Skill

Process Text & Create Links

February 2024 with John McGovern

Join John McGovern as we learn how to manipulate text and files in Linux. That might sound simplistic, but we'll be going over things like how to pass the output of one command as input to another, using regular expressions (regex) for advanced text searching, and many more techniques.

Recommended Experience

Familiarity with Linux CLI
Understanding of Linux file systems
Basic experience with shell scripting

Related certifications

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Related Job Functions

System administrator (Linux)
DevOps engineer
IT support specialist

A former CBT Nuggets learner, John used online IT training to help him build a diverse skill set, which includes networking and cybersecurity.

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Skill Outline

1. Introduction (0:23)
2. Appending Output and Standard Error (8:32)
3. Filtering with Grep (8:42)
4. Digging into Regular Expressions (6:53)
5. Head and Tail (4:52)
6. Creating Hard Links and Soft Links (10:22)

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