Very useful ways to create wildcards with the Linux shell.
Some very useful tips for wildcards on Linux.
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How to search for a folder and then switch to it in Linux.
This simple command will search for a folder named xray* and then switch to it. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ cd $(find . -type d -name "xray*")┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ cd $(find . -type d -name "xray*") After running this command, it has found a folder that matches the wildcard and…
Read MoreSearch all processes for certain matches using wildcards.
The ps command lists all running processes on your Linux machine, this is how to fine-tune this and search for certain processes using wildcards. Use this example command line to find all Apache HTTP server instances. ps -ef | grep -i apache*ps -ef | grep -i apache* This is the…
Read MoreDeleting files on your Linux machine that have strange names. And how to use wildcards on the shell.
I ran a Perl script on my system that created a bunch of files on my computer named as shown below. I could have typed rm -f A* but that could have deleted other files that have a capital “A” as the first letter of the filename. That is where…
Read MoreUseful Linux shell tricks. Using Brace expansions to create folders.
The Linux command-line offers many useful methods of creating many folders on your computer at once. This command will create a few folders on your system named one,two,three,four and create the folders five,six,seven,eight within each folder created. ~$ mkdir -p {one,two,three,four}/five/six/seven/eight~$ mkdir -p {one,two,three,four}/five/six/seven/eight This command will create four folders…
Read MoreA correction I have to make regarding the Powershell and wildcards. The bash shell is still better though.
I need to correct what I said in this posting: http://www.securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/bash-shell-is-better-than-powershell-and-discussion-of-the-linux-desktop-versus-windows/ and also this one. regarding the Powershell and its handling of certain constructs that I mentioned in this posting: http://www.securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/windows-powershell-not-as-good-as-bash-shell-and-other-thoughts/. It turns out that the Powershell does support this after all as shown in this sample below. PS C:\Users\Homer\Documents>…
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