Operating Systems: Grep/Sed/Awk Practice Problems

The hints given below are not the only way to solve the problem. Please try to find alternative solutions, as that will help expand your knowledge of the Linux commands. The expected results are based on the test data files below:
# Problem Hints Expected Result
1. Find all the usernames that logged in from "economica" on a Sunday Use "last" to find the last logins, and then search for entries containing "economica" and "Sun". Extract the first column, and using "sort" and "uniq" display only distinct usernames.
boir1417
giie1411
piir1546
vlir1593
2. Find all the users that logged into the system after 11PM Use "last" to get the data. Extract the username and the login time columns. Replace ";" with space int he result, then print only the usernames that appear on lines with the middle field 23 or greater. Use the "head" command to eliminate the last line which is not really part of the data. Use "sort" and "uniq" to show only distinct user names.
piir1546
srir1568
tnir1590
vlir1593
3. Display the full names of the users having a username that starts with "m" and with a user ID divisible by 7. Use /etc/passwd. Search for line starting with "m", the display the fifth column of the lines that have the third field divisible by 7
Malinescu Amalia-Greta
Martinescu Bogdan
Malinescu Bianca-Liliana
Malinescu Diana-Flavia
Malinescu Elena-Ioana
Martinescu Laurentiu
4. Display all the distinct TTYs used by user root. Use command "ps -ef" to get the data. Search for lines starting with "root" and display their sisth field. Use "sort" and "uniq" to display the distinct value
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pts/2
tty1
tty2
tty3
tty4
tty5
tty6
5. Find the full names of all the users whose username ends in 88 Use /etc/passed. Search for the required entries, then extract the fifth column only.
Lobodescu Amalia-Monica
Leopardescu Dan
6. Find all users whose user ID has three digits and starts with 23 Use /etc/passwd. Search for the requried entries and then display the fifth column only. Rely on the structure of the file and possibly also on the length of the usernames
Malinescu Elena-Greta
Malinescu Elena-Ioana
Malinescu Elena-Liliana
Malinescu Elena-Monica
7. Find all usersnames starting with "t" that logged on "pts/9" Use the command "last". Search by the first and second fields, then extract just the first. Use the commands "sort" and "uniq" to display only distinct usernames
tmir1388
toie1637
toir1583
8. Find all the distinct usernames starting with "r" that are currently running programs, and display them duplicating every vowel Use the command "ps -ef". Search for lines starting with "r" then use "sort" and "uniq" to remove duplicates. Search/replace the resutl duplicating every vowel
raarees
roooot
rpc
rpcuuseer
rtkiit
9. Display all the distinct lines left in /etc/passwd after deleting all letter and digits and spaces. Search replace the required characters. User "sort" and "uniq" to display to distinct lines.
::::-:////://
:::::////://
10. Display all the distinct lines left in /etc/passwd after deleting all characters except "r". Search replace the required characters. User "sort" and "uniq" to display to distinct lines.
r
rr
rrr
rrrr
11. Calculate the average of the PIDs of the processes currently running in the system. Use command "ps -ef". Calculate the sum of the second field values and divede by the number of records
8373.95