All I've had success with has been creating a students file using cut and paste by right clicking. Do I use the cat or awk command for the rest of question A.)? :
A.) Create this sample file, you can call it student grades
John Doe 3.54 ECE
James Davis 3.71 ECE
Al Davis 2.63 CS
Ahmad Rashid 3.74 MBA
Sam Chu 3.68 ECE
Arun Roy 3.06 SS
Rick Marsh 2.34 CS
James Adam 2.77 CS
Art Pohm 4.00 ECE
John Clark 2.68 ECE
Nabeel Ali 3.56 EE
Tom Nelson 3.81 ECE
Pat King 2.77 SS
Jake Zulu 3.00 CS
John Lee 2.64 EE
Sunil Raj 3.36 ECE
Charles Right 3.31 EECS
Diane Rover 3.87 ECE
Aziz Inan 3.75 EECS
Lu John 3.06 CS
Lee Chow 3.74 EE
Adam Giles 2.54 SS
Andy John 3.98 EECS
The file above contains student records. Use a command line to display the records for the top five students in descending (sorted) order, i.e., with the highest GPA student’s record displayed first. Show your session.
Use a command line to display the records for the top five students in descending (sorted) order, i.e., with the highest GPA student’s record displayed first. Show your session.
B.) How many soft links are there in the /usr directory. Show the command and its output.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
