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# Useful Linux text utilities

A list of the most useful GNU coreutil tools, and other text utilities that are handy in hacking

* cat
* csplit / split
* cut
* head
* tail
* join
* nl
* od
* fmt
* paste
* sort
* uniq
* comm
* tr
* pr
* uniq
* wc
* seq
* tee
* grep
* yes
* awk
* sed
* jq
* base64
* shuf
* more / less
* column
* replace
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