Regular expressions are extremely useful in extracting information from text such as code, log files, spreadsheets, or even documents. As an unix administrator we do regularly use the regex to perform various problem diagnosis , automation or remediation tasks. And it is almost impossible to imagine the life of unixadmin without RegEx usage. This quick virtual lab session will give you the basic usage knowledge of regular expressions with grep, which is a  essential skill required for unix system administrators.

Below is the Learning Map, that makes you comfortable with Grep  and RegEx ( i.e. Regular Expressions) within a day:

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A year is nearing to end. The year 2012  left me with both tearful and smiling memories.And during all the times,this small tiny site kept me moving in life with a very calm and occupied mind. This site allowed me to interact with brilliant minds from all over the globe, and it is a wonderful learning for me personally.And all this happened just because of you and your support .  Thank you.

I will be going on a family vacation for next two weeks and will return back

to the site, with some exciting news and knowledge, in year 2013.

This is one of the best inspirational video I have ever seen about entrepreneurship, by Intel.

And it is good , occasionally, to take our mind to out of box ideas. 

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 Happy Unix Administration learning.

I am very much sure that every  system administrator  will have some favorite and handy one-liner commands that he/she use more frequently in daily SA life. we are more curious to learn the commands that you use every day.

Just let us know about your top one liners through the comments…..