Wednesday 4 January 2012

Text processing and scripting command for UNIX


Text Processing and Scripting Commands
Command
Description
awk
The awk general-purpose text processing language
basename
Strips extensions and directories from filenames
cat
Displays and concatenates files
cmp
Compares binary files
cut
Extracts columns of lines
diff
Compares text files
dirname
Extracts the directory from a filename
echo
Prints text
ed
A classic line-based text editor
egrep
Extended grep
ex
A newer line-based text editor
expr
Evaluates a mathematical expression
false
Returns a nonzero exit code
fmt
Breaks long lines and reformats text
grep
Searches for lines matching a regular expression
groff
A multi-purpose typesetting utility
head
Displays the first lines of a file
ispell
A spelling checker
less
Displays a text file
more
Displays a text file
nroff
Formats roff documents for text display
patch
Incorporates changes into files; the opposite of diff
perl
A general-purpose scripting language
sed
A stream editor
sort
Sorts lines in a file
split
Chops a file into pieces
tail
Displays the last lines of a file
tee
Duplicates a file stream
test
([) Checks a condition
tr
Translates (or substitutes) characters
true
Returns an exit code of 0 (true)
uniq
Removes duplicate adjacent lines
vi
A visual full-screen editor
wc
Counts words, lines, and characters in a file
xargs
Executes a command repeatedly with arguments from the input stream

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