pipe commands questions in Linux: 1. Write a piped set of commands using only ls

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pipe commands questions in Linux:

1. Write a piped set of commands using only ls -l and egrep to find the number of files in /dev that are character-type (character-type files have use the letter c for type instead of – for regular files or d for directories).

2. Write a piped set of commands to find all devices in /dev that are group writable but not group readable.

3. Write a piped set of commands to find all running processes whose owner is neither root nor Student.

4. Write a piped set of commands to find all files in /proc whose names are exactly 4-digit numbers (no 5-digit numbers).

Explanation / Answer

1) ls -l /dev | egrep "^c" | wc -l

Explanation:

Note: /dev is the location of special or device files in a machine.

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