Coursera-DE-C2-Shell-Piping

Learn to pipe in the shell

An exploration of the Linux Shell

Goal: Learn the basics of shell piping

Let's practice some common shell piping operations

Part 1: Count the files and directories in /usr/bin

1. Pipe the output of ls -l /usr/bin | wc -l to count the files and directories in /usr/bin
2. How many did you count?

Part 2: Create a new file with echo a

1. Run the following command "echo 'hi'"
2. Pipe this to a file by using "echo 'hi' > hello.txt"
3. Now run ls to verify it exists
4. count the words in the file cat hello.txt | wc -w
5. How many did you count?