Stick To The Script

Question 1

Command to replace data for consistency
ie: 2 sets of datasets to be analyzed together

Answer 1

sed command (stream editor)
sed s/(old_value)/(replacement_value)

Question 2

Command for data extraction and reporting against streams of text

Answer 2

awk
awk -F(delimiter) ‘{print $(field_number)}’

-F is the option for doing field separation

Question 3

How do you declare a shell script using bash?

Answer 3

(hashtag)#!/bin/bash

Shebang-bin-bash

Question 4

Command to make a shell script executable

Answer 4

chmod +x

Question 5

Common text editors available within terminal

Answer 5

nano
vi
vim
emacs

Question 6

Syntax to Pass Arguments

Answer 6

$1(argument 1) $2 (argument 2)….
$0 is always used to print the filename of the script that is currently being executed