Linux/Unix Text Processing

If your computer experience so far has been using Windows, you're probably accustomed to proprietary data formats that force you to use a vendor product to read and manipulate your data. In the world of Linux and Unix, most data file formats are industry standards with most being plain text. This allows you to read and manipulate your data with the programs and tools of your choice.

Most Linux and Unix systems are equipped with a full set of tools for working with plain text data. This course will teach you how to use most of these tools.

Note that this course covers the awk program in an introductory way. ALC's Intro To Awk course covers it in far more detail.

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with Linux or Unix and be comfortable working at a command line. If you've never used a text editor before, we'll teach you how to use a simple one. If you have a favorite text editor, you're welcome to use it in this course.