The snippet library.
Small, practical examples. Search by task or narrow things down below.
Filter lines by literal text
Linux Commands: Filter lines by literal text using GNU/Linux commands in an empty practice directory.
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Find empty regular files
Linux Commands: Use the empty predicate with a file type constraint.
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Find files by extension
Search a directory tree for regular files with a particular extension and print their paths.
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Find files larger than a byte threshold
Linux Commands: Use the c suffix for exact byte units with GNU find size tests.
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Find lines common to two sorted files
Linux Commands: Use comm -12 to suppress the two columns of unmatched lines.
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Find lines unique to the first sorted file
Linux Commands: Use comm -23 to retain only records absent from the second input.
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Format a known UTC timestamp
Linux Commands: Use GNU date -u and an explicit input offset to avoid local timezone dependence.
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Format a zero-padded numeric label
Linux Commands: Use printf formatting instead of concatenating a variable number of zeroes.
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Generate a stepped sequence
Linux Commands: Use seq when a command pipeline needs a numeric sequence.
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Handle a filename that begins with a dash
Linux Commands: Use -- to terminate command options before an unusual filename.
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Inspect bytes as hexadecimal values
Linux Commands: Use od with explicit formatting and no address column.
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Join lines from two files side by side
Linux Commands: Use paste to pair lines by position with a chosen separator.
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