Searching and Sorting
You can use the following tools to search and sort files.
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egrep Extended version of
grep.-
fgrep Searches files for literal words.
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find Searches the system for filenames.
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grep Searches files for text patterns.
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locate Faster version of
find; however, it depends on a database that is periodically updated by the weeklycronjob in/etc/weekly. If the database is out of date,findis more accurate.-
sort Sorts a file (use -
nfor numeric sorting,-uto eliminate duplicates).-
strings Searches binary files for text patterns.
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uniq Reports or filters duplicate lines in a file.
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zgrep Searches compressed files for text patterns.
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