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Load environment variables from a file
Docker / Compose: An env file supplies one KEY=value assignment per line.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Load service variables from an env file
Docker / Compose: env_file supplies runtime environment values.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Make a Compose service’s filesystem read-only
Docker / Compose: Make a Compose service’s filesystem read-only in a small Compose file.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Make a second copy of a practice file
Linux Commands: Make a second copy of a practice file using GNU/Linux commands in an empty practice directory.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Match any pattern from a file
Linux Commands: Use grep -F -f with one literal pattern per line.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Match filenames without case sensitivity
Linux Commands: Use iname for a case-insensitive filename pattern.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Offer a downloadable text file
HTML: The download attribute supplies a filename for this same-document data URL.
HTML✓ Tested
Override an env-file value explicitly
Docker / Compose: The environment section takes precedence over env_file.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Paint a gradient without an image file
CSS: Linear-gradient generates a CSS background image from color stops.
CSS✓ Tested
Pass filenames with spaces through xargs
Linux Commands: Use null delimiters end to end instead of splitting filenames on whitespace.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Prevent a variable value from expanding as a filename pattern
Bash Scripts: Quote a variable to pass its literal contents even when matching filenames exist.
Bash Scripts✓ Tested
Preview removal of an untracked scratch file
Git: The dry-run flag shows what clean would remove without deleting it.
Git✓ Tested