What does `tr` do? Flags & examples explained

tr examples, explained

$ tr -d '\n'

trtranslate or delete characters
-ddelete the given characters
\nan argument passed to the command

$ tr -s ' '

trtranslate or delete characters
-ssqueeze repeats of the given characters into one
an argument passed to the command

tr flags & options

-d	delete the given characters
-s	squeeze repeats of the given characters into one
-c	use the complement of the given set

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