Results for “Finding & selecting files”
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Create private files with a restrictive umask
Linux Commands: Apply umask in a subshell so the surrounding shell is unaffected.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Enumerate matching files recursively
C#: Sort relative filenames when reproducible traversal output is required.
C#✓ Tested
Exclude files from the build context
Docker / Compose: A dockerignore file prevents selected local files from being copied.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Exclude generated files from an archive
Linux Commands: Place exclude options before the input paths to control archive membership.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Export a container filesystem into a new image
Docker / Compose: export contains filesystem data; import creates a new image from it.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Export committed files without the Git metadata directory
Git: Git archive creates a snapshot of tracked committed files only.
Git✓ Tested
Find files by extension
Search a directory tree for regular files with a particular extension and print their paths.
find✓ Tested
Find lines common to two sorted files
Linux Commands: Use comm -12 to suppress the two columns of unmatched lines.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Find matching files recursively
Python: Use rglob and sorted relative paths for a reproducible recursive file listing.
Python✓ Tested
Find matching files recursively
PowerShell: Select files explicitly and sort their names for predictable presentation.
PowerShell✓ Tested
Find text inside tracked files
Git: Find text inside tracked files inside the disposable repository created by the input setup.
Git✓ Tested
Ignore generated files
Exclude build output from untracked-file listings.
gitignore✓ Tested