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Linux - File
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The articles about Linux file management.
A full stop '.' before the name of the file makes it a hidden file. Example '.bash'
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How to
filter a list of files ?
This command below gives you all files in the current directory which begin by elfutils.
[root@oel11g Server]# dir | grep -i elfutils elfutils-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm elfutils-devel-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm elfutils-devel-static-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm elfutils-libelf-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm elfutils-libelf-devel-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm elfutils-libs-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm
remove a file?
With the command rm
Example:
- Basic
rm filename.extension
- Prompts for confirmation before removing a file
rm -i filename.extension
- Force removal of the file regardless of it bieng write-protected or open
rm -f filename.extension
- Remove files recursively in 'directory'
rm -r directory
More … perform the man commando
man rm
List of command
- ls - List contents of a directory
- head - Displays first 10 lines of file
- tail - Displays last 10 lines of file
- mv - Moves or renames file
- which - Displays path to command
- whereis - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command
- find - search for files in a directory hierarchy
- locate - List files that match a pattern.
Locate all file with a regular expression. In this example all file which begin with sp and end up with the extension msb.
locate -r "sp.*\.msb"
- cp - Copy one or more files to another location
Example: search for any file named root.sh on the current and all sub-directories.
find -name root.sh
