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ls -lhR | grep -e "total\|:$"

2013-01-22 04:58:51

User: Sebasg

Functions: grep ls

Tags: ls grep

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List directories recursively showing its sizes using only ls and grep

ls -lhR

Lists everithing using -l "long listing format" wich includes the space used by the folder. Displays it in -h "human readable form" (i.e. 2.2G, 32K), and -R recurses subfolders.

grep -e using a regex, show lines containing the word "total" or a ":" at the end of the line (those with the name of the folder) only.

ls | wc -l

2013-01-22 03:35:35

User: Sebasg

Functions: ls wc

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Count all files in a directory

ls -1 shows one file per line (update: -1 was not really needed)

wc -l counts the lines received from the previous command

:vimgrep pattern %

2012-12-30 06:51:10

User: Sebasg

Tags: vim grep

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Grep inside Vim and navigate results

Will search for the given pattern and build a list of occurrences.

Then you can use :copen and :cclose to toggle the list.

When browsing the list, ENTER will take you to that line in the file.

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svn diff . -r43:HEAD --summarize | cut -c9-99999 | cpio -pvdmu ~/destination

2012-12-26 05:02:59

User: Sebasg

Functions: cpio cut diff

Tags: svn

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SVN Export files that were modified between given revisions.

Get the list of changed files between revision 43 and HEAD revision: svn diff . -r43:HEAD --summarize

Strip extra 8 characters from every line: cut -c9-99999

Copy the listed files to home/me/destination: cpio -pvdmu ~/destination

Make a plain copy (-p), list files being copied (-v), create needed directories (-d), preserve modification time (-m), overwrite unconditionally (-u)