

pr

Paginates files for printing page 744

rm

Removes a file (deletes a link) page 753

rmdir

Removes a directory page 755

sed

Edits a file (not interactively) page 563

sort

Sorts and/or merges files page 762

split

Divides a file into sections page 771

strings

Displays strings of printable characters page 777

tail

Displays the last part (tail) of a file page 783

tar

Stores or retrieves files to/from an archive file page 786

touch

Changes a file's access and/or modification time page 801

uniq

Displays unique lines page 812

wc

Displays the number of lines, words, and bytes page 816


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    A Practical Guide to LinuxR Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
    A Practical Guide to LinuxR Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
    ISBN: 131478230
    EAN: N/A
    Year: 2005
    Pages: 213

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