Bash Shell Scripting - Using "I" (pipe) - sort & uniq Commands

The video tutorial demonstrates how to use the pipe symbol and various Linux commands to process files. It presents a scenario where two files contain animal names written by David and Kevin in a competition. The tutorial explains how to count lines using the WC command, identify duplicates with sort and unique commands, and determine the true winner by counting unique animal names. The video concludes by emphasizing the application of these techniques to solve real-time problems.

What is the purpose of the pipe symbol in Linux commands?

• To create a new file

• To delete a file

• To combine two commands

• To connect two computers

Which command is used to count the number of lines in a file?

• wc -l

• cat

• ls -l

• grep

What was the initial conclusion about the winner based on line count?

• David was the winner

• The winner was not determined

• Kevin was the winner

• It was a tie

Which command helps in sorting the contents of a file?

• uniq

• sort

• grep

• awk

What does the 'uniq' command do?

• Sorts the file content

• Displays the file content

• Removes duplicate lines

• Counts the number of lines

After removing duplicates, who had more unique animal names?

• It was a tie

• David

• Neither had unique names

• Kevin

Which command combination was used to find the count of unique animals?

• grep | sort | uniq

• sort | wc -l

• uniq | wc -l

• sort | uniq | wc -l