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# search and replace strings | |
grep -rl search_string directory | xargs sed -i 's/string_to_replace/replace_string/g' | |
# bulk rename files in a folder | |
a=1 | |
for i in *.jpg; do | |
new=$(printf "sofa_%04d.jpg" "$a") #04 pad to length of 4 | |
mv -- "$i" "$new" | |
let a=a+1 | |
done | |
# bulk rename files - single line | |
# Ref: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/shell-geek-rename-multiple-files-at-once/ | |
# It will replace test with prod in all the matched files | |
for f in *.jpg; do mv $f ${f/test/prod}; done | |
# location of an executable/binary | |
which <binary_name> | |
# which python results | |
# /usr/bin/python | |
# realpath of a symlink | |
readlink -f <path> | |
# readlink -f /usr/bin/python | |
# redirect output and error to log from an executable run from bash | |
# Ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4699790/cmd-21-log-vs-cmd-log-21 | |
cmd > log 2>&1 | |
# copy folder excluding a specific sub-directory | |
# thefoldertoexclude is relative to sourcefolder | |
rsync -av --progress sourcefolder destinationfolder --exclude thefoldertoexclude | |
# exclude multiple folders/files written in exclude file. | |
# each entry should be on newline. all paths must be relative to source folder | |
rsync -av --progress sourcefolder destinationfolder --exclude-from 'exclude-list.txt' | |
# compare 2 folders | |
diff -rq folder-1 folder-2 | |
# sync files across servers | |
rsync -avuzpr folder/ hercules:java_projects/folder/ | |
a = archive mode | |
v = increase verbose | |
u = skip files that are newer on the receiver | |
z = compress file data during the transfer | |
Archive mode is the same as options -rlptgoD | |
r = recurse into directories | |
l = copy symlinks as symlinks | |
p = preserve permissions | |
t = preserve modification times | |
g = preserve group | |
o = preserve owner (super-user only) | |
D = preserve device & special files | |
# list only directories .*/ matches hidden folders too | |
# ref: http://stackoverflow.com/q/14352290/925216 | |
ls -ld .*/ */ | |
# To recursively give directories read&execute privileges: | |
find /path/to/base/dir -type d -exec chmod 755 {} + | |
# To recursively give files read privileges: | |
find /path/to/base/dir -type f -exec chmod 644 {} + | |
# Or, if there are many objects to process: | |
chmod 755 $(find /path/to/base/dir -type d) | |
chmod 644 $(find /path/to/base/dir -type f) | |
# Or, to reduce chmod spawning: | |
find /path/to/base/dir -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 755 | |
find /path/to/base/dir -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644 | |
# delete files with specific extension and less than some size | |
find -name "*.tif" -size -160k -delete |
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