Sorting and cutting text: sort, uniq, cut, tr, wc, paste, column

40 min Rocky Linux 9

Objective

Turn a raw text file (a log, a till export, a CSV file) into an answer: how many lines, which values, which ones come up most often. You will combine in pipes (lesson 1.8) the small cutting and sorting tools that every administrator uses every day.

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