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Tutorial9: Regular Expressions

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INVESTIGATION 3: OTHER COMMANDS USING REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
# Issue the following Linux command to view the contents of the '''large-file.txt''':<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">less large-file.txt</span><br><br>
#We want to search for a pattern '''uli101''' within this text file.<br>Type the following regular expression and press ENTER:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">/uli101</span><br><br>You should see the pattern "uli101" throughout the text file.<br><br>
# Press the letter <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">q</span> to exit the '''moreless''' command.<br><br>
# Try the same search techniques with the '''more''' command.<br><br>Does it work the same for the ''less'' command?<br><br>[[Image:other-re-3.png|thumb|right|300px|Entering '''/uli101''' in the '''vi''' command can search for the string "'''uli101'''".]]Let's learn how to perform a simple '''search and replace''' within the '''vi''' utility<br>by using regular expressions.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command to edit the '''large-file.txt''' file:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">vi large-file.txt</span><br><br>Let's first perform a simple search within this text file.<br><br>
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