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Delete a known scratch file
C#: File.Delete ignores a missing file but still throws for other I/O failures.
C#✓ Tested
Delete a known temporary file if present
Java: deleteIfExists returns whether a file was removed and still reports other I/O errors.
Java✓ Tested
Delete one known scratch file
C++: filesystem::remove reports whether an item was removed and also supports empty directories.
C++✓ Tested
Delete only a named scratch file
PowerShell: Use LiteralPath and avoid recursive removal for a single known file.
PowerShell✓ Tested
Discard an unstaged edit to one tracked file
Git: Restore copies the index version back into the selected working file.
Git✓ Tested
Distinguish a file from a directory
PowerShell: Test-Path can constrain the kind of item that is accepted.
PowerShell✓ Tested
Encode and decode a file with Base64
Linux Commands: Use GNU base64 for text transport of bytes and --decode for the reverse operation.
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
Explain which ignore rule matches a file
Git: check-ignore -v reports the source file, line, pattern, and matched path.
Git✓ 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