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Rename the sub-sub-directories of a directory named _QWE
I can run a command in all directories named _QWE using:
find . -name '_QWE' -type d -execdir touch {}/1234.txt \;
However, I need to run -execdir rename 's!^\./(\d+ -)\s(\d+\.)!$1!' {} \; in all the ...
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find -name -path
I have a some tree.
.
├── 1
│ └── a
│ └── script.a.sh
├── 2
│ └── a
│ └── script.b.sh
...
└── a
└── script.sh
And I need to find script.*.sh. I execute ./a/script.sh:
#!/bin/bash
#...
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Recursively remove certain folder from entire folder tree [duplicate]
Given a directory projects/ whose subfolders may have a venv/ folder at variable depths
projects/foo/src/venv/ # venv/ at depth 2
projects/bar/venv/ # venv/ at depth 1
projects/baz/src/...
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find files, exclude directories
I would like to compose a string of command line arguments in a variable, then use those to execute a command. I show a simplified example below. It's is a script called "listfiles." It ...
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Find all directories that contain only hidden files and/or hidden directories
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I have been struggling to craft a Bash command that is able to recursively search a directory and then return the paths of every sub-directory (up to a certain max-depth) that contains ...
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Delete all zip files from a folder recursivley
I am trying to delete all zip files from a folder /mnt/drive1/temp and its subfolders recursivley.
I am aware that an incorrect command here could have disastrous consequences so wanted to check I had ...
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sorting out files to different directories for a main directory
I have numerous files I am trying to move from a main directory in to separate directories which have multiple sub-directories inside.
Example file naming conventions 1SA_1BA_1W.out, 2SA_3BA_3W.out, ...
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Loop through folders and count files in TARs
I need to go through folders and count files in TARs with same name.
I tried this:
find -name example.tar -exec tar -tf {} + | wc -l
But it fails:
tar: ./rajce/rajce/example.tar: Not found in ...
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Find files between two times/hours using find
I will write some context for my problem.
I have to deal with a process that runs everyday that creates files in three secuential steps: A, B and C. Files from steps A and C are stored in one folder (...
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Get the exact size of files retrieved by find output
My shell engine is either Busybox 1.31.0 or bash 3.2
I need to get the size of the files retrieved from find command.
I've been trying to find only files, which have been modified more than 60 days ...
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Commands Differences Using Quotations (Find)
I was reading the man page of find and I found myself confused with the following commands. What is the difference between one and its corresponding one.
What is the difference between the following ...
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Find the longest file name
I have to find the symbolic link which contains the longest folder name in a folder full of symbolic links. So far I have this:
find <folder> -type l -printf "%l\n"
I was wondering if there's ...
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How to get the exit code of commands started by find?
I am using "find" in a Travis-CI to check a particular file type with a program. (To be exact, it is a shellcheck check.)
However, when using find the exit codes of the command(s)/subshells executed ...
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Creating a script that organizes drums [closed]
I would like to create a script that looks in a specified directory, takes in a keyword (i.e. 'kick' , 'snare') and copies all related .wav files into a separate directory.
I would then like for it ...
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'find exec' once with all found names as arguments [duplicate]
Short question is: how to call some command or a script once with all found names as arguments plus some extra arguments?
Long question is:
Why does this work (prints all file names 1 name per line):...
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