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###Yes Often people use bash when they actually mean command-line – I bet that's what terdon had in mind when he asked about it.

Unless OP explicitly states they need a pure bash solution, answers using external tools like awk, sed and also python are welcome and regularly accepted in the end. And even then: Answers are not for OP alone, but for everybody with the same question. If something else than pure bash is in any way useful to solve the problem. then it's suitable for an answer.

After all, there are few who actually know what is a bash builtin and what's not – a regular Ubuntu user deliberately doesn't have to care about things like that. (There's type to determine that, compare the output of type -a read with that of type -a ls.)

By the way, of the three answers there only one uses bash builtins, and one of the others is by a moderator (watch out for the diamond symbol ♦) – if in doubt, do what terdon ♦ or any other moderator does.

Yes

Often people use bash when they actually mean command-line – I bet that's what terdon had in mind when he asked about it.

Unless OP explicitly states they need a pure bash solution, answers using external tools like awk, sed and also python are welcome and regularly accepted in the end. And even then: Answers are not for OP alone, but for everybody with the same question. If something else than pure bash is in any way useful to solve the problem. then it's suitable for an answer.

After all, there are few who actually know what is a bash builtin and what's not – a regular Ubuntu user deliberately doesn't have to care about things like that. (There's type to determine that, compare the output of type -a read with that of type -a ls.)

By the way, of the three answers there only one uses bash builtins, and one of the others is by a moderator (watch out for the diamond symbol ♦) – if in doubt, do what terdon ♦ or any other moderator does.

Yes! Often people use bash when they actually mean command-line – I bet that's what terdon had in mind when he asked about it. Unless OP explicitly states they need a pure bash solution, answers using external tools like awk, sed and also python are welcome and regularly accepted in the end – and even then: Answers are not for OP alone, but for everybody with the same question. If something else than pure bash is in any way useful to solve the problem it's suitable for an answer. After all, there are few who actually know what is a bash builtin and what's not – a regular Ubuntu user deliberately doesn't have to care about things like that.

By the way, of the three answers there only one uses bash builtins, and one of the others is by a moderator (watch out for the diamond symbol ♦) – if in doubt, do what terdon ♦ or any other moderator does.

###Yes Often people use bash when they actually mean command-line – I bet that's what terdon had in mind when he asked about it. 

Unless OP explicitly states they need a pure bash solution, answers using external tools like awk, sed and also python are welcome and regularly accepted in the end. And even then: Answers are not for OP alone, but for everybody with the same question. If something else than pure bash is in any way useful to solve the problem. then it's suitable for an answer. 

After all, there are few who actually know what is a bash builtin and what's not – a regular Ubuntu user deliberately doesn't have to care about things like that. (There's type to determine that, compare the output of type -a read with that of type -a ls.)

By the way, of the three answers there only one uses bash builtins, and one of the others is by a moderator (watch out for the diamond symbol ♦) – if in doubt, do what terdon ♦ or any other moderator does.

Yes! Often people use bash when they actually mean command-line – I bet that's what terdon had in mind when he asked about it. Unless OP explicitly states they need a pure bash solution, answers using external tools like awk, sed and also python are welcome and regularly accepted in the end. After all, there are few who actually know what is a bash builtin and what's not – a regular Ubuntu user doesn't have to care about things like that.

By the way, of the three answers there only one uses bash builtins, and one of the others is by a moderator (watch out for the diamond symbol ♦) – if in doubt, do what terdon ♦ does.

Yes! Often people use bash when they actually mean command-line – I bet that's what terdon had in mind when he asked about it. Unless OP explicitly states they need a pure bash solution, answers using external tools like awk, sed and also python are welcome and regularly accepted in the end – and even then: Answers are not for OP alone, but for everybody with the same question. If something else than pure bash is in any way useful to solve the problem it's suitable for an answer. After all, there are few who actually know what is a bash builtin and what's not – a regular Ubuntu user deliberately doesn't have to care about things like that.

By the way, of the three answers there only one uses bash builtins, and one of the others is by a moderator (watch out for the diamond symbol ♦) – if in doubt, do what terdon ♦ or any other moderator does.