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Commands by rexington

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S='<iframe src=\"http:\/\/254.254.254.254\/bad\/index.php\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>' && R=''; find . -name "*.html" -exec grep -l "$S" {} \; | xargs sed -i -e "s/$S/$R/g"
2010-04-12 21:45:16
User: rexington
Functions: find grep sed xargs
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Remove string with several escaped characters from all files under given path

Removes the given string from all files under the given path - in this case the path given is "." This demonstrates the characters that must be escaped for the grep and sed commands to do their work correctly. Very handy for fixing hacked html files.

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find . -name "*.html" -exec grep -l 'string' {} \;
2010-04-12 20:47:25
User: rexington
Functions: find grep
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Find given string in all files with given name or extension

This will search for "string" in all files under the given path "." and provide a listing of the files with their relative locations.

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find . -mtime +10 -delete
2010-04-12 15:05:17
User: rexington
Functions: find
Tags: find delete remove
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Delete all files older than X in given path

This will find all files under the path "." which are older than 10 days, and delete them. If you wish to use the "rm" command instead, replace "-delete" with "-exec rm [options] {} \;"

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find . -mtime +10
2010-04-12 14:50:08
User: rexington
Functions: find
Tags: find modified files
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Find files older than X, using find.

This will find all files in the path "." which are older than 10*24hrs (10 days). This will find any type of file.

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