Text Processing

Articles in Text Processing

• How to process text with patterns → awk

  Master AWK text processing with patterns. Learn commands, scripts, and advanced techniques for efficient data manipulation, field processing, and pattern matching.

• How to edit text streams → sed

  Master sed command for text stream editing. Learn syntax, patterns, substitutions, and advanced techniques with practical examples for efficient text processing.

• How to translate or replace characters → tr

  Master the tr command for character translation and replacement in Linux/Unix. Complete guide with examples, syntax, use cases, and troubleshooting tips.

• How to search text with fixed string → fgrep

  Learn how to use fgrep command for fast fixed string searches in text files. Complete guide with examples, syntax, options, and troubleshooting tips for beginners.

• How to search text with extended regex → egrep

  Master egrep command for advanced text searching with extended regex patterns. Complete guide with examples, syntax, options, and troubleshooting tips for efficient text processing.

• How to search text with regex → grep

  Master text searching with grep and regex patterns. Complete guide with examples, advanced techniques, troubleshooting tips, and best practices for efficient text processing.

• How to apply a patch file → patch

  Learn how to apply patch files using the patch command in Linux/Unix. Complete guide with examples, troubleshooting, and best practices for developers and system administrators.

• How to show differences between files → diff

  Master the diff command to compare files and directories. Learn syntax, options, output formats, and advanced techniques for effective file comparison and analysis.

• How to compare two binary files → cmp

  Learn how to compare binary files using the cmp command in Linux/Unix. Complete guide with examples, options, troubleshooting, and best practices for file comparison.

• How to compare sorted files → comm

  Learn how to use the comm command to compare sorted files in Linux/Unix. Complete guide with examples, options, and practical use cases for file comparison tasks.

• How to join files by a common field → join

  Learn how to join files by common fields using various tools and methods. Complete guide with examples, troubleshooting, and best practices for data merging.

• How to split a file → split

  Learn how to split files using the Linux split command. Complete guide with examples, options, and troubleshooting for text and binary file splitting.

• How to cut fields or columns → cut

  Learn how to use the cut command to extract fields and columns from text files. Complete guide with syntax, examples, and advanced techniques for data processing.

• How to remove duplicate lines → uniq

  Learn how to remove duplicate lines using the uniq command in Linux/Unix. Complete guide with examples, options, troubleshooting, and best practices for beginners.

• How to sort lines in a file → sort

  Master the Linux sort command to efficiently organize file content. Learn syntax, options, practical examples, and advanced techniques for sorting text files.

• How to count words, lines, and bytes → wc

  Master the wc command to count words, lines, and bytes in files and text streams. Complete guide with examples, options, and practical use cases for beginners and pros.