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  • tree command limit depth for recusive directory list

    sometimes I need list from path with max limit for recursive depth directory listing


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    tree -L 2 -u -g -p -d
    aysadk · 2020-11-04 10:45:39 12
  • Rename all subtitles files with the same name of mp4 files in same folder

    Use this command if you want to rename all subtitles for them to have the same name as the mp4 files. NOTE: The order of "ls -1 *.mp4" must match the order of "ls -1 *.srt", run the command bellow to make sure the *.srt files will really match the movies after run this command: paste -d:


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    paste -d: <(ls -1 *.mp4) <(ls -1 *.srt) | while read line; do movie="${line%%:*}"; subtitle="${line##*:}"; mv "${subtitle}" "${movie%.*}.srt"; done
    ricardofunke · 2020-11-08 02:47:13 22
  • Show contents of all git objects in a git repo

    This script finds all git objects and `git cat-file`'s their content. This is really just a helper function to play around with the internals of git repositories. See https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-Objects of more info. Show Sample Output


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    find .git/objects/ -type f \| sed 's/\.git\/objects\/\///' | sed 's/\///g' | xargs -n1 -I% echo echo "%" \$\(git cat-file -p "%"\) \0 | xargs -n1 -0 sh -c
    wires · 2020-11-15 09:24:58 8
  • Moving large number of files

    if you want to move with command mv large list of files than you would get following error /bin/mv: Argument list too long alternavite with exec: find /source/directory -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -name '*' -exec mv {} /target/directory \; Show Sample Output


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    find /source/directory -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -name '*' -print0 | xargs -0 mv -t /target/directory;
    aysadk · 2020-11-17 12:30:45 9

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