File manipulation tools (2)

• Comparing two files:

  • text / ASCII files

$ diff text1 text2

• binary files

$ cmp file1 file2

• sorting a file:

example using “:” as a delimiter, ignoring case, 2 keys

$ sort -t: -f +0 -1 /etc/passwd

• splitting, storing, compressing a file:

split , csplit , tar , gzip

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