Command Piping and Redirection

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Command Piping and Redirection

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.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 04, 2025

Duration

45m

Challenge

Determine the Number of Files and Folders in `/usr/share`
1. Run the following commands:
```
ls /usr/share/ | wc -l
```
```
ls /usr/share/ | wc -l > ~/value.txt
```

Challenge

Determine the Number of Unpacked Entries in `/var/log/dpkg.log`

Run the following commands:

cat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep unpacked | wc -l

cat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep unpacked | wc -l >> ~/value.txt

Challenge

Determine the Total Number of Entries in `/var/log/dpkg.log`
1. Run the following commands:
```
cat /var/log/dpkg.log | wc -l
```
```
cat /var/log/dpkg.log | wc -l >> ~/value.txt
```

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