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→INVESTIGATION 1: BASICS OF REDIRECTION
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# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">tr 'a-z' 'A-Z' < data.txt</span><br><br>What this command do?<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">tr 'a-z' 'A-Z' < data.txt > output.txt</span><br><br>What this command do? What are the contents of the file output.txt?<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">tr 'a-z' 'A-Z' > output.txt < data.txt</span><br><br>What this command do? Is there any difference in terms of this command and the previous command issued?<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">tr 'a-z' 'A-Z' >> output.txt < data.txt</span><br><br>What happens to the content of the output.txt file? Why?<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">tail -2 < data.txt > output.txt</span><br><br>What does this command do? Check the contents of the '''output.txt''' file to confirm.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">tail -2 > output2.txt < data.txt </span><br><br>Why does this command render the same results as the previous command?<br>Try explaining how the command works in terms of '''stdin''' and then '''stdout'''.<br><br>
