B.5. Text Editing and Processing Use the following tools to edit, convert, and otherwise manipulate text: awk Pattern-matching language for textual database files. cut Tool that selects columns for display. emacs GNU Emacs. ex Line editor underlying vi. fmt Produces roughly uniform line length. groff Document formatting system that can render troff typesetting macros to PostScript, HTML, and other formats. join Merges different columns into a database. nano Simple text editor that's a clone of the pico editor . paste Merges columns or switches their order. pico Symbolic link to nano. sed Stream editor. texi2html Converts Texinfo to HTML. tr Command that substitutes or deletes characters. vim Visual text editor. |