Results for “File operations & binary data”
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Inspect which files a stash changes
Git: stash show can report just filenames before applying anything.
Git✓ Tested
Join lines from two files side by side
Linux Commands: Use paste to pair lines by position with a chosen separator.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Join two sorted files by a shared key
Linux Commands: Use join for sorted, simple delimiter-separated records with one row per key.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Keep caller data unchanged by passing a structure by value
C: A value parameter is a copy of the original structure.
C✓ Tested
Label a data table
Use a caption and scoped headers for an HTML data table.
HTML✓ Tested
List all files stored in a commit
Git: ls-tree inspects the committed tree without relying on working files.
Git✓ Tested
List changed files without the full diff
Inspect affected paths before staging.
diff✓ Tested
List files by extension
Enumerate regular files and return their names in order.
Get-ChildItem✓ Tested
List files changed by the current commit
Git: diff-tree exposes the paths changed between a commit and its parent.
Git✓ Tested
List files containing a match
Linux Commands: Use grep -l when only the matching filenames are needed.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
List files in a folder
List the names of regular files in a folder in alphabetical order, excluding subdirectories.
directory✓ Tested
List files in a tar archive
Inspect the contents of a gzip-compressed tar archive without extracting any files.
tar✓ Tested