Linux tr Command Usage and Example

By Steven Vona

The tr command is designed to translate, squeeze and/or delete characters in standard input (stdin) and write them to standard output (stdout). It is often used on the command line for string manipulation in a pipeline.

In this article we will demonstrate the basic usage of the tr command with practical examples. We also take a VERY interesting and in-depth look at two oddly named options, complement and truncate.

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