Results for “Bash Scripts”
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Add a forgotten file to the latest unpublished commit
Git: Stage the missing file before amending without changing the message.
Git✓ Tested
Add calendar days with GNU date
Linux Commands: Anchor date arithmetic at a fixed UTC date to avoid local daylight-saving ambiguity.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Append a line to a practice file
Linux Commands: Append a line to a practice file using GNU/Linux commands in an empty practice directory.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Append a new member to an uncompressed tar
Linux Commands: Use tar -r for an existing uncompressed archive; compressed tar files cannot be appended this way.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Append a stream to a log file
Linux Commands: Use tee -a to preserve existing log contents.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Apply a stash while keeping the saved entry
Git: Apply restores changes without removing the stash reference.
Git✓ Tested
Apply and remove a successfully restored stash
Git: Pop removes the entry only after a successful application.
Git✓ Tested
Apply one commit from another branch
Git: Cherry-pick replays the selected change as a commit on the current branch.
Git✓ Tested
Archive filenames safely with null delimiters
Linux Commands: Use find -print0 with tar --null to preserve spaces and embedded newlines in filenames.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Bound a command execution time
Linux Commands: Use timeout and handle status 124 as an expected time limit.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Branch on a command’s exit status
Linux Commands: Branch on a command’s exit status using GNU/Linux commands in an empty practice directory.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Branch on whether a pattern exists
Linux Commands: Use grep -q in a conditional so an ordinary no-match result is not an unhandled failure.
Linux Commands✓ Tested