What is LINUX/UNIX filter? Name five and give examples of their use.

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The LINUX and UNIX commands, called filters, read their input from stdin, process it in some fashion, and send it to stdout. Pipes and filters are frequently used in LINUX/UNIX to perform complicated tasks that cannot be performed with a single command. Some commonly used filters are grep, gunzip, sort, tr, and uniq. See the usage of these filters throughout this and other chapters of the book.

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A. float B. division C. box D. clear

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A. body B. external links C. head section D. internal links

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