Regular Expressions and Text Processing


Overview/Description
To search text files using regular expressions and make simple changes

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the basic skills required as a Linux system administrator.

Prerequisites
General knowledge of computers and computer operating systems ideally encompassing Unix knowledge because of the similarity to Linux.

Expected Duration
180 Minutes

Objectives:

Regular Expressions and Text Processing

  • recognize how metacharacters are used in both filename generation and regular expressions.
  • search files using the grep command family.
  • select the sed commands that search through files and make simple changes.
  • search and edits files with grep and sed.
  • recognize the key functionality provided by Linux text-processing utilities.
  • select the Linux commands used to filter text.
  • select vi commands for editing text.
  • select the vi commands used to search and replace text.
  • select the vi commands to manipulate text.

  • Course Number: 205864_eng