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→INVESTIGATION 3: OTHER COMMANDS THAT USE REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
# Issue the following Linux command to download another data file called '''large-file.txt''':<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">wget <nowiki>https://ict.senecacollege.ca/~murray.saul/uli101/large-file.txt</nowiki></span><br><br>
# View the contents of the '''large-file.txt''' file using the '''more''' command and quickly view the contents of this file.<br><br>
# Issue the following linux Linux command to view the contents of the '''textfile1.txt''' (downloaded in a previous section):<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">more textfile1.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>What did you notice?<br><br>
#Search for the next occurrence of the pattern '''uli101''' by '''re-typing'''<br>the following regular expression and pressing ENTER:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">/uli101</span><br><br>you should now see the '''second occurrence''' of this pattern within the text file.<br><br>
