[Shell - File Management] Files management utilities #shell

dev.sh

# a typical rsync file transfer upload command
# https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=rsync+-uavl+--exclude-from%3D%27exclude-list%27+--delete+.%2F+%24USER%40%24HOST%3A%24UPLOAD_PATH
rsync -uavl --exclude-from='exclude-list.txt' --delete ./ user@host:/upload/path

# rsync copy folders
rsync -avzh --exclude=dir/ /source /destination/

# rsync download remote directory
rsync -avzh user@host:/target/path ./destination

# mount a remote folder to local filesystem
# https://askubuntu.com/a/987775/343568
sshfs user@host:/remote/path /local/path
# to unmount
sudo umount /local/path

# Search for files
# https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-how-to-find-and-remove-files/
find ./dir -name "string" 

# Check directory size
du -sh directory_name

# Check volume size
df -h

# Create symlinks. add -f to force update
ln -s /path/to/file file
ln -sn /path/to/folder folder

# Create tar.gz
tar -cvzf archive.tar.gz ./folder_name
tar -cvzf archive.tar.gz file1 file2 ...

# Extract archive
tar -xvzf archive.tar.gz

# Set permission: 755 to dirs, 644 to files 
chmod -R u+rwX,go+rX,go-w ./path/

# Create a group of files with a common prefix
touch store-{products,cart,coupons,utils}.js