Question: What Is Tr in Unix Command?
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What does tr command do in UNIX?

The tr command in UNIX is a command line utility for translating or deleting characters. It supports a range of transformations including uppercase to lowercase, squeezing repeating characters, deleting specific characters and basic find and replace. It can be used with UNIX pipes to support more complex translation.

What is tr command in Linux?

tr is short for “translate”. It is a member of the GNU coreutils package. Therefore, it’s available in all Linux distros. The tr command reads a byte stream from standard input (stdin), translates or deletes characters, then writes the result to the standard output (stdout).

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