Commands tagged file

Removes all *.swp files underneath the current directory. Replace "*.swp" with your file pattern(s).

set how many commands to keep in history

Default is 500

Saved in /home/$USER/.bash_history

Add this to /home/$USER/.bashrc

HISTFILESIZE=1000000000

HISTSIZE=1000000

Use optimized sed to big file/stream to reduce execution time

Use

insted of sed

Accidentally deleted some file while used by a program ? (Eg: a song)

Use this command to find the file handle and recover using

Applies each file operator using the built-in test.

/home/askapache/.sq

-a True - file exists.

-d True - file is a directory.

-e True - file exists.

-r True - file is readable by you.

-s True - file exists and is not empty.

-w True - the file is writable by you.

-x True - the file is executable by you.

-O True - the file is effectively owned by you.

-G True - the file is effectively owned by your group.

-N True - the file has been modified since it was last read.

Full Function:

testt ()

{

local dp;

until [ -z "${1:-}" ]; do

dp="$1";

[[ ! -a "$1" ]] && dp="$PWD/$dp";

command ls -w $((${COLUMNS:-80}-20)) -lA --color=tty -d "$dp";

[[ -d "$dp" ]] && find "$dp" -mount -depth -wholename "$dp" -printf '%.5m %10M %#15s %#9u %-9g %#5U %-5G %Am/%Ad/%AY %Cm/%Cd/%CY %Tm/%Td/%TY [%Y] %p\n' -a -quit 2> /dev/null;

for f in a b c d e f g h L k p r s S t u w x O G N;

do

test -$f "$dp" && help test | sed "/-$f F/!d" | sed -e 's#^[\t ]*-\([a-zA-Z]\{1\}\) F[A-Z]*[\t ]* True if#-\1 "'$dp'" #g';

done;

shift;

done

}

Schematics:

command [options] [paste your variable here] parameter

command [options] [paste entire column of variables here] parameter

...

(hard-code command "c" and parameter "e" according to your wishes: in example shown command = "cp -a" and parameter = "~")

Features:

- Quick exchange only variable part of a long command line

- Make variable part to be an entire column of data (i.e. file list)

- Full control while processing every single item

Hints:

Paste column of data from anywhere. I.e. utilize the Block Select Mode to drag, select and copy columns (In KDE Konsole with Ctrl+Alt pressed, or only Ctrl pressed in GNOME Terminal respectively).

Disadvantages:

You can paste only one single variable in a row. If there are more space separated variables in a row only first one will be processed, but you can arrange your variables in a column instead. To transpose rows to columns or vice versa look at Linux manual pages for 'cut' and 'paste'.

TODO:

- add edit mode to vary command "c" and parameter "e" on the fly

- add one edit mode more to handle every list item different

- add y/n/a (=All) instead of only y(=default)/n to allowed answers

Disclaimer:

The code is not optimized, only the basic idea is presented here. It's up to you to shorten code or extend the functionality.

Some shell newbies don't know this very handy file management related command so I decided to include it here.

You need to have the "file" package installed.

Best result when file size less than half of RAM size

Handle any bad named file which contains ",',\n,\b,\t,` etc

Store the file name as null character separated list

and retrieve it using

Eg:

Upload/download newer version of any file with less size and high speed.

To remake the new file use

Can be run as a script `ftrace` if my_command is substrituted with "$@"

It is useful when running a command that fails and you have the feeling it is accessing a file you are not aware of.

- Where $URL is the URL of the file.

- Replace the $2 by $3 at the end to get a human-readable size.

Credits to svanberg @ ArchLinux forums for original idea.

Edit: Replaced command with better version by FRUiT. (removed unnecessary grep)

Give files a random name (don't ask why :-)

The function will rename files but maintain their extensions.

BUG: If a file doesn't have an extension it will end up with a dot at the end of the name.

The parameter '8' for pwgen controls the length of filenames - eight random characters.

This is for bash - make an alias - also a good blueprint for making aliases that take arguments to functions. If for Solaris use "-size +${1}000000c" to replace "-size +${1}M"