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Grep and Sort

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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:

1. Print the number of people that are in the /etc/passwd file with the name of George

2. Sort by name and print the "who" list using pipes to link the commands.

2. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:

grep, sort

3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):

1.

Code:

grep -cw "George" /etc/passwd

2. Any advice for this? I am not sure what to do, except use something like

Code:

sort -n who

, but that does not work.

4. Complete Name of School (University), City (State), Country, Name of Professor, and Course Number (Link to Course):

Brookdale Community College - Lincroft, New Jersey - United States - Dr. Rick Bournique- COMP 145

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tomoyo-sortpolicy

TOMOYO-SORTPOLICY(8)					  System Administration Utilities				      TOMOYO-SORTPOLICY(8)

NAME

       tomoyo-sortpolicy - domain policy sorting utility for TOMOYO Linux

SYNOPSIS

       tomoyo-sortpolicy

DESCRIPTION

       This program reads domain policy from standard input and send the sorted contents to standard output. This is similar to sort(1), except
       that sorting is done per domain.

       You can pass the content of /etc/tomoyo/domain_policy.conf or /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/domain_policy using redirection or pipes to the
       standard input of this program.

EXAMPLES

       Sort domain policy
	     tomoyo-sortpolicy < /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/domain_policy

BUGS

       If you find any bugs, send an email to <tomoyo-users-en@lists.sourceforge.jp>.

AUTHORS

       Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
	   Main author.

       Jamie Nguyen <jamie@tomoyolinux.co.uk>
	   Documentation and website.

SEE ALSO

       sort(1), tomoyo-selectpolicy(8)

       See <http://tomoyo.sourceforge.jp> for more information.

tomoyo-tools 2.5.0						    2012-04-14						      TOMOYO-SORTPOLICY(8)