Junior Level LPIC-1 Exam 101: Working With Text Files

Overview/Description
Regular expressions in Linux provide the means to search for and match strings of text in text files. sed is a Linux utility for working with text files non-interactively, and vi is a utility for working with text files interactively. This course covers creating and working with regular expressions, and also working with the text utilities sed and vi. This course is part of a series that prepares the learner for CompTIA Linux+ exam LX0-101 and Linux Professional Institute (LPI) LPIC-1 Junior Level Administrator exam 101.

Target Audience
Administrators who are rolling out and supporting Linux in the enterprise; individuals seeking internationally recognized, distribution-neutral Linux certification

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Junior Level LPIC-1 Exam 101: Working With Text Files

recognize metacharacters commonly used in pattern matching in basic regular expressions

recognize metacharacters commonly used in pattern matching in extended regular expressions

perform a search with grep

recognize how to use the sed command

use the grep command

use the sed command

recognize how to open a file in vi

describe commands that can be used in vi

recognize how to navigate in vi

recognize how to perform basic editing tasks in vi

edit a text file in vi