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SLE201v15 Lab Exercise 3.3

This document describes an exercise in redirecting command output and piping commands together. It has the user redirect command output to files to create, overwrite, and append to files. It also has the user pipe command output to count lines, number lines, prepare files for printing, and view identical output on the console and save to a file simultaneously. The goal is to practice common Linux utilities like ls, cat, wc, nl, pr, tee, and less while manipulating file input and output.

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SLE201v15 Lab Exercise 3.3

This document describes an exercise in redirecting command output and piping commands together. It has the user redirect command output to files to create, overwrite, and append to files. It also has the user pipe command output to count lines, number lines, prepare files for printing, and view identical output on the console and save to a file simultaneously. The goal is to practice common Linux utilities like ls, cat, wc, nl, pr, tee, and less while manipulating file input and output.

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Administration

3- 3 Use Piping and Redirection

Description:

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In this exercise, you redirect the output of commands into files and pipe the output of

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commands to other commands.

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Task 1: Open a terminal session

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1. On server2, as the tux user, open a terminal by clicking on the Activities menu and
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terminal

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When the Terminal icon appears, click on it to start a terminal session
Task 2: Use Redirection to Create a File
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1. Redirect the output of a command to a file on disk with:
ls /etc > dir-listing.txt
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2. Count the number of lines in the resulting file with:


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wc -l dir-listing.txt
Note the number of lines indicated for later reference.
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Task 3: Use Redirection to Overwrite a File


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1. Redirect the output of a command to a file on disk with:


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ls ~ > dir-listing.txt
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2. Count the number of lines in the resulting file with:


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wc -l dir-listing.txt
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Compare this number of lines with the previous steps number, indicating the file was
overwritten by the contents of your home directory.
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Task 4: Use Redirection to Append to a File


1. Redirect the output of a command to a file on disk with:
ls ~ >> dir-listing.txt
2. Count the number of lines in the resulting file with:
wc -l dir-listing.txt
Compare this number of lines with the previous steps number, the file has doubled in
size, showing that the output was appended to the file.

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Task 5: Copy and Count the Lines in a File
1. Copy a sample text file from the documentation directories with:
cp /usr/share/doc/packages/vim/README.txt vim-readme.txt
2. Count the number of lines in the resulting file with:
wc -l vim-readme.txt
The file should contain 133 lines of content.

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Task 6: Number the Lines in a File

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nl vim-readme.txt

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You will see the output indicates that 88 lines were numbered, leaving blank lines

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unnumbered.
2. Number all lines of a file with:

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You will see the output indicates that all 133 lines were numbered, including lines with
no content.
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Task 7: Prepare a File for Printing
1. Keeping in mind the original number of lines in the file, add page numbers, line widths
and double-spacing to the file with:
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pr -d vim-readme.txt | wc -l
You will observe that the file is considerably lengthened by the formatting added to it by
the command.
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Task 8: Using Pipes and Redirection Together


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1. Prepare a raw text file on disk for printing and display the identical output on the console
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cat vim-readme.txt | nl -ba | pr | tee vim-readme.2print | less


2. Navigate to the bottom of the output in less with:
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Note the number of lines in the output, for comparison in the next step.
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3. Quit the less command with:


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4. Verify the number of lines of content in the vim-readme.2print file with:
wc -l vim-readme.2print
The number of lines indicated should match the number of lines in the less command’s
output, showing the exact output was shown on screen and committed to disk.
5. Close the terminal window

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Summary:
In this exercise, you redirected the output of a command.

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(End of Exercise)

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