In this article, we will learn how to find all files in a directory based on wildcard matching in Linux. Table Of Contents Introduction Finding files based on wildcard matching Example 1: Search for a file with specific Filename Example 2: Search for a file with specific pattern Example 3: Search for a file with […]
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While managing the linux servers we need to use the find command for finding files and directories based on our use case. In this article we want to learn about how to exclude a directory or multiple directories while using find command. Table Of Contents Using the prune option in find command Using “! -path”
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In this article, we will learn how to compare two folders in Linux and find differences. Table Of Contents Using the diff command Using the meld tool Summary Using the diff command The diff is one of the most widely used Linux command to compare contents of two files. It compares the contents of the
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We often come across a requirement to replace a string in a set of files. If we are using a windows environment, then doing it would be easy. Linux also provides some commands to search for a string in a file and replace all of them at once. We will look at multiple options that
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In this article, we will learn to count files in a directory and in its sub directories recursively in Linux. Table Of Contents Introduction Using tree command Using the find and wc command Using locate command: Using rsync command Summary: Introduction Sometimes we come across a requirement to find the count of all files in
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In this article, we will discuss different ways to find files that contain a specific text. When we want to find the files containing specific text in our Linux system instead of searching for every directory, we can achieve this with the grep command. This article will guide you on how to find the files
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In this article, we will learn about different ways to find the latest modified files in a folder and its subfolders in Linux. Table Of Contents Option 1 : Using ‘-mtime’ along with find command Option 2 : Using ‘-newermt’ along with find command Option 3 : Using ‘-mmin’ along with find command Summary: We
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In this article, we will discuss different ways to download a file from a server using SSH. Table Of Contents Introduction Download a file from a server using SCP command: Examples: Download all files of a directory from a server using SCP command Download a file from a server using SFTP command: Summary: Introduction While
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In this article, we will discuss how to print a directory structure like a tree in Linux. Table Of Contents Introduction Using tree command: Print all files and directories like tree Print Directories only Print Directories only like tree but with full path Print Directories like tree with controlled depth Print files in Directories like
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In this article we will discuss different ways to change the permissions of a folder and all files or subdirectories inside it in Linux. Table Of Contents Introduction Permission Types Change permissions of a Directory & all files/sub-directories in it using chmod command: Example:1 Example:2 Find and Change Permissions of selected files/sub-directories inside a diretory
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