Results for “Files & paths”
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Check a suffix without case sensitivity
PowerShell: Use an ordinal case-insensitive comparison for a known filename extension.
PowerShell✓ Tested
Check an external process exit status explicitly
PowerShell: LASTEXITCODE reports a native child exit code independently of ordinary PowerShell cmdlet errors.
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Check available disk space
Show total, used, and available filesystem space for the current directory in human-readable units.
disk✓ Tested
Check for a hashtable key before reading it
PowerShell: ContainsKey distinguishes a missing key from a key whose value happens to be null.
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Check out another branch in a second working tree
Git: A linked worktree shares repository objects while maintaining a separate checked-out branch.
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Check that a file is present and nonempty
Test file content availability before reading it.
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Check that an image has layer history
Docker / Compose: history shows the instructions associated with image layers.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Check what kind of Git object a revision names
Git: cat-file -t distinguishes a commit, tree, blob, or annotated tag.
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Check whether a command can be resolved
PowerShell: Get-Command with a local error override supports an expected missing-command lookup.
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Choose a local file through a labeled control
HTML: A file input exposes selected file metadata to the page without providing arbitrary filesystem access.
HTML✓ Tested
Choose a service’s internal hostname
Docker / Compose: hostname controls the name reported inside the container.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Choose an action with switch
Map a small command value to a result.
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