In this hands-on lab, we will use piping and redirection to populate a file with the specific results of commands. Understanding piping and redirection takes practice, and in this lab you will practice both to populate a file using redirection with data process with piping. By the end of this lab, you should be comfortable piping output from one command to another, and redirecting the output to a file.
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Determine the Number of Files and Folders in `/usr/share`
- Run the following commands:
ls /usr/share/ | wc -lls /usr/share/ | wc -l > ~/value.txt
- Run the following commands:
- Determine the Number of Unpacked Entries in `/var/log/dpkg.log`
- Run the following commands:
cat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep unpacked | wc -lcat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep unpacked | wc -l >> ~/value.txt
- Run the following commands:
- Determine the Total Number of Entries in `/var/log/dpkg.log`
- Run the following commands:
cat /var/log/dpkg.log | wc -lcat /var/log/dpkg.log | wc -l >> ~/value.txt
- Run the following commands:
