Παράδειγμα:
athena:~> grep Giorg names
Giorgos Tsolakakis
Giorgos Kabourakis
Giorgos Zaimis
Giorgos Margaronis
Limperis Giorgos         
athena:~> tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' <names 
HEALTH INSTITUTE
RAFAIL MELAS
MANOLIS GERASIMOU
ARGIRIOS ALEXOPOULOS
ANTONIS ANAGNOSTOU
VAGELIS MELETIOU
KOSTAS TSESMELIS
IOANNIS VERGIS
ATHANASIOS PANOUSOS
NIKOLAS TZANETIS         
...
athena:~> fmt names | head
Health Institute Rafail Melas Manolis Gerasimou Argirios Alexopoulos
Antonis Anagnostou Vagelis Meletiou Kostas Tsesmelis Ioannis Vergis
Athanasios Panousos Nikolas Tzanetis Maria Antoniou Nikos Michail
Ioannis Xouvardas Giorgos Tsolakakis Kostantina Tzoula Yannis Asikoglou
Ioannis Soutos Manolis Pirgiotis Dimitris Karakostas Aristidis Kalafatis
Ioannis Diakostamatis Emmanouil Tjogias Aggelos Vouros Stamatis Skoutas
Aegean Health Institute Dimitrios Rizakis Aristea Mela Alexandros
Stratinakis Vaggelis Xatzikostas Panagiotis Charalampopoulos Efi Vergi
Giorgos Kabourakis Giorgos Zaimis Konstantinos Kotis Antonis Margaros  
...
athena:~> wc names
    111     227    2023 names
athena:~> rev names | head
etutitsnI htlaeH
saleM liafaR
uomisareG silonaM
soluopoxelA soirigrA
uotsonganA sinotnA
uoiteleM silegaV
silemsesT satsoK
sigreV sinnaoI
sosuonaP soisanahtA
sitenazT salokiN                    
...
Παράδειγμα:
athena:~> grep 'abo' words ... sabotage seaboard taboo thereabouts turnabout vagabond whereabout ... athena:~> grep '^abo' words aboard abode abolish abolition abominable abominate aboriginal athena:~> grep bent words absorbent bent benthic debenture incumbent recumbent athena:~> grep 'bent$' words absorbent bent incumbent recumbent athena:~> grep -v '[AEIOUYaeiouy]' words ... MD MN MPH Mr Mrs Ms m's Mt n NBC ... athena:~> egrep '(.)(.)(.)\3\2\1' words braggart Brenner collocation diffident dissident glossolalia grammar grammarian installation staccato suffuse
Παράδειγμα:
athena:~> ls -l | tee foo total 251 -rw-r--r-- 1 dspin users 2847 Oct 29 16:11 afm -rw-r--r-- 1 dspin users 627 Oct 29 19:10 bar1 drwxr-xr-x 2 dspin users 1024 Feb 26 1997 bin/ -rw------- 1 dspin users 29793 Jun 21 20:57 mbox -rwxr-xr-x 1 dspin users 100 Oct 29 17:42 myspell* -rw-r--r-- 1 dspin users 2023 Oct 29 16:07 names -rw-r--r-- 1 dspin users 2741 Oct 29 16:11 phones -rw-r--r-- 1 dspin users 2741 Oct 29 18:45 phones.sorted -rw-rw-r-- 1 dspin users 995 Mar 12 1997 submit -rw-r--r-- 1 dspin users 272 Oct 29 19:44 t.c -r--r--r-- 1 dspin users 547 Oct 29 19:44 t.c,v -rw-r--r-- 1 dspin users 206662 Oct 22 15:08 words athena:~> head -2 foo total 251 -rw-r--r-- 1 dspin users 2847 Oct 29 16:11 afm athena:~> tail -2 foo -r--r--r-- 1 dspin users 547 Oct 29 19:44 t.c,v -rw-r--r-- 1 dspin users 206662 Oct 22 15:08 words