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find <mydir> -type f -exec rename 's/<string1>/<string2>/g' {} \;

Dentorman · 2015-11-20 04:50:27 18

Find the largest C/C++ source files in all subdirectories

This is helpful when approaching a new codebase and wondering where the bulk of the code is located Show Sample Output

find . -name '*.c*' -o -name '*.h' -exec wc -l {} \; | sort -n | tail

mediocrejoker · 2015-12-02 00:30:42 10

Delete all folders except the 10 latest ones AND specific excluded ones

If there are less than 10 folders, this script will not delete them
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find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name 'exclude_folder1' ! -name 'exclude_folder2' -type d -exec ls -tld {} \+ | tail +11 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -L 1 rm -rf

chambooca · 2015-12-08 19:56:02 9
Execute grep only with files related to current node.js project

Only search source files directly related to current project. Everything under the "node_modules" directly are ignored.
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find * -type d -name node_modules -prune -o -type f -name \*.js -exec grep [opts] [pattern] {} \;

panic · 2015-12-11 16:42:07 11
Multi-thread any command
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find . -mtime +1000 -type f

cuevas500 · 2015-12-15 06:43:14 21
Convert entire music library

Music Library Convert Usage lc Old_Directory New_DIrectory Old_Format New_Format lc ~/Music ~/Music_ogg mp3 ogg This will convert all audio files in the old directory to the new directory from the old format to the new format. It will leave the original library alone. The converted library will retain folder structure.
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lc() { od="$1"; nd="$2"; of=$3; nf=$4; cp -rl "$od" "$nd"; find $nd -type f -iname \*$of -print -execdir ffmpeg -i {} -loglevel error -q:a 6 {}.$nf \; -execdir rm {} +; find $nd -type f -iname \*.$of.$nf -execdir rename "s/$of.$nf/$nf/" {} +; }

snipertyler · 2015-12-16 20:16:01 18
Finding all files on local file system with SUID and SGID set
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find / $ -mount -o -prune $ $ -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000 $ -type f -exec ls -l {} \;

AlmightyOatmeal · 2015-12-17 17:28:48 10
Copy all files in subfolders to one folder
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find . -type f -exec cp '{}' /path/to/all/folder \;

swarzynski · 2015-12-17 18:04:40 12
How to find a file and remove it using Find?

This command will find the file project.txt and delete it.
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find . -name project.txt -exec rm -f {} \;

ramya · 2016-01-21 10:58:47 13
Find a file and change its permissions

This command would find the file secret.txt and change its permissions to 755.
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find . -name secret.txt -exec chmod 755 {} \;

ramya · 2016-01-21 11:01:00 13
Strip beginning numbers in a filename

This oneliner will remove the number which begins a filename.
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find . -type f | sed 's|$.*/$[^A-Z]*$[A-Z].*$|mv \"&\" \"\1\2\"|' | sh

leatherface · 2016-02-01 11:29:20 13
List recursively current directory files/directories in vim

1. easy to type 2. linear list of recursive structure of files/directories 3. search in list using / 4. filter list by :g!//d 5. view/edit file in list by Vgf 6. count files/directories in list by :set nu and G 7. sort by :sort
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find | vim -

nick_olya · 2016-02-29 14:21:42 13

Returns the N most recently modified files from anywhere 'below' (and including) the current working directory, in order, with details.

Returns a list, with attributes (think `ls -l`), in reverse chronological order. N is a single numeric parameter. Robust against unfriendly filenames and directory structures. Show Sample Output

nmf() { find . -type f -printf '%T@ ' -print0 -printf '\n' | sort -rn | head -"$1" | cut -f2- -d" " | tr -d "\0" | tr "\n" "\0" | xargs -0 ls -Ulh; }

incidentnormal · 2016-03-04 14:53:14 12

Find all files in path2 that do not have a symbolic link in path1 or any of its subdirectories

This command stores data in the following files: files.txt, links.txt Find and read all symbolic links in /path1 and stores list in links.txt find /path1 -type l -exec readlink -f {} \; > links.txt Find all files in /path2 and stores list in files.txt find /path2 -type f > files.txt && Displays lines in files.txt that do not exist in links.txt grep -Fxv -f links.txt files.txt Show Sample Output
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```
/path2/somefile.txt
/path2/dir1/otherfile.txt
/path2/dir3/moviefile.mkv
```
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find /path1 -type l -exec readlink -f {} \; > links.txt && find /path2 -type f > files.txt && grep -Fxv -f links.txt files.txt

codedecay · 2016-03-19 04:53:33 11
Resolve *.so dependencies in current directory and copy to /tmp/build directory

I used this to resolve runtime dependencies of an application to create self-contained tar-balls (e.g. PHP for Docker or Rkt) Requirements: - realpath - ldd - find - grep - sort - uniq - xargs
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for f in $(find . -name "*.so"); do ldd -v $(realpath $f) | grep -Eo "(/[a-z0-9\_.+-]+)*" | uniq | xargs -I % cp --parents % /tmp/build; done

mozzymoz · 2016-03-21 17:47:43 13
Find and rename
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find . -name "booyah" -exec rename booyah booyah.disabled {} \;

ne0shell · 2016-03-22 02:45:23 13
Permissions change on all folders in directory

executes from your current directory down
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find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

ne0shell · 2016-03-22 02:46:53 12
Permissions change on all files in current directory
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find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

ne0shell · 2016-03-22 02:47:39 13
Optimize Google Chrome database speedup sqlite3

Speed up Google Chrome like speedyfox does for MAC USER. This script will detect all SQLITE DATABASE on the Google directory
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cd "/Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/Google" && find . -print|while read line;do (file "$line"|grep SQLite) && (sqlite3 "$line" "VACUUM;";echo "Compress");done;

c0derz · 2016-04-03 13:46:40 11
Calculate comment density of shell scripts in a directory

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7882 lines = 7576 sloc [96%] + 306 comments [3%]
```
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dir=/rom; a=$(find $dir -name \*.sh -exec cat '{}' \; | egrep -cv '^[[:space:]]*#'); b=$(find $dir -name \*.sh -exec cat '{}' \; | egrep -c '^[[:space:]]*#'); echo $((a+b)) lines = ${a} sloc [$((a*100/(a+b)))%] + ${b} comments [$((b*100/(a+b)))%]

koniu · 2016-05-19 08:35:56 86
Find top 10 largest files in /var directory (including subdirectories)
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find /var -type f -exec du -h {} \; | sort -rh | head -10

jiananmail · 2016-05-31 00:21:32 10

Uses ffmpeg to convert all that annoying .FLAC files to MP3 files keeping all the Artist's information in them.

Uses ffmpeg to convert all that annoying .FLAC files to MP3 files keeping all the Artist's information in them. There's not much more to it. Show Sample Output

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$ find . -name "*.flac" -exec ffmpeg -i {} -ab 160k -map_metadata 0 -id3v2_version 3 {}.mp3 \;
ffmpeg version 2.8.4 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple LLVM version 7.0.2 (clang-700.1.81)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/2.8.4 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-opencl --enable-libx264 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libxvid --enable-vda
  libavutil      54. 31.100 / 54. 31.100
  libavcodec     56. 60.100 / 56. 60.100
  libavformat    56. 40.101 / 56. 40.101
  libavdevice    56.  4.100 / 56.  4.100
  libavfilter     5. 40.101 /  5. 40.101
  libavresample   2.  1.  0 /  2.  1.  0
  libswscale      3.  1.101 /  3.  1.101
  libswresample   1.  2.101 /  1.  2.101
  libpostproc    53.  3.100 / 53.  3.100
Input #0, flac, from './01 The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band.flac':
  Metadata:
    TITLE           : Uncle John's Band
    ARTIST          : The Grateful Dead
    ALBUM           : Workingman's Dead (2003 reissue)
    GENRE           : Rock
    COMPOSER        : Bill Kreutzmann;Bob Weir;Jerry Garcia;Phil Lesh;Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
    ENSEMBLE        : The Grateful Dead
    track           : 1
    DATE            : 2001
    ALBUM ARTIST    : The Grateful Dead
  Duration: 00:04:45.33, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 854 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: flac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16
Output #0, mp3, to './01 The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band.flac.mp3':
  Metadata:
    TIT2            : Uncle John's Band
    TPE1            : The Grateful Dead
    TALB            : Workingman's Dead (2003 reissue)
    TCON            : Rock
    TCOM            : Bill Kreutzmann;Bob Weir;Jerry Garcia;Phil Lesh;Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
    ENSEMBLE        : The Grateful Dead
    TRCK            : 1
    TYER            : 2001
    ALBUM ARTIST    : The Grateful Dead
    TSSE            : Lavf56.40.101
    Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3 (libmp3lame), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16p, 160 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc56.60.100 libmp3lame
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (flac (native) -> mp3 (libmp3lame))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size=    5574kB time=00:04:45.33 bitrate= 160.0kbits/s    
video:0kB audio:5573kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.015331%

find . -name "*.flac" -exec ffmpeg -i {} -ab 160k -map_metadata 0 -id3v2_version 3 {}.mp3 \;

gustavohmsilva · 2016-06-28 19:35:06 10

NETSTAT ESTABLISHED

Using netstat & find together, found this while on stackoverflow s few minutes ago and really like it due to the simplicity and so far it's the most concise. Show Sample Output
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```
TCP    192.168.1.9:7508       stackoverflow:https    ESTABLISHED
```
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netstat | find "ESTABLISHED"

WilliamSeerius · 2016-07-06 22:26:39 36
List movie size in current directory

List imageSize for files with selected extensions in current directory Requires: exiftool (install from arch base repo: sudo pacman -S perl-image-exiftool) Show Sample Output
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Directory                       : ./directoryname
File Name                       : filename.mkv
Image Size                      : 1280x720
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find . -regex '$.*mp4\|.*mpg\|.*mpeg\|.*mov\|.*wmv\|.*mkv\|.*avi$' -exec exiftool -directory -fileName -imageSize {} \;

redowk · 2016-08-22 17:49:22 13
Search recursive all docx files for SearchTerm and print its name
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find . -name '*docx' -exec sh -c "unzip -p {} word/document.xml | sed -e 's/<[^>]\{1,\}>//g; s/[^[:print:]]\{1,\}//g' | grep -i SearchTerm -q && echo {} " \;

kkeasdj · 2016-08-24 12:28:08 14
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Use socat to emulate an SMTP mail SERVER

Lots of scripts show you how to use socat to send an email to an SMTP server; this command actually emulates an SMTP server! It assumes the client is only sending to one recipient, and it's not at all smart, but it'll capture the email into a log file and the client will stop retrying. I used this to diagnose what emails were being sent by cron and subsequently discarded, but you can use it for all sorts of things.

temporarily override alias of any command

say, someone has aliased ls to 'ls --color=always' and you want to temporarily override the alias (it does not override functions)

random xkcd comic

i sorta stole this from http://www.shell-fu.org/lister.php?id=878#MTC_form but it didn't work, so here it is, fixed. --- updated to work with jpegs, and to use a fancy positive look behind assertion.

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)

swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

Fetch all GPG keys that are currently missing in your keyring

For instance, if people have signed your key, this will fetch the signers' keys.

Show a config file without comments

Shows a file without comments (at least those starting by #) - removes empty lines - removes lines starting by # or "some spaces/tabs then #'" Useful when you want to quickly see what you have to customize on a freshly installed application without reading the comments that sometimes are a full 1000 lines documentation :) While posting, I saw this http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/1041/display-contents-of-a-file-wo-any-comments-or-blank-lines But it's dirty and incomplete, to my mind My original goal was to remove lines like "\t*#" but I can't figure out how to do a egrep '\t' on a command-line. Two workarounds if needed: $egrep -v 'press control + V then TAB then #' /your/file or $egrep -v -f some_file /your/file #where some_file contains what you want to exclude, example a really inserted TAB

continuously print string as if being entered from the keyboard

Cycles continuously through a string printing each character with a random delay less than 1 second. First parameter is min, 2nd is max. Example: 1 3 means sleep random .1 to .3. Experiment with different values. The 3rd parameter is the string. The sleep will help with battery life/power consumption. $ cycle 1 3 $(openssl rand 100 | xxd -p) Fans of "The Shining" might get a kick out of this: $ cycle 1 4 ' All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.'

Printout a list of field numbers (awk index) from a CSV file with headers as first line.

Useful to identify the field number in big CSV files with large number of fields. The index is the reference to use in processing with commands like 'cut' or 'awk' involved.

Count Files in a Directory with Wildcards.

Remove the '-maxdepth 1' option if you want to count in directories as well

Create a git alias that will pull and fast-forward the current branch if there are no conflicts

This command will first add an alias known only to git, which will allow you to pull a remote and first-forward the current branch. However, if the remote/branch and your branch have diverged, it will stop before actually trying to merge the two, so you can back out the changes. http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-pull.html Tested on git 1.5.6.1, msysgit (Windows port) Actually this is not really the way I want it. I want it to attempt a fast-foward, but not attempt to merge or change my working copy. Unfortunately git pull doesn't have that functionality (yet?).

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