COMP 2400 Software Tools

Goals: understand various filters in UNIX:

• $ wc filename //word count
• $ sort //sorts, use it with who and pipe
• $ cut // extracts specific columns
• $ colrm
• $ grep pattern filename(s)// search patterns

Useful Links:

• vi quick reference quide
• Basic UNIX quide (~0.5MB)
• Advanced UNIX quide (~1MB)
• Bourne Shell quide

Online Tutorial:

• UNIX Tutorial for Beginners