Text,Code
"Prior to replacing reports with script.py, ask.",mv -i script.py reports
Examine what's in image.jpg.zip., unzip -l image.jpg.zip
"Prompt before overwriting database.sql in downloads, treat destination as file, and display verbose output",mv -iTv database.sql downloads
Move executable.exe to music without asking to overwrite,mv -n executable.exe music
Mirror proposal.docx to temp_folder and prompt if files already exist,cp -i proposal.docx temp_folder
"Filter files in databases based on *.exe, then move them to archive","grep -lR ""*.exe"" databases | xargs -I {} mv {} archive"
Find the usual files., find . -type f
Show file sizes in a readable format,ls -h
Move configuration.ini to templates as a regular file,mv -T configuration.ini templates
Locate empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Show the contents of executable.exe with line numbers,cat -n executable.exe
"Make ""photos"" and purge files that correspond to ""*.png"".",mkdir photos && rm **.png*
Clone report.pdf to reports_archive and prompt for permission to overwrite, cp -i report.pdf reports_archive
Look for files with the name policy.pdf., find . -name policy.pdf
"In image.jpg.zip, add contract.pdf and check for updates.", zip -f image.jpg.zip contract.pdf
"Include directories first, then files.",ls --group-directories-first
"Display contract.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I', with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e contract.pdf
Erase spreadsheet.xlsx from policy.pdf.zip, zip -d policy.pdf.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
See what's in database.sql.zip, unzip -l database.sql.zip
"In executable.exe, update configuration.ini.zip If more recent", zip -f executable.exe.zip configuration.ini
Prompt for confirmation before moving document.docx to presentations,mv -i document.docx presentations
Extract the files from memo.txt.zip by navigating to projects_backup., unzip -C projects_backup memo.txt.zip
Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information and human-readable sizes,ls -Rdlh
Don't use presentation.pptx to replace any existing files in backups.,mv -n presentation.pptx backups
Verbose output should be displayed while extracting audio.mp3.zip., unzip -v audio.mp3.zip
Ask before replacing presentation.pptx in videos and treat destination as a file,mv -Ti presentation.pptx videos
List proposal.docx contents with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s proposal.docx
Search for files modified in the last 30 days and larger than 1GB,find . -type f -mtime -30 -size +1G
List all files in the current directory,ls -a
Copy spreadsheet.xlsx to reports_archive and create a backup of existing files,cp -b spreadsheet.xlsx reports_archive
"Package files script.py, spreadsheet.xlsx, contract.pdf into proposal.docx.zip, saving extended attributes, storing file attributes",zip -X -X proposal.docx.zip script.py spreadsheet.xlsx contract.pdf
Extract files from database.sql.zip into output, unzip -d output database.sql.zip
Show line numbers for memo.txt, cat -n memo.txt
Show line numbers for memo.txt, cat -n memo.txt
Use gzip to compress files., find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
silently list the contents of configuration.ini, cat -q configuration.ini
Search for files owned by the user 'user1' or 'user2',find . -type f \( -user user1 -o -user user2 \)
"Move files from ""databases"" to ""reports_archive"" after creating the directory ""databases"".",mkdir databases && mv databases/* reports_archive
Seek for files bearing the contract.pdf name., find . -name contract.pdf
List proposal.docx contents with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s proposal.docx
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then search for a specific file","ls -Rl | grep ""filename"""
Replicate proposal.docx to output and prompt for user confirmation,cp -i proposal.docx output
"Archive files script.py, memo.txt, database.sql into script.py.zip, displaying verbose output, including empty directories",zip -v -r0 script.py.zip script.py memo.txt database.sql
Place document.docx in the configuration.ini.zip archive., zip -m configuration.ini.zip document.docx
Print memo.txt with tabs represented as ^I, cat -T memo.txt
Transfer configuration.ini to logs_archive and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b configuration.ini logs_archive
"Transfer reports to scripts_backup with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b reports scripts_backup
Replace reports with video.mp4 only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u video.mp4 reports
Display configuration.ini with suppressed empty lines, cat -s configuration.ini
"Create the directory ""logs"" and extract the contents of ""presentation.pptx.zip"" into it using Zipping.",mkdir logs && unzip presentation.pptx.zip -d logs
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then sort by file extension",ls -al | awk -F. '{print $NF}' | sort
Find files with names containing 'data' and not readable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*data*"" ! -perm -o=r"
Move files from scripts to backup and append timestamp to filename,"find scripts -type f -exec sh -c 'mv ""$1"" ""$2/$(basename ""$1"")_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)""' sh {} backup \;"
Move contract.pdf into audio.mp3.zip, zip -m audio.mp3.zip contract.pdf
Move image.jpg to temp and handle it as a regular file,mv -T image.jpg temp
"If scripts is outdated or nonexistent, only substitute contract.pdf for it.",mv -u contract.pdf scripts
Look for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Display hidden directories and files in a lengthy format with output that is coloured.,ls -alG
Replace databases with spreadsheet.xlsx if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx databases
Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information and human-readable sizes,ls -Rdlh
"Make a copy of executable.exe, don't replace it, and output verbosely",mv -bnv executable.exe music
Show non-printing characters for video.mp4, cat -v video.mp4
Zip memo.txt ignoring directory structure, zip -j configuration.ini.zip memo.txt
Recursively list subdirectories,ls -R
"Open configuration.ini and extract encrypted.zip using the ""*.txt"" password", unzip -P *.txt configuration.ini.zip
Transfer script.py to photos_backup while keeping all properties intact.,cp -a script.py photos_backup
Show report.pdf contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s report.pdf
Enable colorized output,ls -G
"Include directories first, then files.",ls --group-directories-first
"List subdirectories in a recursive manner with comprehensive details, and then look for a certain file.","ls -Rl | grep ""filename"""
Mirror proposal.docx to temp_folder and prompt if files already exist,cp -i proposal.docx temp_folder
"Archive files policy.pdf, proposal.docx, spreadsheet.xlsx into report.pdf.zip, storing symbolic links",zip -y report.pdf.zip policy.pdf proposal.docx spreadsheet.xlsx
Silently extract the files from contract.pdf.zip., unzip -q contract.pdf.zip
Files in contract.pdf.zip are displayed., unzip -l contract.pdf.zip
Shift script.py to projects treating it as a non-directory,mv -T script.py projects
Find files with a size of precisely 50 bytes., find . -size 50c
Display characters for spreadsheet.xlsx that aren't printed, cat -v spreadsheet.xlsx
Find files owned by the user and group *.py,find . -type f -user *.py -group *.py
Put video.mp4 on silent display., cat -q video.mp4
Check database.sql.zip for integrity, unzip -t database.sql.zip
Copy database.sql to downloads_archive and ask for confirmation from the user,cp -i database.sql downloads_archive
Transfer the 'presentation.pptx' file to the 'output' directory.,cp /presentation.pptx /output/
Show hidden files and directories with descriptive text and colourful images.,ls -alG
"Compress files report.pdf, audio.mp3, configuration.ini into audio.mp3.zip, storing symbolic links, silently",zip -y -q audio.mp3.zip report.pdf audio.mp3 configuration.ini
Look for files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
Delete files with name database.sql, find . -name database.sql -delete
Show each file on a separate line,ls -1
Use gzip to compress files., find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Display every character in the control set for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -A spreadsheet.xlsx
Forcefully rename image.jpg to presentations,mv -f image.jpg presentations
"List every file with the word ""backup"" in its name, together with all relevant details.",ls -l *backup*
Take remove the files from database.sql.zip that provide verbose output., unzip -v database.sql.zip
"Open audio.mp3.zip, extract the contents, and replace any existing files.", unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
Delete files with name video.mp4, find . -name video.mp4 -delete
Display report.pdf with the error messages hidden, cat -q report.pdf
Show files arranged by modification time,ls -t
Replicate video.mp4 to backup preserving attributes,cp -a video.mp4 backup
Look for files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
Move contract.pdf into audio.mp3.zip, zip -m audio.mp3.zip contract.pdf
Output the first 10 lines of executable.exe,cat executable.exe | head
Make a hard link after copying policy.pdf to documents_backup., cp -l policy.pdf documents_backup
Print report.pdf with suppression of buffered output, cat -u report.pdf
Show the names of the directories rather than their contents.,ls -d
Put configuration.ini inside image.jpg.zip and delete, zip -m image.jpg.zip configuration.ini
Move presentation.pptx to archives without replacing,mv -n presentation.pptx archives
Show buffered output suppressed for report.pdf, cat -u report.pdf
"Zip files configuration.ini, presentation.pptx, spreadsheet.xlsx into executable.exe.zip, using password 'pass123', excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -P pass123 -x '*.tmp' executable.exe.zip configuration.ini presentation.pptx spreadsheet.xlsx
Display file sizes in human-readable form,ls -h
"Move memo.txt to projects with force, but prompt for confirmation",mv -if memo.txt projects
Check for updates and add document.docx to image.jpg.zip, zip -f image.jpg.zip document.docx
Mirror configuration.ini to archive using hard links, cp -l configuration.ini archive
Search files in databases for *.jpg and move them to templates_backup,"grep -rl ""*.jpg"" databases | xargs -I {} mv {} templates_backup"
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting report.pdf.zip, unzip -o report.pdf.zip
Update proposal.docx if newer in contract.pdf.zip, zip -u contract.pdf.zip proposal.docx
Transfer script.py to downloads without requesting a copy.,mv -n script.py downloads
"Archive files policy.pdf, photo.png, image.jpg into image.jpg.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, storing symbolic links",zip -n '*.txt' -y image.jpg.zip policy.pdf photo.png image.jpg
"Concatenate report.pdf and image.jpg, numbering all output lines and showing non-printing characters and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT report.pdf image.jpg
Show files with more information,ls -l
Show report.pdf with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s report.pdf
Verify image.jpg.zip's integrity., unzip -t image.jpg.zip
Output the first 100 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | head -n 100
List contents of document.docx with buffered output suppression, cat -u document.docx
Update report.pdf in presentation.pptx.zip if newer, zip -f presentation.pptx.zip report.pdf
Show hidden files and directories,ls -a
Recursively list subdirectories and display directory structure with colored output,ls -RdG
"Unzip the contents of ""database.sql"" into the directory ""music"" that has been created.",mkdir music && unzip database.sql.zip -d music
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate proposal.docx to output while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx output
Move files to scripts, find . -name script.py -execdir mv {} scripts \
Erase spreadsheet.xlsx from policy.pdf.zip, zip -d policy.pdf.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Extract only updated files from configuration.ini.zip, unzip -U configuration.ini.zip
Search for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Locate files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
"Duplicate presentation.pptx to images_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx images_backup
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, colors, and human-readable sizes",ls -RdlhG
"Move audio.mp3 to photos_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b audio.mp3 photos_backup
Look through directories., find . -type d
Replace reports with video.mp4 only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u video.mp4 reports
"Move audio.mp3 to reports with force, prompt for confirmation, and treat destination as file",mv -ifT audio.mp3 reports
"Make a backup copy of spreadsheet.xlsx and duplicate it to music_library with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
Display directories only,ls -d
Freshen policy.pdf in spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, zip -f spreadsheet.xlsx.zip policy.pdf
Seek out outlets, find . -type s
Extract proposal.docx.zip's non-pathable files., unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
Put a line between each file you list.,ls -1
"Display directory names only, without their contents",ls -d
Transfer photo.png to scripts_backup by creating a hard link, cp -l photo.png scripts_backup
Create a backup by recursively copying downloads to archive while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b downloads archive
"Compress files executable.exe, image.jpg, configuration.ini into contract.pdf.zip, storing file attributes",zip -X contract.pdf.zip executable.exe image.jpg configuration.ini
Print report.pdf with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s report.pdf
"List every file, hidden files included.",ls -a
List contents of audio.mp3.zip, unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
"Display executable.exe, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I', with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -v -T -e executable.exe
Output the last 20 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | tail -n 20
Find files modified within the last 7 days,find . -type f -mtime -7
Transfer executable.exe to photos_backup and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes, cp -i -p executable.exe photos_backup
Locate empty files, find . -type f -empty
"Make a copy of contract.pdf, don't replace it, and output verbosely",mv -bnv contract.pdf videos
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy spreadsheet.xlsx to photos_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx photos_backup
Check for updates and add video.mp4 to audio.mp3.zip, zip -u audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
Put video.mp4 on silent display., cat -q video.mp4
Put backups and its contents in an archive., zip -r backups backups
"Replicate spreadsheet.xlsx to music_library while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
Display every character in the control set for policy.pdf, cat -A policy.pdf
Delete files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx -execdir rm {} \
"Using attribute preservation, clone image.jpg to projects_backup, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b image.jpg projects_backup
Display contents of a directory recursively,ls -R
Create new archive policy.pdf.zip from contract.pdf, zip -c policy.pdf.zip contract.pdf
Move files with size greater than 1MB from templates to music_library,find templates -type f -size +1M -exec mv {} music_library \;
Delete files with name document.docx, find . -name document.docx -exec rm {} \
Look for regular files, find . -type f
Ignore directory structure when extracting files from document.docx.zip, unzip -j document.docx.zip
"Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format, then count the number of lines",ls -lt | awk '{print $5}' | wc -l
Check video.mp4.zip for integrity, zip -T video.mp4.zip
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting audio.mp3.zip, unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
"Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to logs, then output detailed comments.",mv -v spreadsheet.xlsx logs
List files in a lengthy format with output that is coloured.,ls -lG
Extract only updated files from video.mp4.zip, unzip -U video.mp4.zip
Look for empty files, find . -type f -empty
video.mp4 should be moved to photos. handling it like any other file,mv -T video.mp4 photos
Output the first 50 lines of spreadsheet.xlsx,cat spreadsheet.xlsx | head -n 50
Move script.py with properties preserved to documents_archive,cp -a script.py documents_archive
Move files with size greater than 1MB from templates to music_library,find templates -type f -size +1M -exec mv {} music_library \;
Present file sizes in an easily readable way.,ls -h
Extract only updated files from configuration.ini.zip, unzip -U configuration.ini.zip
"Transfer logs to logs_archive with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b logs logs_archive
Look for files that are no larger than 1GB or 2GB., find . -size +1G -size -2G
Find files with names containing *.doc*,"find . -type f -name ""**.doc**"""
Verify policy.pdf.zip's integrity., zip -T policy.pdf.zip
Make executable.exe a new archive.zip including image.jpg, zip -c executable.exe.zip image.jpg
Ignore directory structure when zipping configuration.ini, zip -j photo.png.zip configuration.ini
Unzip files from executable.exe.zip quietly, unzip -q executable.exe.zip
List directories without their contents,ls -d
Mirror memo.txt to reports_archive and create backups of existing files,cp -b memo.txt reports_archive
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy configuration.ini to downloads_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b configuration.ini downloads_archive
Show colored output,ls -G
"Ignoring the directory structure, extract the files from configuration.ini.zip", unzip -j configuration.ini.zip
List directories instead of their contents,ls -d
Copy files to music, find . -name video.mp4 -exec cp {} music \
Display files with additional details,ls -l
"Create a ""templates"" directory and list the files within it.",mkdir templates && cp templates/* output
"Clone memo.txt to logs_archive with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b memo.txt logs_archive
"Make a backup copy of spreadsheet.xlsx and duplicate it to music_library with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
"Transfer memo.txt to databases, treating it like any other file.",mv -T memo.txt databases
"Copy contract.pdf to videos_backup while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
"Display executable.exe, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I', with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -v -T -e executable.exe
Display characters for executable.exe that aren't printed, cat -v executable.exe
Show files with colored output,ls -G
Show files listed in order of modification time,ls -t
Archive policy.pdf into new audio.mp3.zip, zip -c audio.mp3.zip policy.pdf
Show files in a format with colour.,ls -G
"Move script.py to downloads, handling it as though it were a regular file.",mv -T script.py downloads
Show directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
"Display executable.exe, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT executable.exe
"List directories first, followed by files",ls --group-directories-first
"Replicate spreadsheet.xlsx to music_library while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
"Release memo.txt.zip, extracting symbolic links and listing files only to directory videos_backup",unzip -l -d videos_backup memo.txt.zip
"Forcefully move script.py to templates, but prompt before overwriting",mv -fi script.py templates
Show subdirectories recursively,ls -R
"Duplicate executable.exe to output and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b executable.exe output
Files in contract.pdf.zip are displayed., unzip -l contract.pdf.zip
"Move all files from 'reports' to 'presentations', then create a directory named 'videos' and copy all files from 'presentations' to 'videos'.",mv /reports/* /presentations/ | mkdir /videos/ | cp /presentations/* /videos/
Show directory names without contents,ls -d
Display the names of directories but not their contents.,ls -d
"If executable.exe is more recent, update it in script.py.zip.", zip -f script.py.zip executable.exe
Extraction of files from report.pdf.zip enabling verbose mode, unzip -v report.pdf.zip
"Package files video.mp4, script.py, video.mp4 into policy.pdf.zip, compressing with best compression",zip -9 policy.pdf.zip video.mp4 script.py video.mp4
Replicate document.docx to logs_archive and create backups if files exist,cp -b document.docx logs_archive
Include hidden files in the list of files.,ls -a
Display files sorted by size,ls -S
"List the files in descending order of size, show the file sizes in a comprehensible way, and then show the first ten lines.",ls -lSh | head -n 10
"Move database.sql to projects_backup, then ask to overwrite interactively.", cp -i database.sql projects_backup
Show files arranged by size,ls -S
"Copy all files from 'videos' to 'presentations', then compress them into a zip file named 'audio.mp3.zip'.",cp /videos/* /presentations/ | zip -r /presentations/audio.mp3.zip /presentations/*
Clone image.jpg to images_backup with attribute preservation and creating a hard link, cp -p -l image.jpg images_backup
Copy image.jpg and forcefully replace existing files in music_library, cp -f image.jpg music_library
"Duplicate contract.pdf to documents_archive with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b contract.pdf documents_archive
Replicate document.docx to projects_backup with hard links, cp -l document.docx projects_backup
"Request permission before changing photo.png to videos, treat the destination as a file, and provide detailed comments.",mv -TiV photo.png videos
Change directory to output and extract files from document.docx.zip, unzip -C output document.docx.zip
Print script.py while preventing the display of several blank lines., cat -s script.py
Delete files with name video.mp4, find . -name video.mp4 -delete
"Arrange files according to when they were last modified, show the file sizes in a legible manner, and then tally the amount of lines.",ls -lt | awk '{print $5}' | wc -l
Show executable.exe as ^ with tabsI, cat -T executable.exe
Update existing files in database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip proposal.docx
Show image.jpg with suppressed buffered output, cat -u image.jpg
See what's in image.jpg.zip, unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Display report.pdf with the error messages hidden, cat -q report.pdf
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy executable.exe to videos_backup while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b executable.exe videos_backup
"Transfer image.jpg to archives, making any necessary destination overwrites.",mv -f image.jpg archives
"When zipping, disregard paths proposal.docx.", zip -j video.mp4.zip proposal.docx
Search for files with names containing 'backup' and created in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""*backup*"" -ctime -7"
Find files with names starting with 'log' and modified in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""log*"" -mtime -1"
"Release photo.png.zip, excluding archive.zip, verbose output, and extracting symbolic links to directory output",unzip -x archive.zip -v -l -d output photo.png.zip
Show hidden files and directories in long format with colored output and detailed information,ls -alG
"Before forcibly transferring spreadsheet.xlsx to backups, make a backup of it.",mv -bf spreadsheet.xlsx backups
"Show each file separately, one on a line.",ls -1
"Using attribute preservation, clone video.mp4 to temp_folder, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b video.mp4 temp_folder
List the files in reverse order based on size and modification time.,ls -Sltr
Files from memo.txt.zip should be extracted into reports_archive., unzip -d reports_archive memo.txt.zip
"Unarchive video.mp4.zip, overwriting existing files, to directory photos_backup",unzip -o -d photos_backup video.mp4.zip
"Treat the destination as a file, prompt before overwriting database.sql in temp, and print verbose information.",mv -iTv database.sql temp
Search for files named report.pdf, find . -name report.pdf
Display files sorted by modification time in reverse order,ls -ltr
Transfer executable.exe to photos_backup and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes, cp -i -p executable.exe photos_backup
Enumerate file sizes in a human-readable format.,ls -h
Provide password '*.txt' to extract proposal.docx.zip, unzip -P *.txt proposal.docx.zip
List each line ending in image.jpg in the contents., cat -E image.jpg
"Move document.docx to logs_archive, and if the files are already there, create a backup.", cp -b -i document.docx logs_archive
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate executable.exe to projects_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b executable.exe projects_backup
Replicate memo.txt to videos_backup while retaining its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l memo.txt videos_backup
"If the parent directories and directory documents don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p documents
Verify proposal.docx.zip's integrity., unzip -t proposal.docx.zip
"Copy images in its entirety, including all subdirectories, to archive.", cp -r images archive
Print database.sql contents with line numbering, cat -n database.sql
Folders within Zip archives, zip -r archives archives
Print executable.exe contents with line endings, cat -E executable.exe
Extract only updated files from configuration.ini.zip, unzip -U configuration.ini.zip
Extract the files from script.py.zip by changing the directory to output., unzip -C output script.py.zip
Display files sorted by size,ls -S
Force copy database.sql to documents_backup without prompting, cp -f database.sql documents_backup
Show only the names of the directories; show nothing inside.,ls -d
"Assume destination is a file, move only if it's newer, and ask before replacing proposal.docx in images.",mv -iTu proposal.docx images
Take the files out of video.mp4.into archive using zip, unzip -d archive video.mp4.zip
Display files with extended information,ls -l
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy audio.mp3 to reports_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 reports_archive
Move policy.pdf to databases without overwriting,mv -n policy.pdf databases
"Zip files proposal.docx, database.sql, memo.txt into report.pdf.zip, storing file attributes, displaying verbose output",zip -X -v report.pdf.zip proposal.docx database.sql memo.txt
Look for files under 100 KB in size., find . -size -100k
"Treat the destination as a file, prompt before overwriting executable.exe in photos, and print verbose information.",mv -iTv executable.exe photos
"Copy image.jpg to logs_archive, making a backup copy of the current files.", cp -b -p image.jpg logs_archive
Show colored output,ls -G
Copy files from presentations to music_library and remove them from source,rsync -av --remove-source-files presentations/ music_library
"To documents_archive, copy logs. recursively", cp -r logs documents_archive
Display presentation.pptx with the error messages hidden, cat -q presentation.pptx
Print each file separately,ls -1
"Disentangle policy.pdf.zip, excluding exclude.mp4, to directory images_backup",unzip -x exclude.mp4 -d images_backup policy.pdf.zip
Print the contents of database.sql with non-blank line numbering., cat -b database.sql
Show line endings for executable.exe, cat -E executable.exe
"If executable.exe is more recent, update it in script.py.zip.", zip -f script.py.zip executable.exe
List contents of policy.pdf with tabs shown as ^I, cat -T policy.pdf
Display file sizes in comprehensible units for humans.,ls -h
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then search for a specific file","ls -Rl | grep ""filename"""
"When extracting memo.txt.zip, overwrite any existing files.", unzip -o memo.txt.zip
Display contract.pdf in quiet mode, cat -q contract.pdf
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -mtime -7"
Create a new script.py by archiving report.pdf.zip, zip -c script.py.zip report.pdf
Move configuration.ini to templates as a regular file,mv -T configuration.ini templates
"Filter files in databases based on *.exe, then move them to archive","grep -lR ""*.exe"" databases | xargs -I {} mv {} archive"
Find files with names starting with 'report' and with read permissions for others,"find . -type f -name ""report*"" -perm /o=r"
"Using attribute preservation, clone image.jpg to projects_backup, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b image.jpg projects_backup
Use hard linking to clone script.py to music_library, cp -l script.py music_library
Transfer audio.mp3 to output and make a backup if files already exist, cp -b -i audio.mp3 output
See what's in database.sql.zip, unzip -l database.sql.zip
"Move policy.pdf to presentations with force, but prompt for confirmation",mv -if policy.pdf presentations
Move script.py to documents and replace existing files,mv -f script.py documents
Replace outdated files from policy.pdf.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U policy.pdf.zip
"Generate directory ""documents"" and list contents of ""documents"".",mkdir documents && ls documents
"Display proposal.docx, showing line numbers and non-printing characters, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -v -e proposal.docx
Avoid replacing report.pdf with temp.,mv -n report.pdf temp
"Copy configuration.ini to documents_backup while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b configuration.ini documents_backup
"Display configuration.ini, showing line numbers and non-printing characters",cat -n -v configuration.ini
"Compress files memo.txt, executable.exe, executable.exe into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, preserving paths, verbose output",zip -x '*.tmp' -r -v spreadsheet.xlsx.zip memo.txt executable.exe executable.exe
"Push proposal.docx firmly into projects, but ask to be asked before overwriting",mv -fi proposal.docx projects
"List all files having ""notes"" in their names, sorted by size",ls -S *notes*
"Display contract.pdf, squeezing multiple adjacent empty lines",cat -s contract.pdf
List every file's inode numbers.,ls -i
"List all files containing ""important"" with human-readable sizes",ls -h *important*
Examine image.jpg.zip for consistency., unzip -t image.jpg.zip
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, presentation.pptx, video.mp4 into audio.mp3.zip, silently",zip -q audio.mp3.zip spreadsheet.xlsx presentation.pptx video.mp4
List the contents of photo.png.zip., unzip -l photo.png.zip
Change directory to output and extract files from database.sql.zip, unzip -C output database.sql.zip
Files from policy.pdf.zip should be extracted into output., unzip -d output policy.pdf.zip
Seek out blocking gadgets, find . -type b
Copy database.sql and perform a force overwrite in backup, cp -f database.sql backup
Concatenate contract.pdf and audio.mp3,cat contract.pdf audio.mp3
Print audio.mp3 making visible all control characters., cat -A audio.mp3
"Move audio.mp3 to templates with force, prompt for confirmation, and move only if newer",mv -ifu audio.mp3 templates
Show each file on a separate line,ls -1
"Extract executable.exe.zip, but only the most recent files.", unzip -U executable.exe.zip
List the lines that don't include a blank in executable.exe, cat -b executable.exe
Verify document.docx.zip for integrity, unzip -t document.docx.zip
Display the line counts for executable.exe, cat -n executable.exe
Show proposal.docx with error messages suppressed, cat -q proposal.docx
Find files with names starting with 'report' and with read permissions for others,"find . -type f -name ""report*"" -perm /o=r"
List the lines that make up report.pdf in the list., cat -n report.pdf
Locate files smaller than 100KB, find . -size -100k
Mirror configuration.ini to images_backup with attributes intact and creating a hard link, cp -p -l configuration.ini images_backup
"In executable.exe, update configuration.ini.zip If more recent", zip -f executable.exe.zip configuration.ini
Copy report.pdf to logs_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -i report.pdf logs_archive
Don't use presentation.pptx to replace any existing files in backups.,mv -n presentation.pptx backups
"Transfer memo.txt to archives, asking for approval",mv -i memo.txt archives
List directories and their contents recursively,ls -R
Extract contract.pdf.zip with password 'pass321' and verbose output to directory music_library,unzip -P pass321 -v -d music_library contract.pdf.zip
"Make 'music', copy a file 'spreadsheet.xlsx' into it, and then delete the original file.",mkdir /music/ | cp /spreadsheet.xlsx /music/ | rm /spreadsheet.xlsx
Unzip files from presentation.pptx.zip quietly, unzip -q presentation.pptx.zip
Put a line between each file you list.,ls -1
Ignore paths when zipping photo.png, zip -j document.docx.zip photo.png
Display report.pdf with non-blank line numbers, cat -b report.pdf
"List subdirectories recursively, with human-readable sizes, colours, and extensive information.",ls -RdlhG
List contents of photo.png with line numbers, cat -n photo.png
Move image.jpg as a normal file to databases.,mv -T image.jpg databases
"List all files containing ""log"" in their names, including hidden ones",ls -a *log*
Show hidden files and folders in a lengthy format with rich colours and details.,ls -alG
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
"Recursive copying is used to move music to documents_archive, maintaining attributes, and making a backup.", cp -r -p -b music documents_archive
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy configuration.ini to projects_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b configuration.ini projects_backup
Extract files with verbose mode enabled from database.sql.zip, unzip -v database.sql.zip
Print proposal.docx with tabs represented as ^I, cat -T proposal.docx
Recursively list subdirectories and display directory structure with colored output,ls -RdG
"Concatenate report.pdf and report.pdf, numbering non-empty output lines and showing non-printing characters and tabs as '^I'",cat -b -vT report.pdf report.pdf
"Sort files in a list according to when they were last modified, and provide file sizes in a legible manner.",ls -lt -h
Show all files including hidden files,ls -a
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
"Transfer database.sql firmly to videos, ask permission before overwriting, and only move if a newer version is available.",mv -fiu database.sql videos
"Mirror photo.png to templates_backup with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b photo.png templates_backup
Find directories with names containing 'backup' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type d -name ""*backup*"" -mtime -7"
Mirror proposal.docx with properties preserved to videos_backup, cp -p proposal.docx videos_backup
List the contents of report.pdf while displaying each control character., cat -A report.pdf
Make a backup of the current files and copy proposal.docx to logs_archive.,cp -b proposal.docx logs_archive
Display the contents of report.pdf,cat report.pdf
Display presentation.pptx with line endings, cat -E presentation.pptx
Compress projects and its contents, zip -r projects projects
Change the default order of sorting.,ls -r
Display files sorted by file size,ls -S
Search for files with names containing 'image' and with read permissions for the group,"find . -type f -name ""*image*"" -perm /g=r"
Prompt for confirmation before replacing document.docx in music,mv -i document.docx music
"Package files presentation.pptx, document.docx, spreadsheet.xlsx into configuration.ini.zip, preserving paths, using password 'secure123'",zip -r -P secure123 configuration.ini.zip presentation.pptx document.docx spreadsheet.xlsx
Create a hard link of document.docx in images_backup, cp -l document.docx images_backup
"Move configuration.ini to photos_backup, and if the files are already there, create a backup.",cp -b configuration.ini photos_backup
Update document.docx if newer in memo.txt.zip, zip -u memo.txt.zip document.docx
"The files ""photo.png, ""video.mp4"", and ""executable.exe"" should be concatenated into the directory ""logs"".",mkdir logs && cat photo.png video.mp4 executable.exe > logs/concatenated_file.txt
Shift video.mp4 to videos treating it like a normal file,mv -T video.mp4 videos
"Release video.mp4.zip, testing archive integrity only, to directory temp_folder",unzip -t -d temp_folder video.mp4.zip
Extract memo.txt that is encrypted.Zip file protected with '*.mp3', unzip -P *.mp3 memo.txt.zip
Locate named pipes, find . -type p
"Take the files out of script.py.Zip the file, then select reports_archive.", unzip -C reports_archive script.py.zip
Search for files modified more than 30 days ago and smaller than 10KB,find . -type f -mtime +30 -size -10k
Move configuration.ini to logs_archive and verify overwriting interactively., cp -i configuration.ini logs_archive
Show line numbers for script.py that are not blank., cat -b script.py
Move files to videos, find . -name spreadsheet.xlsx -exec mv {} videos \
Replace outdated files from video.mp4.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U video.mp4.zip
"Create a new directory called ""backups"" and create symbolic link named ""pointer"" pointing to ""backup"".",mkdir backups && ln -s backup pointer
"If scripts is outdated or nonexistent, only substitute contract.pdf for it.",mv -u contract.pdf scripts
Extract script.py.zip without displaying output, unzip -q script.py.zip
Zip proposal.docx without any folder organization, zip -j configuration.ini.zip proposal.docx
Put configuration.ini inside image.jpg.zip and delete, zip -m image.jpg.zip configuration.ini
Extract encrypted report.pdf.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py report.pdf.zip
Display directories themselves with comprehensive details.,ls -ld
Duplicate database.sql to downloads_archive by creating hard links, cp -l database.sql downloads_archive
Files should be displayed in coloured lists.,ls -G
List files in a lengthy format with output that is coloured.,ls -lG
Mirror configuration.ini to archive using hard links, cp -l configuration.ini archive
Find files with names ending in '.log' and larger than 1MB,"find . -type f -name ""*.log"" -size +1M"
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then extract only the file names",ls -al | awk '{print $9}'
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then sort them by modification time in reverse order","ls -al | sort -k6,6r"
"Display proposal.docx, showing line numbers and non-printing characters, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -v -e proposal.docx
Show script.py with line breaks included, cat -E script.py
Print inode number of each file,ls -i
"List subdirectories recursively, with human-readable sizes, colours, and extensive information.",ls -RdlhG
List each file on a single line.,ls -1
Make a copy of presentation.pptx in backup while preserving all properties.,cp -a presentation.pptx backup
"Take the files out of script.py.Zip the file, then select reports_archive.", unzip -C reports_archive script.py.zip
Provide password '*.txt' to unzip policy.pdf.zip, unzip -P *.txt policy.pdf.zip
Show proposal.docx with error messages suppressed, cat -q proposal.docx
Print each file's inode number.,ls -i
"List the files, one for each line.",ls -1
"Transfer presentations to music_library and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -ir presentations music_library
Create a new archive using photo.png and database.sql.zip., zip -c database.sql.zip photo.png
Backup logs to images_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -r logs images_backup
Make a hard link by copying photo.png to images_backup and maintaining all of its properties., cp -p -l photo.png images_backup
Unzip files from video.mp4.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j video.mp4.zip
"While extracting files, extract executable.exe.zip", unzip -q executable.exe.zip
Search for files with names containing 'log' and created in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""*log*"" -ctime -1"
Transfer configuration.ini to logs_archive and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b configuration.ini logs_archive
List contents of policy.pdf with non-printing characters displayed, cat -v policy.pdf
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then count the number of lines",ls -al | wc -l
"Transfer executable.exe forcefully to archives, asking for confirmation, and treating destination as a file",mv -ifT executable.exe archives
Display every file on a different line.,ls -1
"Zip files photo.png, proposal.docx, executable.exe into audio.mp3.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, verbose output",zip -n '*.txt' -v audio.mp3.zip photo.png proposal.docx executable.exe
Create directory downloads and parent directories if they do not exist with verbose output,mkdir -p -v downloads
Print each file separately,ls -1
Confirm before replacing contract.pdf with photos,mv -i contract.pdf photos
Copy database.sql to videos_backup and backup existing files,cp -b database.sql videos_backup
Copy contract.pdf to videos_backup; interactive confirmation is necessary.,cp -i contract.pdf videos_backup
Display inode numbers of files,ls -i
"Make a copy of presentation.pptx in images_backup, but before overwriting, get permission.", cp -i presentation.pptx images_backup
"Archive files video.mp4, video.mp4, audio.mp3 into policy.pdf.zip, excluding '*.log' files, storing symbolic links",zip -x '*.log' -y policy.pdf.zip video.mp4 video.mp4 audio.mp3
Pack databases and all its files into archive, zip -r databases databases
Show line numbers for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -n spreadsheet.xlsx
Files are sorted by modification time.,ls -t
Duplicate configuration.ini to scripts_backup with a backup if files exist, cp -b -i configuration.ini scripts_backup
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip and change to projects_backup, unzip -C projects_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Recursively display the directory structure,ls -R
Transfer script.py to photos_backup and maintain its attributes, cp -p script.py photos_backup
Find the usual files., find . -type f
Display the contents of report.pdf,cat report.pdf
"Move audio.mp3 to reports with force, prompt for confirmation, and treat destination as file",mv -ifT audio.mp3 reports
Extract files from policy.pdf.zip into templates_backup, unzip -d templates_backup policy.pdf.zip
Replicate video.mp4 to backup preserving attributes,cp -a video.mp4 backup
"Copy proposal.docx to music_library, making a backup copy of the original files.", cp -b -p proposal.docx music_library
"Mirror photo.png to templates_backup with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b photo.png templates_backup
Look for files bigger than one megabyte., find . -size +1M
Show the contents of executable.exe with line numbers,cat -n executable.exe
"Display directory names only, without their contents",ls -d
"Transfer all of the files from ""databases"" to ""reports,"" then zip them all together into a file called ""file_name].zip.""",cp /databases/* /reports/ | zip -r /reports/script.py.zip /reports/*
Turn on coloured listing.,ls -G
"When extracting files from presentation.pptx.zip, ignore paths.", unzip -j presentation.pptx.zip
Transfer files to output from temp and add a timestamp to the filename,"find temp -type f -exec sh -c 'mv ""$1"" ""$2/$(basename ""$1"")_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)""' sh {} output \;"
Show the inode numbers for files.,ls -i
"Retrieve script.py.zip, overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.jpg' to directory music_library",unzip -o -j -d music_library script.py.zip '*.jpg'
"Archive files database.sql, configuration.ini, audio.mp3 into video.mp4.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, quietly",zip -x '*.tmp' -q video.mp4.zip database.sql configuration.ini audio.mp3
Print the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Show spreadsheet.xlsx in tabbed mode as \I, cat -T spreadsheet.xlsx
Update database.sql in proposal.docx.zip if newer, zip -f proposal.docx.zip database.sql
Display presentation.pptx with the error messages hidden, cat -q presentation.pptx
Print executable.exe contents with line endings, cat -E executable.exe
"Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to projects, replacing any files that are already there.",mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx projects
Move contract.pdf to music only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u contract.pdf music
"Move document.docx to videos_backup, and if the files are already there, create a backup.", cp -b -i document.docx videos_backup
"Uncompress proposal.docx.zip, extracting symbolic links, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -l -d downloads_archive proposal.docx.zip
Transfer memo.txt to output and make a backup if files already exist, cp -b -i memo.txt output
Show proposal.docx with error messages suppressed, cat -q proposal.docx
Clone database.sql with preserving attributes to temp_folder, cp -p database.sql temp_folder
"Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format, then count the number of lines",ls -lt | awk '{print $5}' | wc -l
Display files sorted by size,ls -S
Enable output with colors,ls -G
Update image.jpg in configuration.ini.zip if newer, zip -f configuration.ini.zip image.jpg
"Prior to replacing image.jpg in projects, get permission. Treat the destination file.",mv -Ti image.jpg projects
Make a hard link and clone memo.txt to documents_backup while preserving attributes., cp -p -l memo.txt documents_backup
"Ask before replacing database.sql in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iTu database.sql backups
Clone report.pdf with preserving attributes to scripts_backup,cp -a report.pdf scripts_backup
Move spreadsheet.xlsx into script.py.zip, zip -m script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Transfer files from temp to temp_folder that have been modified in the last 24 hours.,find temp -type f -mtime -1 -exec mv {} temp_folder \;
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting video.mp4.zip, unzip -o video.mp4.zip
Clone report.pdf to reports_archive and prompt for permission to overwrite, cp -i report.pdf reports_archive
"Extract executable.exe.zip, but only the most recent files.", unzip -U executable.exe.zip
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting report.pdf.zip, unzip -o report.pdf.zip
Copy script.py to reports_archive while keeping all of its properties.,cp -a script.py reports_archive
"Concatenate report.pdf and image.jpg, numbering all output lines and showing non-printing characters and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT report.pdf image.jpg
"Compress files report.pdf, audio.mp3, configuration.ini into audio.mp3.zip, storing symbolic links, silently",zip -y -q audio.mp3.zip report.pdf audio.mp3 configuration.ini
Ignore paths when extracting files from contract.pdf.zip, unzip -j contract.pdf.zip
Mirror executable.exe with properties preserved to temp_folder,cp -a executable.exe temp_folder
Show hidden files and directories with colored output,ls -aG
Copy database.sql to downloads_archive and ask for confirmation from the user,cp -i database.sql downloads_archive
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate image.jpg to backup while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b image.jpg backup
Look for files with name image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg
"Transfer presentation.pptx firmly to databases, overwriting if required.",mv -f presentation.pptx databases
Change directory to music_library and extract files from image.jpg.zip, unzip -C music_library image.jpg.zip
"List all files with names starting with ""image"" showing inode numbers",ls -i image*
"Concatenate report.pdf and report.pdf, numbering non-empty output lines and showing non-printing characters and tabs as '^I'",cat -b -vT report.pdf report.pdf
Enable color output,ls -G
"Before replacing, copy audio.mp3 to images_backup and ask for approval.",cp -i audio.mp3 images_backup
List contents of photo.png with non-blank line numbers, cat -b photo.png
Shrink templates and everything in it., zip -r templates templates
Find directories with names starting with 'dir',"find . -type d -name ""dir*"""
Enumerate files with expanded properties.,ls -l
Transferring report.pdf to photos_backup while preserving all properties,cp -a report.pdf photos_backup
"Create a directory named ""projects"" and list the files in it.",mkdir projects && ls projects
Show every file and folder recursively,ls -R
Move audio.mp3 to templates and treat it as a regular file,mv -T audio.mp3 templates
List of files in extended format,ls -l
"Uncompress configuration.ini.zip, testing archive integrity only, verbose output, and listing files only to directory templates_backup",unzip -t -v -l -d templates_backup configuration.ini.zip
"If proposal.docx is more recent, update it in audio.mp3.zip.", zip -f audio.mp3.zip proposal.docx
"Display spreadsheet.xlsx, showing tabs as '^I'",cat -T spreadsheet.xlsx
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
Zip databases including all subdirectories, zip -r databases databases
Look for files with name image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg
List the contents of the directories after displaying them with coloured output.,ls -dG */ | xargs ls -lG
"Display tabs as ~For policy.pdf, I", cat -T policy.pdf
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting image.jpg.zip, unzip -o image.jpg.zip
"Output executable.exe, configuration.ini, and image.jpg to proposal.docx",cat executable.exe configuration.ini image.jpg > proposal.docx
Extract files from proposal.docx.zip and change to output, unzip -C output proposal.docx.zip
Provide password '*.sql' to extract presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -P *.sql presentation.pptx.zip
Mirror contract.pdf to images_backup and replace any files that already exist without authorization, cp -f contract.pdf images_backup
Output the last 50 lines of proposal.docx,cat proposal.docx | tail -n 50
Transfer databases to reports_archive with recursive copying and preserving attributes, cp -r -p databases reports_archive
"Take the files out of executable.exe.Zip the file, then select documents_archive.", unzip -C documents_archive executable.exe.zip
Display files sorted by file size,ls -S
Rename image.jpg to temp using force.,mv -f image.jpg temp
Display files sorted by size,ls -S
Move presentation.pptx to archives without replacing,mv -n presentation.pptx archives
Sort files according to size and provide extensive information in lengthy format.,ls -Sl
"Move document.docx to archives, overwriting the destination if necessary",mv -f document.docx archives
"List all files with names ending in "".mp4"" sorted by modification time",ls -t *.mp4
Extract encrypted database.sql.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py database.sql.zip
Locate regular files, find . -type f
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b database.sql photos_backup
"Copy document.docx to reports_archive, ensuring that the user approves the overwrite.", cp -i document.docx reports_archive
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy spreadsheet.xlsx to photos_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx photos_backup
Look for empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Make a hard link and clone memo.txt to documents_backup while preserving attributes., cp -p -l memo.txt documents_backup
Locate named pipes, find . -type p
Print each file that is specified separately.,ls -1
Extract files and overwrite existing files from configuration.ini.zip, unzip -o configuration.ini.zip
Extract files and overwrite existing files from document.docx.zip, unzip -o document.docx.zip
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then count the number of lines",ls -al | wc -l
Extract files without paths from photo.png.zip, unzip -j photo.png.zip
Make a clone of proposal.docx in templates_backup and replace any existing files with force., cp -f proposal.docx templates_backup
List the contents of presentation.pptx using the ^tabsI, cat -T presentation.pptx
Display proposal.docx in quiet mode, cat -q proposal.docx
List files sorted by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -lt -h
"Move the files that match the pattern ""*.doc*"" to the newly created directory ""reports"".",mkdir reports && mv **.doc** reports
"List each subdirectory in detail recursively, then tally the total number of directories.","ls -Rd | grep ""/$"" | wc -l"
Zip contract.pdf without any folder organization, zip -j script.py.zip contract.pdf
Display contract.pdf with non-printing characters, cat -v contract.pdf
"Create directories scripts, downloads, music and parent directories if they do not exist",mkdir -p scripts && mkdir -p downloads && mkdir -p music
"Duplicate spreadsheet.xlsx to logs_archive and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx logs_archive
Find files with names containing 'report' and not writable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" ! -perm -o=w"
"List all files starting with ""report"" in long format",ls -l report*
Show file information in long listing format,ls -l
Change directory to output and extract files from database.sql.zip, unzip -C output database.sql.zip
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
Show directories listed first,ls --group-directories-first
"Make a backup of document.docx, relocate it only if it's more recent, and don't replace it.",mv -bnu document.docx photos
Reverse the order of file listing,ls -r
Show report.pdf with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s report.pdf
Move contract.pdf with attribute preservation to scripts_backup, cp -p contract.pdf scripts_backup
Print files listed individually,ls -1
Enable output with colors,ls -G
Ignore paths when zipping script.py, zip -j database.sql.zip script.py
Search for files modified in the last 24 hours and larger than 100KB,find . -type f -mtime -1 -size +100k
"Make directory ""temp"" and list files in ""temp"".",mkdir temp && ls temp
Check for updates and add proposal.docx to presentation.pptx.zip, zip -u presentation.pptx.zip proposal.docx
Don't use presentation.pptx to replace any existing files in backups.,mv -n presentation.pptx backups
"List the files in descending order of size, show the file sizes in a comprehensible way, and then show the first ten lines.",ls -lSh | head -n 10
"List every file whose name begins with ""image"" and displays the inode numbers.",ls -i image*
"Copy all files from 'videos' to 'presentations', then compress them into a zip file named 'audio.mp3.zip'.",cp /videos/* /presentations/ | zip -r /presentations/audio.mp3.zip /presentations/*
Find files with names containing 'important' and modified in the last 30 days,"find . -type f -name ""*important*"" -mtime -30"
Show image.jpg with suppressed buffered output, cat -u image.jpg
Files from memo.txt.zip should be extracted into reports_archive., unzip -d reports_archive memo.txt.zip
"Extend the format of hidden files and folders, then delete the owner data.","ls -al | awk '{$2=$3=$4=""""; print $0}'"
Maintain directory structure and backup projects to photos_backup, cp -r projects photos_backup
Copy files to downloads, find . -name database.sql -execdir cp {} downloads \
"Sort the files by modification time and list all names that finish in "".mp4"".",ls -t *.mp4
List files sorted by time of modification,ls -t
Check video.mp4.zip for integrity, zip -T video.mp4.zip
Print the contents of image.jpg with line numbers., cat -n image.jpg
Update existing files in image.jpg.zip, zip -u image.jpg.zip proposal.docx
Transfer contract.pdf to reports while keeping all current files.,mv -n contract.pdf reports
Backup archives to temp_folder and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, cp -r -p archives temp_folder
Erase spreadsheet.xlsx from policy.pdf.zip, zip -d policy.pdf.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
Display photo.png with the error messages hidden, cat -q photo.png
Extract files with verbose mode enabled from database.sql.zip, unzip -v database.sql.zip
Forcefully move audio.mp3 to photos without prompting,mv -f audio.mp3 photos
Test presentation.pptx.zip for errors, unzip -t presentation.pptx.zip
Display report.pdf with line numbers, cat -n report.pdf
Ignore paths when zipping photo.png, zip -j document.docx.zip photo.png
Extract files from presentation.pptx.zip into temp_folder, unzip -d temp_folder presentation.pptx.zip
Place configuration.ini.zip inside database.sql., zip -m configuration.ini.zip database.sql
Pack memo.txt without paths into archive, zip -j script.py.zip memo.txt
Making a hard link and mirroring presentation.pptx to scripts_backup while preserving properties, cp -p -l presentation.pptx scripts_backup
Test integrity of contract.pdf.zip, zip -T contract.pdf.zip
Backup current files and move downloads to templates_backup., cp -b -r downloads templates_backup
Search for files smaller than 100KB, find . -size -100k
"Before replacing proposal.docx in reports, prompt, treating destination as file",mv -iT proposal.docx reports
Find files with permissions set to 777,find . -type f -perm 777
"Transfer configuration.ini to output and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp --interactive configuration.ini output
List files in order of file size,ls -S
compel Make a backup of the current files and copy document.docx to temp_folder., cp -b -f document.docx temp_folder
"List all files and directories, including hidden ones",ls -a
Recursive copying is used to transfer music to documents_backup while maintaining attributes., cp -r -p music documents_backup
"Show directories themselves with detailed information, then list the number of files in each directory",ls -ld */ | xargs -I {} sh -c 'echo {}; ls -l {} | wc -l'
"Forcefully move image.jpg to downloads, prompt before overwriting, and move only if newer",mv -fiu image.jpg downloads
"Move database.sql to projects_backup, then ask to overwrite interactively.", cp -i database.sql projects_backup
Pack spreadsheet.xlsx into video.mp4.zip, zip -c video.mp4.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"Decompress video.mp4.zip, extracting files matching pattern '*.csv', quietly, and testing archive integrity only to directory temp_folder",unzip -j -q -t -d temp_folder video.mp4.zip '*.csv'
"Transfer image.jpg to archives, making any necessary destination overwrites.",mv -f image.jpg archives
List directories and their contents recursively,ls -R
Check that memo.txt.zip is intact., zip -T memo.txt.zip
Prompt before overwriting script.py in videos_backup, cp -i script.py videos_backup
"Extract presentation.pptx.zip with password 'secretpass', verbose output, excluding temp_file2.txt, and extracting to standard output to directory downloads_archive",unzip -P secretpass -v -x temp_file2.txt -p -d downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
Extract image.jpg.zip with password '*.pdf', unzip -P *.pdf image.jpg.zip
Copy script.py to reports_archive while keeping all of its properties.,cp -a script.py reports_archive
Display the contents of document.docx with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s document.docx
"Move policy.pdf to templates_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b policy.pdf templates_backup
List directory names only,ls -d
List contents of document.docx with buffered output suppression, cat -u document.docx
Clone report.pdf with preserving attributes to scripts_backup,cp -a report.pdf scripts_backup
List contents of video.mp4 with buffered output suppression, cat -u video.mp4
"Create a backup of proposal.docx, do not overwrite, display verbose output, and treat destination as file",mv -bnvT proposal.docx presentations
Make a backup of the current files and copy configuration.ini to reports_archive., cp -b -p configuration.ini reports_archive
Display hidden folders and files with a coloured output.,ls -aG
Show files with colored output,ls -G
Delete files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx -execdir rm {} \
"Open database.sql.zip, extract the contents, and replace any existing files.", unzip -o database.sql.zip
Copy files to archives, find . -name configuration.ini -execdir cp {} archives \
"Backup backups to images_backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b backups images_backup
Show the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Print presentation.pptx contents with line numbering, cat -n presentation.pptx
Delete files with name memo.txt, find . -name memo.txt -exec rm {} \
Reverse the default sorting order,ls -r
Display proposal.docx with non-blank line numbers, cat -b proposal.docx
Copy report.pdf to downloads_archive and ask before replacing existing files,cp -i report.pdf downloads_archive
Delete files with name image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg -delete
"Out of report.pdf.zip, remove proposal.docx.", zip -d report.pdf.zip proposal.docx
Output the last 30 lines of database.sql,cat database.sql | tail -n 30
Unzip files from script.py.zip quietly, unzip -q script.py.zip
Place the files from photos into an archive., zip -r photos photos
Delete files with name video.mp4, find . -name video.mp4 -delete
Make a fresh archive with video.mp4.zip from photo.png, zip -c video.mp4.zip photo.png
Show document.docx with error messages suppressed, cat -q document.docx
"Forcefully move image.jpg to presentations, prompt before overwriting, and move only if newer",mv -fiu image.jpg presentations
"If the parent directories and directory presentations don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p presentations
Search for files modified exactly 30 days ago, find . -mtime 30
Files should be sorted descendingly.,ls -r
Sort files by the date they were last modified.,ls -t
Search for empty directories, find . -type d -empty
"Copy downloads in its entirety, including all subdirectories, to documents_archive.", cp -r downloads documents_archive
Files should be sorted in reverse order.,ls -r
List contents of photo.png with line numbers, cat -n photo.png
Turn on colour output.,ls -G
"In reports_archive, prompt before overwriting memo.txt.", cp -i memo.txt reports_archive
Backup logs to images_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -r logs images_backup
Duplicate images to downloads_archive including all subdirectories, cp -r images downloads_archive
Look for gaming devices., find . -type c
Show image.jpg with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s image.jpg
Look for files under 100 KB in size., find . -size -100k
List of files in extended format,ls -l
Look for files with the name database.sql., find . -name database.sql
Display verbose output while extracting contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
"Move audio.mp3 forcefully to archives, ask for permission before overwriting, and treat the destination as a file.",mv -fiT audio.mp3 archives
List contents of audio.mp3.zip without extracting, unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
"Display proposal.docx, showing line numbers and non-printing characters, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -v -e proposal.docx
"List files with complete information organised by size and modification time in reverse order, then show the first 15 lines.",ls -Sltr | head -n 15
Extract memo.txt that is encrypted.Zip file protected with '*.mp3', unzip -P *.mp3 memo.txt.zip
Enumerate file sizes in a human-readable format.,ls -h
List files one per line,ls -1
Mirror proposal.docx to music_library and overwrite existing files without seeking permission, cp -f proposal.docx music_library
Only use configuration.ini in place of scripts if it is less than or equal to that directory.,mv -u configuration.ini scripts
Verbose result: proposal.docx should be moved to templates.,mv -v proposal.docx templates
Duplicate images to downloads_archive including all subdirectories, cp -r images downloads_archive
Transferring report.pdf to downloads will replace any preexisting files.,mv -f report.pdf downloads
Search for files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
Ask before replacing script.py in music,mv -i script.py music
Display proposal.docx in quiet mode, cat -q proposal.docx
Refresh video.mp4 in the zip file configuration.ini., zip -f configuration.ini.zip video.mp4
Make spreadsheet.xlsx a hard link in documents_backup., cp -l spreadsheet.xlsx documents_backup
Extract files with verbose mode enabled from database.sql.zip, unzip -v database.sql.zip
"Create directory ""videos"" and zip files ""database.sql"", ""image.jpg"", ""image.jpg"" in it.",mkdir videos && zip videos.zip database.sql image.jpg image.jpg
"Make 'archives', copy 'photo.png' into it, and then make 'shortcut', a symbolic link, to the file.",mkdir /archives/ | cp /photo.png /archives/ | ln -s /archives/ /shortcut/
Locate files named photo.png, find . -name photo.png
Transfer executable.exe to images_backup and establish a hard link, cp -l executable.exe images_backup
Pack photo.png without any archive paths, zip -j photo.png.zip photo.png
Print each file on a new line,ls -1
"Using attribute preservation, clone image.jpg to projects_backup, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b image.jpg projects_backup
Search for files between 1GB and 2GB in size., find . -size +1G -size -2G
"While extracting files, extract image.jpg.zip", unzip -q image.jpg.zip
Files can be sorted by size.,ls -S
"Push proposal.docx firmly into projects, but ask to be asked before overwriting",mv -fi proposal.docx projects
Turn on coloured listing.,ls -G
Duplicate executable.exe to images_backup and retain all attributes,cp -a executable.exe images_backup
Extract newer files from contract.pdf.zip, unzip -U contract.pdf.zip
Extract files with verbose output from memo.txt.zip, unzip -v memo.txt.zip
"Push database.sql hard to presentations, ask for confirmation, and only transfer if there's a newer version available.",mv -ifu database.sql presentations
"Show directories themselves with colored output, then list their contents",ls -dG */ | xargs ls -lG
"Display contract.pdf, squeezing multiple adjacent empty lines",cat -s contract.pdf
Transfer configuration.ini to logs_archive and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b configuration.ini logs_archive
"List directories first, followed by files",ls --group-directories-first
"Concatenate executable.exe and policy.pdf, numbering all output lines",cat -n executable.exe policy.pdf
Look for directories., find . -type d
List the contents of image.jpg.zip., unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Zip reports and subdirectories, zip -r reports reports
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then sort them by modification time in reverse order","ls -al | sort -k6,6r"
Display hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information and colors,ls -alG
"Mirror policy.pdf to output with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b policy.pdf output
Move configuration.ini to documents without replacing existing files,mv -n configuration.ini documents
Look for figurative connections., find . -type l
"Make the directory ""downloads"" and search its contents for files that match the pattern ""*.sql"".","mkdir downloads && find downloads -name ""**.sql*"""
"Duplicate spreadsheet.xlsx to logs_archive and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx logs_archive
Search for files owned by the user 'user1' or 'user2',find . -type f \( -user user1 -o -user user2 \)
"Release video.mp4.zip, testing archive integrity only, to directory temp_folder",unzip -t -d temp_folder video.mp4.zip
Provide password '*.sql' to extract presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -P *.sql presentation.pptx.zip
Delete all files with the executable.exe name., find . -name executable.exe -execdir rm {} \
"Display every file, even those that are hidden.",ls -a
List directories before files in the display,ls --group-directories-first
Delete image.jpg from executable.exe.zip, zip -d executable.exe.zip image.jpg
"Make a copy of database.sql in downloads_archive, but before overwriting, get permission.",cp -i database.sql downloads_archive
Recursively list subdirectories,ls -R
Ask before replacing script.py in music,mv -i script.py music
Copy database.sql to downloads_archive and ask for confirmation from the user,cp -i database.sql downloads_archive
"Move audio.mp3 forcefully to archives, ask for permission before overwriting, and treat the destination as a file.",mv -fiT audio.mp3 archives
Take files out of executable.exe.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o executable.exe.zip
"Copy document.docx to reports_archive, ensuring that the user approves the overwrite.", cp -i document.docx reports_archive
Sort files based on size,ls -S
"List all files having ""notes"" in their names, sorted by size",ls -S *notes*
"Create a backup of report.pdf, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -bnu report.pdf scripts
Backup temp to backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, cp -r -p temp backup
Show file sizes in human-readable units,ls -h
Replace outdated files from video.mp4.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U video.mp4.zip
Show files containing more details,ls -l
Show spreadsheet.xlsx in tabbed mode as \I, cat -T spreadsheet.xlsx
Backup current files and move downloads to templates_backup., cp -b -r downloads templates_backup
Search for files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
"Using attribute preservation, clone video.mp4 to temp_folder, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b video.mp4 temp_folder
Verify presentation.pptx.zip for integrity, zip -T presentation.pptx.zip
Replicate downloads to templates_backup recursively, cp -r downloads templates_backup
Delete script.py from photo.png.zip, zip -d photo.png.zip script.py
Show directories prioritized over files,ls --group-directories-first
Test image.jpg.zip for corruption, zip -T image.jpg.zip
Files should be shown sorted by modification time.,ls -t
"Concatenate executable.exe and policy.pdf, numbering all output lines",cat -n executable.exe policy.pdf
Use hard links to replicate spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive., cp -l spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
Display hidden files and directories with detailed information and colors,ls -alG
Display file sizes in a legible manner,ls -h
Show hidden files with regular files.,ls -a
Copy files to reports, find . -name presentation.pptx -exec cp {} reports \
Avoid replacing report.pdf with temp.,mv -n report.pdf temp
Display hidden files and directories in long format,ls -al
Find files with names containing *.doc*,"find . -type f -name ""**.doc**"""
Unpack policy.pdf.zip with password 'pass123' and preserving permissions to directory scripts_backup,unzip -P pass123 -K -d scripts_backup policy.pdf.zip
List all files in the current directory,ls -a
Recursive copying is used to preserve the properties of reports after a backup to logs_archive., cp -r -p reports logs_archive
List directories before files,ls --group-directories-first
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy configuration.ini to projects_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b configuration.ini projects_backup
Display directories at the top of the list,ls --group-directories-first
"Make a copy of executable.exe, don't replace it, and output verbosely",mv -bnv executable.exe music
Test integrity of presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -t presentation.pptx.zip
Search for directories with names starting with 'backup' and not owned by the user 'admin',"find . -type d -name ""backup*"" ! -user admin"
silently list the contents of configuration.ini, cat -q configuration.ini
Move database.sql to report.pdf.zip and add it., zip -m report.pdf.zip database.sql
Just the directory names should be listed.,ls -d
Silently extract the files from document.docx.zip., unzip -q document.docx.zip
Put contract.pdf into a new report.pdf.zip archive., zip -c report.pdf.zip contract.pdf
Sort files by size,ls -S
Extract presentation.pptx.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py presentation.pptx.zip
Show tabs as ^I for database.sql, cat -T database.sql
"To photos, copy the files.", find . -name database.sql -exec cp {} photos \
"Archive files policy.pdf, photo.png, image.jpg into image.jpg.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, storing symbolic links",zip -n '*.txt' -y image.jpg.zip policy.pdf photo.png image.jpg
"If the parent directories do not already exist, create the directory scripts with verbose output.",mkdir -v -p scripts
Print presentation.pptx without error messages, cat -q presentation.pptx
Take files out of audio.mp3.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
Print document.docx while preventing the display of several blank lines., cat -s document.docx
Modify the file permissions., find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
List the amount of files in each directory after displaying the directories themselves with comprehensive information.,ls -ld */ | xargs -I {} sh -c 'echo {}; ls -l {} | wc -l'
Mirror spreadsheet.xlsx to videos_backup and inquire as to whether the files are already there.,cp -i spreadsheet.xlsx videos_backup
Search for files smaller than 100KB, find . -size -100k
"Recursive copying is used to move archives to music_library, maintaining attributes, and making a backup.", cp -r -p -b archives music_library
Place contract.pdf inside of the archive spreadsheet.xlsx.Zip, zip -u spreadsheet.xlsx.zip contract.pdf
Create directory images and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p images
Examine video.mp4.zip for consistency., unzip -t video.mp4.zip
List directory contents recursively,ls -R
"Make the directories documents, reports, and projects with output that is verbose.",mkdir -v documents && mkdir -v reports && mkdir -v projects
Show policy.pdf contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s policy.pdf
Print the contents of executable.exe with line numbers., cat -n executable.exe
List directories themselves,ls -d
Show photo.png with suppressed buffered output, cat -u photo.png
Take files out of policy.pdf.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
"If the parent directories and the directories scripts, presentations, and reports don't already exist, create them with verbose output.",mkdir -p -v scripts && mkdir -p -v presentations && mkdir -p -v reports
Extract the files from presentation.pptx.zip by navigating to downloads_archive., unzip -C downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
Show line endings for executable.exe, cat -E executable.exe
"Extract image.jpg.zip, then update your files with the latest versions.", unzip -U image.jpg.zip
"Create the directory ""logs"" and extract the contents of ""presentation.pptx.zip"" into it using Zipping.",mkdir logs && unzip presentation.pptx.zip -d logs
Locate regular files, find . -type f
Display every character in the control set for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -A spreadsheet.xlsx
Find empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Copy files to reports, find . -name presentation.pptx -exec cp {} reports \
Print report.pdf contents with non-blank line numbering, cat -b report.pdf
Display document.docx with suppressed empty lines, cat -s document.docx
Display all files and directories recursively,ls -R
"Unarchive spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, quietly and extracting to standard output to directory temp_folder",unzip -q -p -d temp_folder spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Filter files in templates based on *.mp3 and move them to downloads_archive,"grep ""*.mp3"" templates/* | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
"Backup backups to images_backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b backups images_backup
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then calculate the total disk usage",ls -Rl | du -h
Transfer downloads to archive with recursive copying and preserving attributes, cp -r -p downloads archive
Transfer executable.exe to projects_backup while maintaining attributes,cp -a executable.exe projects_backup
Reverse the order of file listing,ls -r
Display file sizes in a format that is easy to read,ls -h
Overwrite existing files in projects with policy.pdf,mv -f policy.pdf projects
Show the names of the directories rather than their contents.,ls -d
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting report.pdf.zip, unzip -o report.pdf.zip
List directories without their contents,ls -d
"Move policy.pdf to databases, prompt before overwriting",mv -i policy.pdf databases
Find files with names starting with 'report' and with read permissions for others,"find . -type f -name ""report*"" -perm /o=r"
"Package files video.mp4, report.pdf, database.sql into image.jpg.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -x '*.tmp' -r image.jpg.zip video.mp4 report.pdf database.sql
"Archive files presentation.pptx, presentation.pptx, report.pdf into memo.txt.zip, using compression level 6, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -6 -x '*.tmp' memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx presentation.pptx report.pdf
Remove script.py from presentation.pptx.zip, zip -d presentation.pptx.zip script.py
Locate files named photo.png, find . -name photo.png
"Before replacing executable.exe in temp, prompt, treating destination as file",mv -iT executable.exe temp
List contents of video.mp4 with buffered output suppression, cat -u video.mp4
Transfer executable.exe to images_backup and establish a hard link, cp -l executable.exe images_backup
Display directories at the top of the list,ls --group-directories-first
Maintain database.sql's characteristics and backup it to backup, cp -p database.sql backup
Preserve attributes of report.pdf while copying to downloads_archive, cp -p report.pdf downloads_archive
Create directory images with verbose output,mkdir -v images
"If the parent directories do not already exist, create the directory scripts with verbose output.",mkdir -v -p scripts
video.mp4 should be moved to photos. handling it like any other file,mv -T video.mp4 photos
Find empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Copy policy.pdf to output while maintaining properties,cp -a policy.pdf output
Search for directories named *.pdf in the current directory,"find . -type d -name ""*.pdf"""
Show non-printing characters for memo.txt, cat -v memo.txt
Show file sizes in a readable format,ls -h
"Make a backup of proposal.docx, relocate it only if it's more recent, and don't replace it.",mv -bnu proposal.docx archives
"List every file with the word ""backup"" in its name, together with all relevant details.",ls -l *backup*
File inode numbers are displayed,ls -i
Copy files to archives, find . -name configuration.ini -execdir cp {} archives \
Clone report.pdf to reports_archive and prompt for permission to overwrite, cp -i report.pdf reports_archive
"List the files in descending order of size, show the file sizes in a comprehensible way, and then show the first ten lines.",ls -lSh | head -n 10
List file sizes in a way understandable to humans,ls -h
Give file sizes in an easy-to-read format.,ls -h
Duplicate video.mp4 to scripts_backup and keep attributes unchanged while creating a hard link, cp -p -l video.mp4 scripts_backup
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Present file sizes in an understandable format for humans.,ls -h
Move database.sql to documents and provide verbose output,mv -v database.sql documents
"Compress files document.docx, presentation.pptx, executable.exe into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files",zip -n '*.txt' spreadsheet.xlsx.zip document.docx presentation.pptx executable.exe
List contents of audio.mp3.zip without extracting, unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
Find files with names containing 'test' and with read and write permissions for the user,"find . -type f -name ""*test*"" -perm -u=rw"
Show photo.png with suppressed buffered output, cat -u photo.png
Transfer proposal.docx to images_backup and prompt before replacing files, cp -i proposal.docx images_backup
Compile and transfer configuration.ini to configuration.ini.zip., zip -u configuration.ini.zip configuration.ini
Show tabs as ^I for database.sql, cat -T database.sql
List directory contents recursively,ls -R
Create a backup and force move photo.png to downloads,mv -fb photo.png downloads
Create directory reports with verbose output,mkdir -v reports
"Generate a directory called 'images', transfer all the files from 'scripts' to 'archives', and lastly locate files that correspond to the pattern '*.ini'.","mkdir /images/ | cp /scripts/* /images/ | mv /images/* /archives/ | find /archives/ -name ""*.*.ini"""
"Create a ""templates"" directory and list the files within it.",mkdir templates && cp templates/* output
"Push database.sql hard to presentations, ask for confirmation, and only transfer if there's a newer version available.",mv -ifu database.sql presentations
Show line numbers for contract.pdf, cat -n contract.pdf
Place video.mp4 inside of database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip video.mp4
Search for symbolic links, find . -type l
"Forcefully move photo.png to photos, but ask for approval",mv -if photo.png photos
Extract script.py.zip without displaying output, unzip -q script.py.zip
Change directory to music_library and extract files from image.jpg.zip, unzip -C music_library image.jpg.zip
Refresh video.mp4 in the zip file configuration.ini., zip -f configuration.ini.zip video.mp4
Sort files alphabetically backwards,ls -r
"Package files script.py, image.jpg, database.sql into presentation.pptx.zip, using compression level 3, silently",zip -3 -q presentation.pptx.zip script.py image.jpg database.sql
"Before replacing presentation.pptx in projects, ask for confirmation.",mv -i presentation.pptx projects
"Make a backup copy of spreadsheet.xlsx and duplicate it to templates_backup with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx templates_backup
Move policy.pdf to archives and overwrite existing files,mv -f policy.pdf archives
Update existing files in document.docx.zip, zip -u document.docx.zip report.pdf
"Display presentation.pptx, showing the dollar at the end of each line",cat -e presentation.pptx
List files in a lengthy format with output that is coloured.,ls -lG
"Release photo.png.zip, excluding archive.zip, verbose output, and extracting symbolic links to directory output",unzip -x archive.zip -v -l -d output photo.png.zip
Locate files named photo.png, find . -name photo.png
Prompt for confirmation before moving document.docx to presentations,mv -i document.docx presentations
Show files listed in order of size,ls -S
Show directories in the beginning of the list,ls --group-directories-first
Display verbose output while extracting contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
Output video.mp4 with visible non-printing characters., cat -v video.mp4
"Display executable.exe, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I', with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -v -T -e executable.exe
Just the directory names should be listed.,ls -d
"Copy contract.pdf to videos_backup while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
Zip music along with its subfolders, zip -r music music
Folders within Zip archives, zip -r archives archives
"Create a backup of audio.mp3, do not overwrite, and display verbose output",mv -bnv audio.mp3 presentations
"List subdirectories recursively, each with a colour and full description.",ls -RdlG
Clone database.sql to music_library and backup existing files, cp -b -p database.sql music_library
Show image.jpg with line numbers that aren't blank., cat -b image.jpg
"Make ""temp"" the directory and zip the files ""memo.txt, ""memo.txt, and ""report.pdf"" into it.",mkdir temp && zip temp.zip memo.txt memo.txt report.pdf
Verbose output: Move photo.png to databases,mv -v photo.png databases
Look for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Display every character in the control set for policy.pdf, cat -A policy.pdf
Make a hard link to duplicate configuration.ini in projects_backup., cp -l configuration.ini projects_backup
"Concatenate audio.mp3 and spreadsheet.xlsx, numbering non-blank output lines",cat -b audio.mp3 spreadsheet.xlsx
Sort the files by name in reverse order.,ls -r
Find files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
"Keep a copy of policy.pdf, avoid overwriting, and provide detailed feedback.",mv -nbv policy.pdf logs
Move script.py to presentations and display verbose output,mv -v script.py presentations
Provide a complete informational list of every file in the current directory.,ls -al
Output the last 25 lines of contract.pdf,cat contract.pdf | tail -n 25
"Out of presentation.pptx.zip, remove proposal.docx.", zip -d presentation.pptx.zip proposal.docx
Do not replace existing files in presentations with script.py,mv -n script.py presentations
"Disentangle memo.txt.zip, preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and listing files only to directory downloads_archive",unzip -K -o -l -d downloads_archive memo.txt.zip
"Using attribute preservation, clone proposal.docx to templates_backup, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx templates_backup
"Zip files executable.exe, contract.pdf, video.mp4 into report.pdf.zip, using compression level 6, verbose output",zip -6 -v report.pdf.zip executable.exe contract.pdf video.mp4
"Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format, then count the number of lines",ls -lt | awk '{print $5}' | wc -l
Show directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
"Package files script.py, image.jpg, database.sql into presentation.pptx.zip, using compression level 3, silently",zip -3 -q presentation.pptx.zip script.py image.jpg database.sql
Extract files silently from photo.png.zip, unzip -q photo.png.zip
Print a new line for every file.,ls -1
Backup downloads to backup and preserve directory structure, cp -r downloads backup
Put a line between each file you list.,ls -1
"Create the directory ""videos"" and provide a list of its contents.",mkdir videos && ls videos
Print policy.pdf with all control characters visible, cat -A policy.pdf
Replace outdated files from configuration.ini.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U configuration.ini.zip
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
"Copy configuration.ini to documents_backup while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b configuration.ini documents_backup
"Package files database.sql, video.mp4, presentation.pptx into policy.pdf.zip, excluding '*.log' files, silently",zip -x '*.log' -q policy.pdf.zip database.sql video.mp4 presentation.pptx
Search for files with names starting with 'data' and not owned by the user 'admin',"find . -type f -name ""data*"" ! -user admin"
Show hidden files and directories in long format with colored output,ls -alG
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting photo.png.zip, unzip -o photo.png.zip
Transfer presentation.pptx to documents_backup and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx documents_backup
List files sorted by size and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -Sh
Search for files named *.doc* in the current directory,"find . -name ""*.doc*"""
"In memo.txt.zip, add photo.png and check for updates.", zip -f memo.txt.zip photo.png
Put script.py in the designated directory. thinking about it as a file rather than a directory,mv -T script.py temp
Unzip files from executable.exe.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j executable.exe.zip
Transfer backups to temp_folder with recursive copying, cp -r backups temp_folder
Create a backup by recursively copying photos to music_library while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b photos music_library
Move the files from projects to downloads_archive after filtering them using *.txt.,"grep -lR ""*.txt"" projects | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
Show all control characters for presentation.pptx, cat -A presentation.pptx
Decompress script.py.zip with password 'password123' to directory scripts_backup,unzip -P password123 -d scripts_backup script.py.zip
Output the last 100 lines of presentation.pptx,cat presentation.pptx | tail -n 100
Make proposal.docx.zip with proposal.docx in it., zip -c proposal.docx.zip proposal.docx
"If proposal.docx is more recent, update it in audio.mp3.zip.", zip -f audio.mp3.zip proposal.docx
"Unpack executable.exe.zip, preserving permissions, to directory documents_backup",unzip -K -d documents_backup executable.exe.zip
List subdirectories in a recursive manner and show the directory structure.,ls -Rd
Maintain database.sql's characteristics and backup it to backup, cp -p database.sql backup
"Before replacing downloads with script.py, prompt",mv -i script.py downloads
Search for files owned by user *.png,"find . -type f -user ""*.png"""
"Sort files in logs by size, then move them to logs_archive",ls -S logs | xargs -I {} mv logs/{} logs_archive
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate proposal.docx to output while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx output
Display the line counts for memo.txt, cat -n memo.txt
Output the first 25 lines of configuration.ini,cat configuration.ini | head -n 25
Show the names of the directories rather than their contents.,ls -d
Look for block devices, find . -type b
Show non-blank line numbers for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -b spreadsheet.xlsx
Print the contents of image.jpg with line numbers., cat -n image.jpg
"Forcefully move script.py to templates, but prompt before overwriting",mv -fi script.py templates
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then exclude directories","ls -al | grep -v ""^d"""
Verify image.jpg.zip's integrity., unzip -t image.jpg.zip
Mirror spreadsheet.xlsx to backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p spreadsheet.xlsx backup
"Display presentation.pptx, showing the dollar at the end of each line",cat -e presentation.pptx
Display script.py with tabs as ^I, cat -T script.py
Make a clone of proposal.docx in templates_backup and replace any existing files with force., cp -f proposal.docx templates_backup
See what's in database.sql.zip, unzip -l database.sql.zip
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting video.mp4.zip, unzip -o video.mp4.zip
Duplicate policy.pdf to documents_backup and request confirmation before overwriting, cp -i policy.pdf documents_backup
Files from policy.pdf.zip should be extracted into output., unzip -d output policy.pdf.zip
"Create a directory named 'photos', copy all files from 'music' to it, then move them to 'presentations', and finally find files matching the pattern '*.sql'.","mkdir /photos/ | cp /music/* /photos/ | mv /photos/* /presentations/ | find /presentations/ -name ""*.*.sql"""
Freshen policy.pdf in spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, zip -f spreadsheet.xlsx.zip policy.pdf
Display file details in the format of a long listing.,ls -l
Find empty files in the current directory,find . -type f -empty
Print inode number of each file,ls -i
Print proposal.docx using the symbol ^ for the tabs.I, cat -T proposal.docx
"Transfer all of the files from ""archives"" to ""logs,"" then zip them all together into a file called ""file_name].zip.""",cp /archives/* /logs/ | zip -r /logs/executable.exe.zip /logs/*
Display files sorted by last modified time,ls -t
Display directories before files,ls --group-directories-first
Overwrite databases with document.docx without prompting,mv -f document.docx databases
Extract only newer files from report.pdf.zip, unzip -U report.pdf.zip
Transfer contract.pdf to reports while keeping all current files.,mv -n contract.pdf reports
"Create a backup of report.pdf, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -bnu report.pdf scripts
Show comprehensive file information,ls -l
Verbose result: proposal.docx should be moved to templates.,mv -v proposal.docx templates
Transfer video.mp4 to scripts as a regular file,mv -T video.mp4 scripts
Create report.pdf.zip containing video.mp4, zip -c report.pdf.zip video.mp4
Move script.py to logs and provide verbose feedback,mv -v script.py logs
Print script.py with non-printing characters visible, cat -v script.py
"Save a backup of photo.png, do not overwrite, show verbose feedback, and treat destination as file",mv -nbvT photo.png logs
Display files in colorized format,ls -G
List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order,ls -Sltr
silently list the contents of configuration.ini, cat -q configuration.ini
Show audio.mp3 with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s audio.mp3
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy spreadsheet.xlsx to photos_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx photos_backup
Make a copy of report.pdf in logs_archive and make a backup of the current files.,cp -b report.pdf logs_archive
Move configuration.ini to templates as a regular file,mv -T configuration.ini templates
Retrieve script.py encrypted.'*.doc*' as the password for zip, unzip -P *.doc* script.py.zip
Turn on output that is coloured.,ls -G
Files should be sorted by size.,ls -S
"Extract presentation.pptx.zip with password 'secretpass', verbose output, excluding temp_file2.txt, and extracting to standard output to directory downloads_archive",unzip -P secretpass -v -x temp_file2.txt -p -d downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
Search for character devices, find . -type c
"From audio.mp3.zip, remove video.mp4.", zip -d audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
"Create a directory named 'images', copy a file named 'report.pdf' into it, and then remove the original file.",mkdir /images/ | cp /report.pdf /images/ | rm /report.pdf
Move policy.pdf to databases without overwriting,mv -n policy.pdf databases
Move configuration.ini to photos_backup while preserving its properties., cp -p configuration.ini photos_backup
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate image.jpg to backup while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b image.jpg backup
Backup video.mp4 before forcefully moving it to templates,mv -bf video.mp4 templates
"Make a list of the files in the ""presentations"" directory after creating it.",mkdir presentations && cp presentations/* projects_backup
Search for files with names ending in '.doc' and larger than 500KB,"find . -type f -name ""*.doc"" -size +500k"
"Keep a copy of memo.txt, avoid overwriting, and provide detailed feedback.",mv -nbv memo.txt backups
Check for updates and add video.mp4 to audio.mp3.zip, zip -u audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
Seek out outlets, find . -type s
Show report.pdf with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s report.pdf
Move database.sql to documents and provide verbose output,mv -v database.sql documents
Output the first 100 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | head -n 100
Make proposal.docx.zip with proposal.docx in it., zip -c proposal.docx.zip proposal.docx
Make new archive photo.png.zip with audio.mp3, zip -c photo.png.zip audio.mp3
Transfer database.sql to documents_archive and make a backup if files already exist,cp -b database.sql documents_archive
Mirror proposal.docx with properties preserved to videos_backup, cp -p proposal.docx videos_backup
Silently unzip the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip., unzip -q spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Display non-printing characters while listing the contents of policy.pdf, cat -v policy.pdf
Copy policy.pdf to output while maintaining properties,cp -a policy.pdf output
Copy document.docx to output while preserving its attributes, cp -p document.docx output
"Extract policy.pdf.zip, but only the most recent files.", unzip -U policy.pdf.zip
Show files having output that is colourized.,ls -G
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
Delete image.jpg from executable.exe.zip, zip -d executable.exe.zip image.jpg
Take remove the files from database.sql.zip that provide verbose output., unzip -v database.sql.zip
Create directory databases with verbose output and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -v -p databases
"Transfer presentations to music_library and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -ir presentations music_library
Sort files based on size,ls -S
Transferring report.pdf to downloads will replace any preexisting files.,mv -f report.pdf downloads
Display directories before files,ls --group-directories-first
Only move spreadsheet.xlsx to projects if it is not yet in existence or is newer.,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx projects
"Disentangle policy.pdf.zip, excluding exclude.mp4, to directory images_backup",unzip -x exclude.mp4 -d images_backup policy.pdf.zip
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, presentation.pptx, video.mp4 into audio.mp3.zip, silently",zip -q audio.mp3.zip spreadsheet.xlsx presentation.pptx video.mp4
"When extracting files from proposal.docx.zip, ignore the directory structure.", unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
List video.mp4 contents with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s video.mp4
Find directories with names containing 'backup' and not writable by others,"find . -type d -name ""*backup*"" ! -perm -o=w"
List files one per line,ls -1
"Package files video.mp4, report.pdf, database.sql into image.jpg.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -x '*.tmp' -r image.jpg.zip video.mp4 report.pdf database.sql
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting photo.png.zip, unzip -o photo.png.zip
Copy script.py to reports_archive and interactively prompt for overwrite, cp -i script.py reports_archive
Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with human-readable sizes,ls -Sltrh
Find files larger than 1 megabyte., find . -size +1M
Create a backup by recursively copying images to images_backup while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b images images_backup
Make a verbose output directory called photos.,mkdir -v photos
Turn on colour output.,ls -G
"Sort files by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then find files larger than a certain size",ls -lSh | awk '$5 > 1000000 {print $0}'
Copy policy.pdf to output while maintaining properties,cp -a policy.pdf output
Extract files from database.sql.zip quietly, unzip -q database.sql.zip
Unzip files from executable.exe.zip quietly, unzip -q executable.exe.zip
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting audio.mp3.zip, unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
Backup current files and mirror document.docx to templates_backup., cp -b -p document.docx templates_backup
Transfer temp and its contents to logs_archive recursively, cp -r temp logs_archive
Count the number of directories after listing the files in reverse order based on size and modification time.,"ls -Sltr | grep ""^d"" | wc -l"
"Create a backup of script.py, do not overwrite, display verbose output, and treat destination as file",mv -bnvT script.py archives
Check integrity of spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Delete files with name image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg -delete
Print database.sql while suppressing the output from the buffer., cat -u database.sql
Show image.jpg with line numbers that aren't blank., cat -b image.jpg
List file sizes in a manner that is comprehensible to people.,ls -h
Extract files from database.sql.zip into projects_backup, unzip -d projects_backup database.sql.zip
"List every file, hidden files included.",ls -a
Show non-blank line numbers for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -b spreadsheet.xlsx
Print audio.mp3 making visible all control characters., cat -A audio.mp3
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and not modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -mtime +7"
Duplicate configuration.ini to scripts_backup with a backup if files exist, cp -b -i configuration.ini scripts_backup
"Create a new directory called ""backups"" and create symbolic link named ""pointer"" pointing to ""backup"".",mkdir backups && ln -s backup pointer
File inode numbers are displayed,ls -i
"Move all files from 'reports' to 'presentations', then create a directory named 'videos' and copy all files from 'presentations' to 'videos'.",mv /reports/* /presentations/ | mkdir /videos/ | cp /presentations/* /videos/
Files should be listed according to size.,ls -S
"Make a backup of proposal.docx, relocate it only if it's more recent, and don't replace it.",mv -bnu proposal.docx archives
"Files can be sorted based on when they were last modified, and the output can be coloured and presented in a legible fashion.",ls -lt -hG
Copy files modified in the last 7 days from backups to backup,find backups -type f -mtime -7 -exec mv {} backup \;
Move spreadsheet.xlsx into archives in the same way that you would any other file.,mv -T spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Prioritise folders over files in the display,ls --group-directories-first
Extract contract.pdf.zip with password 'pass321' and verbose output to directory music_library,unzip -P pass321 -v -d music_library contract.pdf.zip
Locate empty directories, find . -type d -empty
"Transfer all of the files from ""archives"" to ""logs,"" then zip them all together into a file called ""file_name].zip.""",cp /archives/* /logs/ | zip -r /logs/executable.exe.zip /logs/*
Modify the file permissions., find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
"Transfer executable.exe forcefully to archives, asking for confirmation, and treating destination as a file",mv -ifT executable.exe archives
"Move document.docx to videos_backup, and if the files are already there, create a backup.", cp -b -i document.docx videos_backup
Check database.sql.zip for integrity, unzip -t database.sql.zip
Show files listed with colors,ls -G
"List all files in long format whose names begin with ""file"" recursively.",ls -lR file*
"Compress files presentation.pptx, audio.mp3, presentation.pptx into contract.pdf.zip, compressing with best compression, verbose output",zip -9 -v contract.pdf.zip presentation.pptx audio.mp3 presentation.pptx
"Before replacing downloads with script.py, prompt",mv -i script.py downloads
"After displaying hidden files and folders in extended format, just the permissions are visible.",ls -al | awk '{print $1}'
Enable output with colors,ls -G
Move memo.txt to the backup and perform a force overwrite there., cp -f memo.txt backup
Recursive copying is used to transfer databases to photos_backup while maintaining attributes., cp -r -p databases photos_backup
Remove configuration.ini.zip without showing the result, unzip -q configuration.ini.zip
Mirror spreadsheet.xlsx to videos_backup and inquire as to whether the files are already there.,cp -i spreadsheet.xlsx videos_backup
Display configuration.ini with suppressed empty lines, cat -s configuration.ini
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate contract.pdf to videos_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
"Before transferring spreadsheet.xlsx to archives, ask for confirmation.",mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
"Make a backup of photo.png, don't replace it, and only move it if it's more recent.",mv -nbu photo.png videos
"Zip files presentation.pptx, executable.exe, photo.png into audio.mp3.zip, compressing with best compression, excluding '*.log' files",zip -9 -x '*.log' audio.mp3.zip presentation.pptx executable.exe photo.png
Sort files by size and display detailed information in long format,ls -Sl
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
Extract files without paths from photo.png.zip, unzip -j photo.png.zip
"Compress files presentation.pptx, proposal.docx, proposal.docx into document.docx.zip, compressing with best compression, preserving paths",zip -9 -r document.docx.zip presentation.pptx proposal.docx proposal.docx
Output the first 25 lines of configuration.ini,cat configuration.ini | head -n 25
Files can be sorted by size.,ls -S
Mirror photos_backup to scripts recursively, cp -r scripts photos_backup
Find files with names containing 'important' and modified in the last 30 days,"find . -type f -name ""*important*"" -mtime -30"
Create directory databases with verbose output,mkdir -v databases
Take configuration.ini out of the memo.txt.zip., zip -d memo.txt.zip configuration.ini
Print a new line for every file.,ls -1
Prompt for confirmation before moving document.docx to presentations,mv -i document.docx presentations
Make backups of the current files and mirror proposal.docx to archive.,cp -b proposal.docx archive
Extract files with verbose output from memo.txt.zip, unzip -v memo.txt.zip
Recursive copying is used to transfer databases to photos_backup while maintaining attributes., cp -r -p databases photos_backup
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
Show every file and folder recursively,ls -R
Copy database.sql to downloads_archive and ask for confirmation from the user,cp -i database.sql downloads_archive
"Before replacing presentation.pptx in projects, ask for confirmation.",mv -i presentation.pptx projects
Zip presentation.pptx disregards the directory hierarchy, zip -j audio.mp3.zip presentation.pptx
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and not modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -mtime +7"
Extract files from executable.exe.zip and switch to music_library, unzip -C music_library executable.exe.zip
Clone proposal.docx to projects_backup with hard linking, cp -l proposal.docx projects_backup
Print configuration.ini without error messages, cat -q configuration.ini
"Before forcibly transferring spreadsheet.xlsx to backups, make a backup of it.",mv -bf spreadsheet.xlsx backups
Enable color output,ls -G
"Transfer configuration.ini to music_library and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -i configuration.ini music_library
Pack logs and its files into archive, zip -r logs logs
Print executable.exe making visible all control characters., cat -A executable.exe
Move proposal.docx to photos_backup and request confirmation from the user to see if the files are there.,cp -i proposal.docx photos_backup
Compile and transfer configuration.ini to configuration.ini.zip., zip -u configuration.ini.zip configuration.ini
Transfer audio.mp3 to output and make a backup if files already exist, cp -b -i audio.mp3 output
Print policy.pdf with all control characters visible, cat -A policy.pdf
Duplicate proposal.docx to photos_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, cp -i proposal.docx photos_backup
List the contents of presentation.pptx using the ^tabsI, cat -T presentation.pptx
Replicate downloads to templates_backup recursively, cp -r downloads templates_backup
Replace outdated files from policy.pdf.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U policy.pdf.zip
Mirror memo.txt to reports_archive and create backups of existing files,cp -b memo.txt reports_archive
Display the line counts for memo.txt, cat -n memo.txt
Extract files from executable.exe.zip and switch to music_library, unzip -C music_library executable.exe.zip
Make a hard link by copying script.py to projects_backup and maintaining all of its properties., cp -p -l script.py projects_backup
Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information and human-readable sizes,ls -Rdlh
"Push database.sql hard to presentations, ask for confirmation, and only transfer if there's a newer version available.",mv -ifu database.sql presentations
Folders within Zip archives, zip -r archives archives
Check for updates and add presentation.pptx to proposal.docx.zip, zip -u proposal.docx.zip presentation.pptx
Verbose mode: Transfer image.jpg to backups,mv -v image.jpg backups
"Prompt before overwriting memo.txt in scripts, treat destination as file, and display verbose output",mv -iTv memo.txt scripts
Display files in order of size.,ls -S
List directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
"Make directory ""music"" and move files from ""music"" to ""scripts_backup"".",mkdir music && mv music/* scripts_backup
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, audio.mp3, script.py into memo.txt.zip, storing file attributes, excluding '*.tmp' files, silently",zip -X -x '*.tmp' -q memo.txt.zip spreadsheet.xlsx audio.mp3 script.py
Transfer documents to projects_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -r documents projects_backup
"Copy contract.pdf to videos_backup while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
Output the last 25 lines of contract.pdf,cat contract.pdf | tail -n 25
Reverse the file listing's order.,ls -r
Display database.sql with tabs as ^I, cat -T database.sql
"Compress files presentation.pptx, audio.mp3, presentation.pptx into contract.pdf.zip, compressing with best compression, verbose output",zip -9 -v contract.pdf.zip presentation.pptx audio.mp3 presentation.pptx
"Output photo.png, policy.pdf, and proposal.docx to contract.pdf, appending the output to the end of the file",cat photo.png policy.pdf proposal.docx >> contract.pdf
Display every file on a different line.,ls -1
List of files in extended format,ls -l
Show files containing more details,ls -l
Pack document.docx into photo.png.zip, zip -c photo.png.zip document.docx
Look for empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Clone proposal.docx to projects_backup with hard linking, cp -l proposal.docx projects_backup
Replicate document.docx to projects_backup with hard links, cp -l document.docx projects_backup
"Clone policy.pdf to music_library with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b policy.pdf music_library
Replace scripts with configuration.ini without confirmation,mv -f configuration.ini scripts
"Make ""photos"" and purge files that correspond to ""*.png"".",mkdir photos && rm **.png*
"Move video.mp4 to documents with force, prompt for confirmation, and treat destination as file",mv -ifT video.mp4 documents
"Files are sorted in reverse order based on size and modification time, producing coloured output.",ls -SltrG
Zip executable.exe without any hierarchy, zip -j database.sql.zip executable.exe
"Archive files audio.mp3, presentation.pptx, audio.mp3 into proposal.docx.zip, using password 'pass123', verbose output",zip -P pass123 -v proposal.docx.zip audio.mp3 presentation.pptx audio.mp3
Copy contract.pdf to documents_backup and create a hard link, cp -l contract.pdf documents_backup
Find files larger than 1MB,find . -type f -size +1M
List contents of audio.mp3.zip without extracting, unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
List each file on a separate line,ls -1
Take presentation.pptx out of the document.docx.zip., zip -d document.docx.zip presentation.pptx
Output the first 30 lines of proposal.docx,cat proposal.docx | head -n 30
Transform document.docx into music and handle it like any other file.,mv -T document.docx music
"Zip files proposal.docx, database.sql, memo.txt into report.pdf.zip, storing file attributes, displaying verbose output",zip -X -v report.pdf.zip proposal.docx database.sql memo.txt
Clone database.sql to music_library and backup existing files, cp -b -p database.sql music_library
"Extract policy.pdf.zip, but only the most recent files.", unzip -U policy.pdf.zip
Copy contract.pdf to videos_backup; interactive confirmation is necessary.,cp -i contract.pdf videos_backup
"Transfer executable.exe forcefully to archives, asking for confirmation, and treating destination as a file",mv -ifT executable.exe archives
"Package files presentation.pptx, document.docx, spreadsheet.xlsx into configuration.ini.zip, preserving paths, using password 'secure123'",zip -r -P secure123 configuration.ini.zip presentation.pptx document.docx spreadsheet.xlsx
Make a hard link by copying photo.png to images_backup and maintaining all of its properties., cp -p -l photo.png images_backup
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
Put configuration.ini inside image.jpg.zip and delete, zip -m image.jpg.zip configuration.ini
Files should be sorted in reverse order.,ls -r
"Display every file, even those that are hidden.",ls -a
"Create a backup of document.docx, regard the destination as a file, display detailed feedback, and refrain from overwriting.",mv -nbvT document.docx templates
Display file information in extended format,ls -l
Print presentation.pptx without error messages, cat -q presentation.pptx
Unprompted overwrite files when extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
"List all files and directories, including hidden ones",ls -a
Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to archive without prompting and preserving attributes, cp -f -p spreadsheet.xlsx archive
Provide password '*.mp3' to extract image.jpg.zip, unzip -P *.mp3 image.jpg.zip
"Archive files audio.mp3, presentation.pptx, audio.mp3 into proposal.docx.zip, using password 'pass123', verbose output",zip -P pass123 -v proposal.docx.zip audio.mp3 presentation.pptx audio.mp3
Display policy.pdf with all control characters, cat -A policy.pdf
Locate regular files, find . -type f
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b database.sql photos_backup
Enable color output,ls -G
Display contents of a directory recursively,ls -R
List directories themselves,ls -d
"While maintaining its properties, copy configuration.ini to logs_archive and establish a hard link.", cp -p -l configuration.ini logs_archive
"Zip files report.pdf, presentation.pptx, photo.png into video.mp4.zip, using compression level 3",zip -3 video.mp4.zip report.pdf presentation.pptx photo.png
"Sort files by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then find files larger than a certain size",ls -lSh | awk '$5 > 1000000 {print $0}'
Replicate photos to photos of destination recursively, cp -r photos archive
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
Transfer the files to reports, find . -name proposal.docx -execdir mv {} reports \
Show image.jpg with line numbers that aren't blank., cat -b image.jpg
Remove spreadsheet.xlsx from database.sql.zip, zip -d database.sql.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Print memo.txt contents with non-blank line numbering, cat -b memo.txt
"Uncompress proposal.docx.zip, extracting symbolic links, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -l -d downloads_archive proposal.docx.zip
Make a directory called scripts and output verbosely,mkdir -v scripts
Show non-printing characters for report.pdf, cat -v report.pdf
Look for metaphorical connections., find . -type l
"Create directory ""templates"" and move files matching pattern ""*.py"" to it.",mkdir templates && mv **.py* templates
Extract files from proposal.docx.zip and change to output, unzip -C output proposal.docx.zip
Replace outdated files from policy.pdf.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U policy.pdf.zip
Unzip files from executable.exe.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j executable.exe.zip
Move spreadsheet.xlsx into script.py.zip, zip -m script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
File compression with gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Look for empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Don't use presentation.pptx to replace any existing files in backups.,mv -n presentation.pptx backups
Display files with additional details,ls -l
"The files ""photo.png, ""video.mp4"", and ""executable.exe"" should be concatenated into the directory ""logs"".",mkdir logs && cat photo.png video.mp4 executable.exe > logs/concatenated_file.txt
"Move policy.pdf to presentations with force, but prompt for confirmation",mv -if policy.pdf presentations
Display the output in colour.,ls -G
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting report.pdf.zip, unzip -o report.pdf.zip
"Forcefully move script.py to templates, but prompt before overwriting",mv -fi script.py templates
List each file on a single line.,ls -1
Make a hard link duplicate of executable.exe in images_backup., cp -l executable.exe images_backup
"Files from image.jpg.zip should be extracted, then changed to videos_backup.", unzip -C videos_backup image.jpg.zip
Shift video.mp4 to videos treating it like a normal file,mv -T video.mp4 videos
Display contract.pdf with non-blank line numbers, cat -b contract.pdf
List contents of proposal.docx quietly, cat -q proposal.docx
Locate files named image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg
"If the parent directories and directory temp don't already exist, create them with verbose output.",mkdir -p -v temp
Create a hard link and replicate video.mp4 to archive while preserving its properties., cp -p -l video.mp4 archive
Show directories themselves along with detailed information,ls -ld
Print report.pdf contents with non-blank line numbering, cat -b report.pdf
"List all files, arranged by size, with the word ""notes"" in their names.",ls -S *notes*
Mirror report.pdf to music_library and interactively prompt before replacing files, cp -i report.pdf music_library
Print memo.txt with tabs represented as ^I, cat -T memo.txt
Show line numbers for contract.pdf, cat -n contract.pdf
Print database.sql contents with line numbering, cat -n database.sql
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
"Package files database.sql, video.mp4, presentation.pptx into policy.pdf.zip, excluding '*.log' files, silently",zip -x '*.log' -q policy.pdf.zip database.sql video.mp4 presentation.pptx
List contents of audio.mp3.zip, unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
Look for directories., find . -type d
Move image.jpg to temp treating it as a normal file,mv -T image.jpg temp
Replicate proposal.docx to backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p proposal.docx backup
Copy policy.pdf to videos_backup while maintaining its properties., cp -p policy.pdf videos_backup
Transfer files from temp to temp_folder that have been modified in the last 24 hours.,find temp -type f -mtime -1 -exec mv {} temp_folder \;
Output memo.txt with visible non-printing characters., cat -v memo.txt
Show line numbers for video.mp4, cat -n video.mp4
Maintain directory structure and backup projects to photos_backup, cp -r projects photos_backup
"Unarchive video.mp4.zip, overwriting existing files, to directory photos_backup",unzip -o -d photos_backup video.mp4.zip
Extract only newer files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -U spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Output the last 100 lines of presentation.pptx,cat presentation.pptx | tail -n 100
Subdirectories are listed recursively,ls -R
"Transfer database.sql firmly to videos, ask permission before overwriting, and only move if a newer version is available.",mv -fiu database.sql videos
Copy files to downloads, find . -name database.sql -execdir cp {} downloads \
Move report.pdf to logs only if it's newer or doesn't already exist,mv -u report.pdf logs
Use recursive copying to move reports to images_backup, cp -r reports images_backup
Search for files with name database.sql, find . -name database.sql
Show the inode numbers for files.,ls -i
Create a backup by recursively copying downloads to archive while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b downloads archive
"Provide a detailed list of every file in the current directory, and then arrange the list according to file extension.",ls -al | awk -F. '{print $NF}' | sort
Move configuration.ini to documents without replacing existing files,mv -n configuration.ini documents
Place configuration.ini.zip inside executable.exe., zip -m configuration.ini.zip executable.exe
Only move spreadsheet.xlsx to projects if it is not yet in existence or is newer.,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx projects
Show report.pdf with characters that don't print, cat -v report.pdf
Display configuration.ini with suppressed empty lines, cat -s configuration.ini
"Establish directory ""scripts"" and concatenate files ""proposal.docx"", ""photo.png"", ""spreadsheet.xlsx"" into it.",mkdir scripts && cat proposal.docx photo.png spreadsheet.xlsx > scripts/concatenated_file.txt
Overwrite existing files when extracting spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -o spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Seek for files bearing the document.docx name., find . -name document.docx
"List all files in long format that begin with ""report"".",ls -l report*
"In music, prompt before overwriting proposal.docx, regard the destination as a file, and only move if it's more recent.",mv -iuT proposal.docx music
Verbose extraction of report.pdf.zip, unzip -v report.pdf.zip
"List all files having a coloured output that finish in "".png"".",ls -G *.png
Erase policy.pdf from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip policy.pdf
"Move database.sql to projects_backup, then ask to overwrite interactively.", cp -i database.sql projects_backup
Delete image.jpg from executable.exe.zip, zip -d executable.exe.zip image.jpg
"Before forcibly transferring spreadsheet.xlsx to backups, make a backup of it.",mv -bf spreadsheet.xlsx backups
Delete all files with the executable.exe name., find . -name executable.exe -execdir rm {} \
"After providing a thorough description of every file in the current directory, remove directories.","ls -al | grep -v ""^d"""
Place the files from photos into an archive., zip -r photos photos
photo.png should be moved to music and inquire before making changes.,mv -i photo.png music
Copy archives recursively to templates_backup, cp -r archives templates_backup
"Prompt before overwriting memo.txt in logs, treating destination as file",mv -iT memo.txt logs
Take files out of audio.mp3.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
Find files with a size of precisely 50 bytes., find . -size 50c
"Move document.docx to logs_archive, and if the files are already there, create a backup.", cp -b -i document.docx logs_archive
Display file sizes in a legible manner,ls -h
Search for files with names ending in '.jpg' or '.png',"find . -type f \( -name ""*.jpg"" -o -name ""*.png"" \)"
Make documents a directory with verbose output.,mkdir -v documents
Create a hard link and replicate image.jpg to output while preserving its properties., cp -p -l image.jpg output
Find directories with names starting with 'project' and not modified in the last 90 days,"find . -type d -name ""project*"" -mtime +90"
Avoid replacing executable.exe with an already-existing file in images.,mv -n executable.exe images
"List subdirectories recursively, providing coloured output and comprehensive details.",ls -Rdl
Put configuration.ini inside image.jpg.zip and delete, zip -m image.jpg.zip configuration.ini
"Compress files database.sql, audio.mp3, document.docx into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip with compression level 9",zip -9 spreadsheet.xlsx.zip database.sql audio.mp3 document.docx
"Display directories with comprehensive details, then determine the overall size.",ls -ld */ | du -h --max-depth=0
Display policy.pdf with suppressed empty lines, cat -s policy.pdf
Put database.sql inside configuration.ini.zip and delete, zip -m configuration.ini.zip database.sql
Unarchive image.jpg.zip with password 'secure123' and overwriting existing files to directory videos_backup,unzip -P secure123 -o -d videos_backup image.jpg.zip
Display verbose output while extracting executable.exe.zip, unzip -v executable.exe.zip
Show presentation.pptx with line numbers that aren't blank., cat -b presentation.pptx
Print configuration.ini without error messages, cat -q configuration.ini
Display audio.mp3.zip contents., unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
Verify proposal.docx.zip's integrity., unzip -t proposal.docx.zip
Show hidden files and directories in long format with colored output and detailed information,ls -alG
"Without treating it as a directory, put policy.pdf in videos.",mv -T policy.pdf videos
Find files with names containing 'report' and not executable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" ! -perm -o=x"
Refresh document.docx in the zip file executable.exe., zip -f executable.exe.zip document.docx
Allow colour output.,ls -G
"List every file, hidden files included.",ls -a
"Release memo.txt.zip, extracting symbolic links and listing files only to directory videos_backup",unzip -l -d videos_backup memo.txt.zip
"Force copy executable.exe to scripts_backup without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b executable.exe scripts_backup
Search for directories named *.pdf in the current directory,"find . -type d -name ""*.pdf"""
Backup current files and clone contract.pdf to photos_backup., cp -b -p contract.pdf photos_backup
Find files with a size of precisely 50 bytes., find . -size 50c
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
Place proposal.docx inside of contract.pdf.zip, zip -u contract.pdf.zip proposal.docx
Show line endings for policy.pdf, cat -E policy.pdf
Unzip files from script.py.zip quietly, unzip -q script.py.zip
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
"List all files in long format that begin with ""report"".",ls -l report*
"Mirror photo.png to templates_backup with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b photo.png templates_backup
Verify script.py.zip for integrity, zip -T script.py.zip
"If the parent directories and directory presentations don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p presentations
"Concatenate audio.mp3 and spreadsheet.xlsx, numbering non-blank output lines",cat -b audio.mp3 spreadsheet.xlsx
"Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output, detailed information, and human-readable sizes",ls -SltrhG
Pack databases and all its files into archive, zip -r databases databases
Make a fresh archive with executable.exe.zip from executable.exe, zip -c executable.exe.zip executable.exe
video.mp4 should be moved to photos. handling it like any other file,mv -T video.mp4 photos
Delete files with name database.sql, find . -name database.sql -delete
Examine database.sql.zip for consistency., zip -T database.sql.zip
"Archive files database.sql, configuration.ini, audio.mp3 into video.mp4.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, quietly",zip -x '*.tmp' -q video.mp4.zip database.sql configuration.ini audio.mp3
Verbose output should be displayed while extracting audio.mp3.zip., unzip -v audio.mp3.zip
Display the line ends for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -E spreadsheet.xlsx
"Prior to changing report.pdf in projects, ask.",mv -i report.pdf projects
"Make a list of the files in the ""presentations"" directory after creating it.",mkdir presentations && cp presentations/* projects_backup
Clone report.pdf with preserving attributes to scripts_backup,cp -a report.pdf scripts_backup
View contents of photo.png.zip, unzip -l photo.png.zip
Replicate proposal.docx to output and prompt for user confirmation,cp -i proposal.docx output
"List all files containing ""log"" in their names, including hidden ones",ls -a *log*
Show files listed in order of size,ls -S
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
Put video.mp4 on silent display., cat -q video.mp4
"Compress files document.docx, presentation.pptx, executable.exe into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files",zip -n '*.txt' spreadsheet.xlsx.zip document.docx presentation.pptx executable.exe
Copy templates to downloads_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -ir templates downloads_archive
Ignore directory structure when zipping configuration.ini, zip -j photo.png.zip configuration.ini
"Prior to changing report.pdf in projects, ask.",mv -i report.pdf projects
Make a clone of proposal.docx in templates_backup and replace any existing files with force., cp -f proposal.docx templates_backup
Extract files and overwrite existing files from document.docx.zip, unzip -o document.docx.zip
Test integrity of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -t contract.pdf.zip
Look for files bigger than one megabyte., find . -size +1M
Transfer audio.mp3 to videos without erasing any formerly stored files.,mv -n audio.mp3 videos
Search for files with names containing 'document' and created in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""*document*"" -ctime -1"
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip into images_backup, unzip -d images_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Zip files spreadsheet.xlsx, document.docx, report.pdf into script.py.zip, using compression level 6, verbose output, including empty directories",zip -6 -v -r0 script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx document.docx report.pdf
Display audio.mp3.zip contents., unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
Transfer audio.mp3 to reports and display the output verbosely,mv -v audio.mp3 reports
"Create directories scripts, downloads, music and parent directories if they do not exist",mkdir -p scripts && mkdir -p downloads && mkdir -p music
Make a copy of document.docx to documents_archive and obtain consent before making any changes.,cp -i document.docx documents_archive
Place the files in projects., find . -name report.pdf -exec mv {} projects \
"Without showing the results, extract video.mp4.zip", unzip -q video.mp4.zip
"Copy downloads in its entirety, including all subdirectories, to documents_archive.", cp -r downloads documents_archive
"Sort files by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then display the last 5 lines",ls -lSh | tail -n 5
Show memo.txt with every control character present., cat -A memo.txt
Maintain executable.exe properties while copying to documents_archive, cp -p executable.exe documents_archive
Move executable.exe to archives if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u executable.exe archives
Verify integrity of audio.mp3.zip, zip -T audio.mp3.zip
"Prompt before overwriting database.sql in downloads, treat destination as file, and display verbose output",mv -iTv database.sql downloads
Search for files with names ending in '.jpg' or '.png',"find . -type f \( -name ""*.jpg"" -o -name ""*.png"" \)"
Display audio.mp3 with line numbers, cat -n audio.mp3
Find files with names starting with 'report' and with read permissions for others,"find . -type f -name ""report*"" -perm /o=r"
Display script.py with tabs as ^I, cat -T script.py
Move files to documents, find . -name document.docx -exec mv {} documents \
"Before overwriting, move proposal.docx to logs and prompt.",mv -i proposal.docx logs
Search for files with names starting with 'data' and not owned by the user 'admin',"find . -type f -name ""data*"" ! -user admin"
Display the line ends for memo.txt, cat -E memo.txt
Duplicate executable.exe to music_library and backup existing files, cp -b -p executable.exe music_library
Fill executable.exe with audio.mp3.zip, zip -c executable.exe.zip audio.mp3
List contents of proposal.docx with line endings, cat -E proposal.docx
Extraction of files from video.mp4.zip enabling verbose mode, unzip -v video.mp4.zip
Display file inode numbers,ls -i
Display files sorted by last modified time,ls -t
Move image.jpg into archive executable.exe.zip, zip -m executable.exe.zip image.jpg
"Move memo.txt to reports_archive, then prompt for a file replacement.", cp -i memo.txt reports_archive
Zip templates recursively, zip -r templates templates
"Transfer videos to documents_archive with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b videos documents_archive
"List every file, hidden files included.",ls -a
"List files sorted by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then display the first 10 lines",ls -lSh | head -n 10
Copy script.py to projects_backup and prompt for confirmation before replacing,cp -i script.py projects_backup
Display memo.txt in quiet mode, cat -q memo.txt
Replace outdated files from configuration.ini.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U configuration.ini.zip
List directories before files in the display,ls --group-directories-first
Mirror document.docx to temp_folder with attributes intact, cp -p document.docx temp_folder
"To images, copy the files.", find . -name script.py -exec cp {} images \
Display all files including hidden ones,ls -a
Delete files with name image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg -delete
Create a new archive using photo.png and database.sql.zip., zip -c database.sql.zip photo.png
Display every character in the control set for policy.pdf, cat -A policy.pdf
Display characters for spreadsheet.xlsx that aren't printed, cat -v spreadsheet.xlsx
"Save a backup of database.sql, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -nbu database.sql archives
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then extract only the file names",ls -al | awk '{print $9}'
Create directory presentations with verbose output,mkdir -v presentations
"Prompt before overwriting spreadsheet.xlsx in downloads, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iuT spreadsheet.xlsx downloads
Subdirectories are listed recursively,ls -R
Talkative: memo.txt should be moved to templates.,mv -v memo.txt templates
Print inode number of each file,ls -i
Show the inode numbers for files.,ls -i
Provide password '*.mp3' to extract image.jpg.zip, unzip -P *.mp3 image.jpg.zip
Take the files out of video.mp4.into archive using zip, unzip -d archive video.mp4.zip
Mirror spreadsheet.xlsx to backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p spreadsheet.xlsx backup
Copy database.sql and perform a force overwrite in backup, cp -f database.sql backup
Display files listed according to when they were modified.,ls -t
Place contract.pdf inside of the archive spreadsheet.xlsx.Zip, zip -u spreadsheet.xlsx.zip contract.pdf
"Transfer reports to scripts_backup with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b reports scripts_backup
Check video.mp4.zip for integrity, zip -T video.mp4.zip
Sort files by modification time,ls -t
Silently unzip the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip., unzip -q spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Print proposal.docx with tabs represented as ^I, cat -T proposal.docx
Delete all files with the executable.exe name., find . -name executable.exe -execdir rm {} \
Prompt before overwriting script.py in videos_backup, cp -i script.py videos_backup
"Prior to changing report.pdf in projects, ask.",mv -i report.pdf projects
Place all of the files in archives into an archive., zip -r archives archives
Sync the contents of music_library with archives. moving files and utilising rsync,rsync -av --remove-source-files archives/ music_library
Place photo.png inside of report.pdf.zip., zip -u report.pdf.zip photo.png
Show files listed in reverse order,ls -r
Show spreadsheet.xlsx in tabbed mode as \I, cat -T spreadsheet.xlsx
Extract files from policy.pdf.zip into templates_backup, unzip -d templates_backup policy.pdf.zip
"Archive files policy.pdf, proposal.docx, spreadsheet.xlsx into report.pdf.zip, storing symbolic links",zip -y report.pdf.zip policy.pdf proposal.docx spreadsheet.xlsx
"Open configuration.ini and extract encrypted.zip using the ""*.txt"" password", unzip -P *.txt configuration.ini.zip
Incorporate report.pdf into document.docx.zip then remove, zip -m document.docx.zip report.pdf
"Without asking, move executable.exe firmly to presentations.",mv -f executable.exe presentations
Replicate database.sql to documents_archive and ask before replacing existing files, cp -i database.sql documents_archive
Copy script.py to projects_backup and prompt for confirmation before replacing,cp -i script.py projects_backup
Transfer photo.png to scripts_backup by creating a hard link, cp -l photo.png scripts_backup
Check for updates and add proposal.docx to presentation.pptx.zip, zip -u presentation.pptx.zip proposal.docx
Display files sorted by modification time in reverse order,ls -ltr
Display files in order of modification time.,ls -t
"Move script.py forcefully to templates, ask for permission before overwriting, and treat the destination as a file.",mv -fiT script.py templates
"Create directory ""templates"" and remove files matching pattern ""*.mp3"".",mkdir templates && rm **.mp3*
Display hidden files and directories in long format,ls -al
"In document.docx.zip, add database.sql and check for updates.", zip -f document.docx.zip database.sql
"List all files containing ""important"" with human-readable sizes",ls -h *important*
Test integrity of executable.exe.zip, zip -T executable.exe.zip
Files should be displayed in reverse order.,ls -r
Make a fresh archive with video.mp4.zip from photo.png, zip -c video.mp4.zip photo.png
Move the files listed in images to videos_backup. maintaining the directory structure,find images -type f -exec mv -t videos_backup -- {} +
"The files ""photo.png, ""video.mp4"", and ""executable.exe"" should be concatenated into the directory ""logs"".",mkdir logs && cat photo.png video.mp4 executable.exe > logs/concatenated_file.txt
Make a backup of the current files and copy proposal.docx to logs_archive.,cp -b proposal.docx logs_archive
Copy files to archives, find . -name configuration.ini -execdir cp {} archives \
Show files in reverse order based on the modification time.,ls -ltr
Take remove the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip that provide verbose output., unzip -v spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
List file sizes in a human-friendly format,ls -h
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate memo.txt to music_library while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b memo.txt music_library
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Just show directories.,ls -d
Check for updates and add proposal.docx to executable.exe.zip, zip -f executable.exe.zip proposal.docx
Take configuration.ini out of the memo.txt.zip., zip -d memo.txt.zip configuration.ini
Transfer downloads to archive with recursive copying and preserving attributes, cp -r -p downloads archive
Duplicate video.mp4 to scripts_backup and keep attributes unchanged while creating a hard link, cp -p -l video.mp4 scripts_backup
Extraction of database.sql.zip in full, unzip -v database.sql.zip
Test video.mp4.zip for errors, zip -T video.mp4.zip
Allow colour output.,ls -G
Generate a hard link of report.pdf in photos_backup, cp -l report.pdf photos_backup
Clone policy.pdf to logs_archive with attribute preservation, cp -p policy.pdf logs_archive
Extract the files from configuration.ini.zip by changing the directory to archive., unzip -C archive configuration.ini.zip
Display hidden folders and files with a coloured output.,ls -aG
"Move configuration.ini to photos_backup, and if the files are already there, create a backup.",cp -b configuration.ini photos_backup
Extraction of database.sql.zip in full, unzip -v database.sql.zip
Copy templates to downloads_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -ir templates downloads_archive
Show files arranged by modification time,ls -t
Create a hard link and replicate video.mp4 to archive while preserving its properties., cp -p -l video.mp4 archive
Move image.jpg to temp treating it as a normal file,mv -T image.jpg temp
"Transfer presentations to music_library and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -ir presentations music_library
"Copy executable.exe to photos_backup, overwriting and retaining attributes with user consent.", cp -i -p executable.exe photos_backup
Show line numbers for database.sql that are not blank., cat -b database.sql
List contents of policy.pdf with tabs shown as ^I, cat -T policy.pdf
Verify the document.docx.zip's integrity., unzip -t document.docx.zip
Do not overwrite videos with video.mp4,mv -n video.mp4 videos
Print every file individually.,ls -1
Display the contents of script.py with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s script.py
"Make directory ""videos"" and unzip contents of ""report.pdf.zip"" into it.",mkdir videos && unzip report.pdf.zip -d videos
"Before replacing proposal.docx in reports, prompt, treating destination as file",mv -iT proposal.docx reports
Output memo.txt with visible non-printing characters., cat -v memo.txt
Move files to scripts, find . -name script.py -execdir mv {} scripts \
Extract files from database.sql.zip into documents_archive, unzip -d documents_archive database.sql.zip
Transfer script.py to photos_backup and maintain its attributes, cp -p script.py photos_backup
"Ask before replacing configuration.ini in downloads, treat destination as file, and show verbose feedback",mv -TiV configuration.ini downloads
"If downloads is outdated or nonexistent, substitute spreadsheet.xlsx for it.",mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx downloads
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate contract.pdf to videos_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
"Concatenate report.pdf and report.pdf, numbering non-empty output lines and showing non-printing characters and tabs as '^I'",cat -b -vT report.pdf report.pdf
Display files in reverse sorted order,ls -r
Find the report.pdf files., find . -name report.pdf
Compress projects and its contents, zip -r projects projects
Prompt before overwriting archives with spreadsheet.xlsx,mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
"Concatenate script.py and database.sql, numbering non-empty output lines and showing non-printing characters",cat -b -v script.py database.sql
Look for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Create directory images and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p images
Extract encrypted database.sql.zip with password '*.doc*', unzip -P *.doc* database.sql.zip
"If the parent directories and directory documents don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p documents
Copy files to archives, find . -name configuration.ini -execdir cp {} archives \
Extract files from document.docx.zip into archive, unzip -d archive document.docx.zip
Sort the files according to their modification timestamp.,ls -t
Display files listed according to when they were modified.,ls -t
"Concatenate document.docx and document.docx, numbering all output lines and showing non-printing characters",cat -n -v document.docx document.docx
Show document.docx with error messages suppressed, cat -q document.docx
List directories themselves with colored output and detailed information,ls -dGl
Create directory images and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p images
"Sort files in a list according to when they were last modified, and provide file sizes in a legible manner.",ls -lt -h
Extract the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip without a directory structure., unzip -j spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Create directory presentations with verbose output,mkdir -v presentations
"Duplicate executable.exe to output and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b executable.exe output
Modify the file permissions, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate proposal.docx to output while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx output
"Show directories themselves with detailed information, then list the number of files in each directory",ls -ld */ | xargs -I {} sh -c 'echo {}; ls -l {} | wc -l'
Display script.py with tabs as ^I, cat -T script.py
Show files listed in order of modification time,ls -t
Display the line ends for memo.txt, cat -E memo.txt
"Concatenate script.py and database.sql, numbering non-empty output lines and showing non-printing characters",cat -b -v script.py database.sql
"Create directory named ""databases"" and list files in it.",mkdir databases | ls databases
Show photo.png with suppressed buffered output, cat -u photo.png
Put backups and its contents in an archive., zip -r backups backups
Duplicate document.docx to templates_backup using hard links, cp -l document.docx templates_backup
Display characters for spreadsheet.xlsx that aren't printed, cat -v spreadsheet.xlsx
"Force copy executable.exe to scripts_backup without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b executable.exe scripts_backup
"To transfer all of the files from 'videos' to 'archive', first create a directory called 'videos'.",mkdir /videos/ | cp /videos/* /videos/ | mv /videos/* /archive/
Print audio.mp3 using the symbol ^ for the tabs.I, cat -T audio.mp3
Prioritise folders over files in the display,ls --group-directories-first
Verify integrity of audio.mp3.zip, zip -T audio.mp3.zip
Verify the document.docx.zip's integrity., unzip -t document.docx.zip
"Make a backup of document.docx, relocate it only if it's more recent, and don't replace it.",mv -bnu document.docx photos
Erase spreadsheet.xlsx from presentation.pptx.zip, zip -d presentation.pptx.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Make a copy of policy.pdf and obliterate the current files in documents_backup., cp -f policy.pdf documents_backup
Make a copy of report.pdf in logs_archive and make a backup of the current files.,cp -b report.pdf logs_archive
Show memo.txt with every control character present., cat -A memo.txt
Locate empty files, find . -type f -empty
Show hidden folders and files in extended format,ls -al
"When extracting files from proposal.docx.zip, ignore the directory structure.", unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
Move image.jpg to archives and show verbose output,mv -v image.jpg archives
Create zip of backups and its contents, zip -r backups backups
Files from proposal.docx.zip should be extracted into backup., unzip -d backup proposal.docx.zip
"Transfer presentation.pptx firmly to databases, overwriting if required.",mv -f presentation.pptx databases
Folders within Zip archives, zip -r archives archives
"Create a directory called ""templates"" and copy all of the contents from ""videos"" to ""templates"" after moving all of the files from ""presentations"" to ""videos"".",mv /presentations/* /videos/ | mkdir /templates/ | cp /videos/* /templates/
Extract files silently from photo.png.zip, unzip -q photo.png.zip
"Release photo.png.zip, excluding archive.zip, verbose output, and extracting symbolic links to directory output",unzip -x archive.zip -v -l -d output photo.png.zip
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then count the number of directories","ls -Rd | grep ""/$"" | wc -l"
List directory contents and subdirectories recursively,ls -R
Search for files smaller than 100KB, find . -size -100k
List directory contents including hidden files,ls -a
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
"Make ""photos"" and purge files that correspond to ""*.png"".",mkdir photos && rm **.png*
Take remove the files from database.sql.zip that provide verbose output., unzip -v database.sql.zip
"Extract spreadsheet.xlsx.zip with password '123pass', preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and extracting symbolic links to directory music_library",unzip -P 123pass -K -o -l -d music_library spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Show presentation.pptx with line numbers that aren't blank., cat -b presentation.pptx
Move configuration.ini to logs_archive and verify overwriting interactively., cp -i configuration.ini logs_archive
Clone policy.pdf to logs_archive with attribute preservation, cp -p policy.pdf logs_archive
"If executable.exe is more recent, update it in script.py.zip.", zip -f script.py.zip executable.exe
Move presentation.pptx into archive report.pdf.zip, zip -m report.pdf.zip presentation.pptx
"List all files with names starting with ""image"" showing inode numbers",ls -i image*
Clone script.py to images_backup and forcefully substitute existing files, cp -f script.py images_backup
Move audio.mp3 to templates and treat it as a regular file,mv -T audio.mp3 templates
Transfer document.docx to archive and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b document.docx archive
Find directories with names containing 'backup' and not writable by others,"find . -type d -name ""*backup*"" ! -perm -o=w"
Search for directories, find . -type d
Extract encrypted photo.png.zip with password '*.pdf', unzip -P *.pdf photo.png.zip
Prompt before overwriting archives with spreadsheet.xlsx,mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Enumerate folders empty of contents.,ls -d
Show tabs as ^I for policy.pdf, cat -T policy.pdf
"Make directory ""projects"" and unzip contents of ""executable.exe.zip"" into it.",mkdir projects && unzip executable.exe.zip -d projects
Enable colorized output,ls -G
"Create a backup of audio.mp3, do not overwrite, and display verbose output",mv -bnv audio.mp3 presentations
"Archive files script.py, executable.exe, video.mp4 into script.py.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -n '*.txt' -x '*.tmp' script.py.zip script.py executable.exe video.mp4
List files sorted by time of modification,ls -t
Delete files with name database.sql, find . -name database.sql -delete
List files sorted by size and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -Sh
List directories before files,ls --group-directories-first
Examine audio.mp3.zip for mistakes., unzip -t audio.mp3.zip
Move configuration.ini to documents without replacing existing files,mv -n configuration.ini documents
Move script.py to documents and replace existing files,mv -f script.py documents
"Copy executable.exe to photos_backup, overwriting and retaining attributes with user consent.", cp -i -p executable.exe photos_backup
Duplicate audio.mp3 to logs_archive and back up existing files,cp -b audio.mp3 logs_archive
Replace outdated files from configuration.ini.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U configuration.ini.zip
Find files with names starting with 'log' and modified in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""log*"" -mtime -1"
Copy script.py to projects_backup and prompt for confirmation before replacing,cp -i script.py projects_backup
Update existing files in document.docx.zip, zip -u document.docx.zip report.pdf
Check that spreadsheet.xlsx.zip is intact., unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Unwrap report.pdf.zip, preserving permissions, quietly, and extracting to standard output to directory music_library",unzip -K -q -p -d music_library report.pdf.zip
Create a hard link by moving configuration.ini to documents_archive., cp -l configuration.ini documents_archive
Transfer documents to projects_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -r documents projects_backup
Display hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information and colors,ls -alG
Extract files without paths from photo.png.zip, unzip -j photo.png.zip
Find files with names containing *.doc*,"find . -type f -name ""**.doc**"""
Count the number of lines after hidden files and directories are displayed in long format.,ls -al | wc -l
Show executable.exe with line numbers that aren't blank., cat -b executable.exe
Make a copy of document.docx to documents_archive and obtain consent before making any changes.,cp -i document.docx documents_archive
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip into photos_backup, unzip -d photos_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Update existing files with newer versions from photo.png.zip, unzip -U photo.png.zip
Transfer data to music, find . -name report.pdf -execdir cp {} music \
Mirror memo.txt to projects_backup with attributes intact,cp -a memo.txt projects_backup
Copy database.sql to videos_backup and backup existing files,cp -b database.sql videos_backup
Create zip of presentations and its contents, zip -r presentations presentations
Duplicate image.jpg to archive with user confirmation for overwrite and preserving attributes, cp -i -p image.jpg archive
Move files to databases, find . -name policy.pdf -execdir mv {} databases \
Show directory contents recursively,ls -R
Show every file and folder recursively,ls -R
Move presentation.pptx into archive report.pdf.zip, zip -m report.pdf.zip presentation.pptx
"List files having coloured output, sorted by size and modification time.",ls -SltG
Replicate policy.pdf to temp_folder while retaining its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l policy.pdf temp_folder
Move database.sql to executable.exe.zip and add it., zip -m executable.exe.zip database.sql
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy audio.mp3 to reports_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 reports_archive
Display configuration.ini with suppressed empty lines, cat -s configuration.ini
Display directories before files,ls --group-directories-first
Transfer memo.txt as a normal file to music.,mv -T memo.txt music
Make a clone of contract.pdf in downloads_archive and ask for approval before overwriting, cp -i contract.pdf downloads_archive
Ignore the directory structure and extract the files from contract.pdf.zip., unzip -j contract.pdf.zip
"Without asking, forcefully copy report.pdf to scripts_backup while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p report.pdf scripts_backup
Print the contents of image.jpg with line numbers., cat -n image.jpg
Find directories modified more than 30 days ago,find . -type d -mtime +30
Extract only newer files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -U spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"When extracting memo.txt.zip, overwrite any existing files.", unzip -o memo.txt.zip
Show line endings for policy.pdf, cat -E policy.pdf
"Place report.pdf in music considering it as a file, not a directory",mv -T report.pdf music
Show non-blank line numbers for proposal.docx, cat -b proposal.docx
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, audio.mp3, script.py into memo.txt.zip, storing file attributes, excluding '*.tmp' files, silently",zip -X -x '*.tmp' -q memo.txt.zip spreadsheet.xlsx audio.mp3 script.py
Display files with output in colour.,ls -G
Copy the file named 'video.mp4' to the directory 'reports_archive'.,cp /video.mp4 /reports_archive/
Files should be shown sorted by modification time.,ls -t
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate contract.pdf to videos_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
"From database.sql.zip, remove database.sql.", zip -d database.sql.zip database.sql
Display files listed according to when they were modified.,ls -t
Move image.jpg as a normal file to databases.,mv -T image.jpg databases
List files sorted by size and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -Sh
Extract files and overwrite existing files from document.docx.zip, unzip -o document.docx.zip
"List every file whose name begins with ""image"" and displays the inode numbers.",ls -i image*
Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to music_library and create a backup of existing files, cp -b -f spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
Update existing files in image.jpg.zip, zip -u image.jpg.zip proposal.docx
"In image.jpg.zip, add contract.pdf and check for updates.", zip -f image.jpg.zip contract.pdf
"compel Without asking, copy presentation.pptx to archive.", cp -f presentation.pptx archive
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
Backup spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive and maintain its attributes, cp -p spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
Locate symbolic links, find . -type l
Search for files with names ending in '.doc' and larger than 500KB,"find . -type f -name ""*.doc"" -size +500k"
"Move the files that match the pattern ""*.doc*"" to the newly created directory ""reports"".",mkdir reports && mv **.doc** reports
Update existing files in database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip proposal.docx
List files with each on a new line,ls -1
Verify image.jpg.zip's integrity., unzip -t image.jpg.zip
Duplicate presentation.pptx to downloads_archive and force replacement, cp -f presentation.pptx downloads_archive
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy configuration.ini to projects_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b configuration.ini projects_backup
Copy policy.pdf to output while maintaining properties,cp -a policy.pdf output
"Move memo.txt to projects with force, but prompt for confirmation",mv -if memo.txt projects
"Transfer configuration.ini to music_library and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -i configuration.ini music_library
Transfer executable.exe to projects_backup while maintaining attributes,cp -a executable.exe projects_backup
Display verbose output while extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -v policy.pdf.zip
Move files to documents, find . -name document.docx -exec mv {} documents \
Add and move presentation.pptx to memo.txt.zip, zip -m memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx
"Display policy.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e policy.pdf
Take presentation.pptx out of the document.docx.zip., zip -d document.docx.zip presentation.pptx
Print each file's inode number.,ls -i
Move files modified in the last 24 hours from templates to reports_archive,find templates -type f -mtime -1 -exec mv {} reports_archive \;
"Ask before replacing script.py in backups, treat destination as file, and show verbose feedback",mv -TiV script.py backups
"Enumerate all files, even hidden ones, with the word ""log"" in their names.",ls -a *log*
Make script.py a hard link in documents_archive., cp -l script.py documents_archive
Duplicate image.jpg to archive with user confirmation for overwrite and preserving attributes, cp -i -p image.jpg archive
Duplicate video.mp4 to scripts_backup and keep attributes unchanged, cp -p video.mp4 scripts_backup
"Out of presentation.pptx.zip, remove proposal.docx.", zip -d presentation.pptx.zip proposal.docx
Move database.sql to videos and ask before overwriting,mv -i database.sql videos
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
"List the files in descending order of size, show the file sizes in a comprehensible way, and then show the first ten lines.",ls -lSh | head -n 10
Show directory contents recursively,ls -R
Take remove the files from database.sql.zip that provide verbose output., unzip -v database.sql.zip
Show line numbers for contract.pdf, cat -n contract.pdf
Create directory photos and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p photos
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then calculate the total disk usage",ls -Rl | du -h
Show memo.txt with every control character present., cat -A memo.txt
Put script.py in the designated directory. thinking about it as a file rather than a directory,mv -T script.py temp
Move database.sql to executable.exe.zip and add it., zip -m executable.exe.zip database.sql
Place the files from photos into an archive., zip -r photos photos
Copy files to reports, find . -name presentation.pptx -exec cp {} reports \
Backup video.mp4 before forcefully moving it to templates,mv -bf video.mp4 templates
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy audio.mp3 to reports_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 reports_archive
Copy archives recursively to templates_backup, cp -r archives templates_backup
List the contents of report.pdf while displaying each control character., cat -A report.pdf
"Enumerate all files, even hidden ones, with the word ""log"" in their names.",ls -a *log*
Pack document.docx without any archive paths, zip -j contract.pdf.zip document.docx
List the lines that make up presentation.pptx in the list., cat -n presentation.pptx
"Extract report.pdf.zip, only extracting files matching pattern '*.txt', to directory scripts_backup",unzip -j -d scripts_backup report.pdf.zip '*.txt'
"Make a copy of database.sql in downloads_archive, but before overwriting, get permission.",cp -i database.sql downloads_archive
Show policy.pdf as ^ with tabsI, cat -T policy.pdf
Move audio.mp3 to templates and treat it as a regular file,mv -T audio.mp3 templates
Copy files to reports, find . -name presentation.pptx -exec cp {} reports \
"Move all files from 'reports' to 'presentations', then create a directory named 'videos' and copy all files from 'presentations' to 'videos'.",mv /reports/* /presentations/ | mkdir /videos/ | cp /presentations/* /videos/
"Force copy audio.mp3 to output without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 output
Verbose mode: Move configuration.ini into the designated directory.,mv -v configuration.ini videos
Files should be shown sorted by last modification time.,ls -t
"Move policy.pdf to presentations with force, but prompt for confirmation",mv -if policy.pdf presentations
"Assume destination is a file, move only if it's newer, and ask before replacing audio.mp3 in templates.",mv -iTu audio.mp3 templates
Show files with colored output,ls -G
"List all files having a coloured output that finish in "".png"".",ls -G *.png
"Copy image.jpg to logs_archive, making a backup copy of the current files.", cp -b -p image.jpg logs_archive
"Place report.pdf in music considering it as a file, not a directory",mv -T report.pdf music
Make a copy of presentation.pptx in backup while preserving all properties.,cp -a presentation.pptx backup
Turn on colour output.,ls -G
"Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
"Forcefully move image.jpg to downloads, prompt before overwriting, and move only if newer",mv -fiu image.jpg downloads
Show line numbers for memo.txt, cat -n memo.txt
Create report.pdf.zip containing video.mp4, zip -c report.pdf.zip video.mp4
Extract files with verbose output from memo.txt.zip, unzip -v memo.txt.zip
Replace spreadsheet.xlsx in archives without asking,mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Recursively list subdirectories and display directory structure,ls -Rd
"Create a backup of script.py, do not overwrite, display verbose output, and treat destination as file",mv -bnvT script.py archives
"Create a backup of policy.pdf, do not overwrite, and display verbose output",mv -bnv policy.pdf videos
Move report.pdf to logs only if it's newer or doesn't already exist,mv -u report.pdf logs
Replicate policy.pdf to temp_folder while retaining its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l policy.pdf temp_folder
"When extracting files from proposal.docx.zip, ignore the directory structure.", unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
Look for block devices, find . -type b
"Using hard links, mirror presentation.pptx to backup", cp -l presentation.pptx backup
Check for updates and add proposal.docx to executable.exe.zip, zip -f executable.exe.zip proposal.docx
Transfer script.py to downloads without requesting a copy.,mv -n script.py downloads
Place executable.exe in the policy.pdf archive.zip, zip -m policy.pdf.zip executable.exe
Transfer document.docx to music_library while keeping all of its properties., cp -p document.docx music_library
Show files listed in order of size,ls -S
Show configuration.ini with every control character present., cat -A configuration.ini
List the contents of video.mp4 while suppressing buffered output., cat -u video.mp4
Display directory structure recursively,ls -R
"Place report.pdf in music considering it as a file, not a directory",mv -T report.pdf music
Extract proposal.docx.zip's non-pathable files., unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
Find files larger than 1MB,find . -type f -size +1M
Replicate audio.mp3 to temp_folder while retaining its attributes, cp -p audio.mp3 temp_folder
Create directory databases with verbose output,mkdir -v databases
Synchronize contents of photos with archive using rsync and move files,rsync -av --remove-source-files photos/ archive
Duplicate audio.mp3 to backup with user confirmation for overwrite, cp -i audio.mp3 backup
Find files owned by the user and group *.py,find . -type f -user *.py -group *.py
Display the line counts for executable.exe, cat -n executable.exe
"Create a backup of photo.png, regard the destination as a file, display detailed feedback, and refrain from overwriting.",mv -nbvT photo.png videos
Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format with colored output,ls -lt -hG
See what's in image.jpg.zip, unzip -l image.jpg.zip
"From database.sql.zip, remove database.sql.", zip -d database.sql.zip database.sql
"Decompress video.mp4.zip, extracting files matching pattern '*.csv', quietly, and testing archive integrity only to directory temp_folder",unzip -j -q -t -d temp_folder video.mp4.zip '*.csv'
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting video.mp4.zip, unzip -o video.mp4.zip
Move files to documents, find . -name document.docx -exec mv {} documents \
"Move audio.mp3 to reports with force, prompt for confirmation, and treat destination as file",mv -ifT audio.mp3 reports
Mirror image.jpg to templates_backup with attributes intact and creating a hard link, cp -p -l image.jpg templates_backup
"Extract document.docx.zip with password 'newpass123', extracting files matching pattern '*.txt', quietly, and testing archive integrity only to directory scripts_backup",unzip -P newpass123 -j -q -t -d scripts_backup document.docx.zip '*.txt'
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
Display directories at the top of the list,ls --group-directories-first
Move policy.pdf to archives and overwrite existing files,mv -f policy.pdf archives
"Retrieve image.jpg.zip, quietly (no output) to directory documents_archive",unzip -q -d documents_archive image.jpg.zip
List every file's inode numbers.,ls -i
"Without verifying, switch videos for spreadsheet.xlsx.",mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx videos
List all files in the current directory with detailed information,ls -al
List contents of spreadsheet.xlsx with line endings, cat -E spreadsheet.xlsx
"Forcefully move photo.png to photos, but ask for approval",mv -if photo.png photos
"Generate directory ""music"" and exclude file ""exclude2.pdf"" from it.",mkdir music && ls | grep -v exclude2.pdf
Verbose mode: Transfer image.jpg to backups,mv -v image.jpg backups
"Move policy.pdf to templates_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b policy.pdf templates_backup
Extract configuration.ini.zip with password '*.mp4', unzip -P *.mp4 configuration.ini.zip
Duplicate policy.pdf to documents_backup and request confirmation before overwriting, cp -i policy.pdf documents_backup
"Prior to replacing executable.exe in databases, get permission. Treat the destination file.",mv -Ti executable.exe databases
List the contents of the directories after displaying them with coloured output.,ls -dG */ | xargs ls -lG
Update contract.pdf if newer in document.docx.zip, zip -u document.docx.zip contract.pdf
Print each file on a new line,ls -1
"Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to logs, then output detailed comments.",mv -v spreadsheet.xlsx logs
Display subfolders iteratively,ls -R
"While maintaining its properties, copy contract.pdf to projects_backup and establish a hard link.", cp -p -l contract.pdf projects_backup
Backup current files and clone contract.pdf to photos_backup., cp -b -p contract.pdf photos_backup
Recursively compress backups, zip -r backups backups
Check for corruption with configuration.ini.zip., unzip -t configuration.ini.zip
Delete all files with the executable.exe name., find . -name executable.exe -execdir rm {} \
"Open configuration.ini and extract encrypted.zip using the ""*.txt"" password", unzip -P *.txt configuration.ini.zip
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate photo.png to scripts_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b photo.png scripts_backup
Verbose extraction of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
"Copy photo.png to projects_backup, ensuring that the user approves the overwrite.", cp -i photo.png projects_backup
Files from document.docx.zip should be extracted into images_backup., unzip -d images_backup document.docx.zip
Output the first 10 lines of executable.exe,cat executable.exe | head
Files in report.pdf.zip are shown., unzip -l report.pdf.zip
Replicate proposal.docx to backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p proposal.docx backup
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
"Move spreadsheet.xlsx to archive, then verify overwrite while maintaining attributes interactively.", cp -i -p spreadsheet.xlsx archive
Find files with names containing 'important' and modified in the last 30 days,"find . -type f -name ""*important*"" -mtime -30"
Move contract.pdf with attribute preservation to scripts_backup, cp -p contract.pdf scripts_backup
"Ask before replacing script.py in backups, treat destination as file, and show verbose feedback",mv -TiV script.py backups
Display contract.pdf with non-blank line numbers, cat -b contract.pdf
Display proposal.docx in quiet mode, cat -q proposal.docx
Print a new line for every file.,ls -1
Insert spreadsheet.xlsx inside the configuration.ini.zip archive., zip -u configuration.ini.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"Make ""photos"" the directory and remove ""ignore2.png"" from it.",mkdir photos && ls | grep -v ignore2.png
Search for files with names containing 'image' and with read permissions for the group,"find . -type f -name ""*image*"" -perm /g=r"
"Move the files that match the pattern ""*.doc*"" to the newly created directory ""reports"".",mkdir reports && mv **.doc** reports
Display file sizes in comprehensible units for humans.,ls -h
"If the parent directories and the directories videos, temp, and backups don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p videos && mkdir -p temp && mkdir -p backups
Enable colored listing,ls -G
Find directories with names containing 'backup' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type d -name ""*backup*"" -mtime -7"
List contents of photo.png with line numbers, cat -n photo.png
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting image.jpg.zip, unzip -o image.jpg.zip
"Display policy.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e policy.pdf
Recursively list subdirectories with colored output and detailed information,ls -Rdl
Present file sizes in an understandable format for humans.,ls -h
Only move spreadsheet.xlsx to projects if it is not yet in existence or is newer.,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx projects
"Release video.mp4.zip, testing archive integrity only, to directory temp_folder",unzip -t -d temp_folder video.mp4.zip
Verify policy.pdf.zip's integrity., zip -T policy.pdf.zip
Place photo.png inside of report.pdf.zip., zip -u report.pdf.zip photo.png
"Before replacing, copy audio.mp3 to images_backup and ask for approval.",cp -i audio.mp3 images_backup
Test integrity of executable.exe.zip, zip -T executable.exe.zip
Create directory images with verbose output,mkdir -v images
Find directories with names containing 'backup' and not writable by others,"find . -type d -name ""*backup*"" ! -perm -o=w"
Display file inode numbers,ls -i
Check database.sql.zip to maintain integrity, zip -T database.sql.zip
Examine audio.mp3.zip for mistakes., unzip -t audio.mp3.zip
"Place audio.mp3 within image.jpg.zip, then remove it.", zip -m image.jpg.zip audio.mp3
"Sort files by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then display the last 5 lines",ls -lSh | tail -n 5
Enter '*.jpg' as the password to extract contract.pdf.zip., unzip -P *.jpg contract.pdf.zip
Copy script.py to reports_archive while keeping all of its properties.,cp -a script.py reports_archive
Display report.pdf with line numbers, cat -n report.pdf
Take the updated files out of photo.png.zip., unzip -U photo.png.zip
Print each file that is specified separately.,ls -1
"Archive files video.mp4, video.mp4, audio.mp3 into policy.pdf.zip, excluding '*.log' files, storing symbolic links",zip -x '*.log' -y policy.pdf.zip video.mp4 video.mp4 audio.mp3
Just the directory names should be listed.,ls -d
"Forcefully move document.docx to templates, but prompt before overwriting",mv -fi document.docx templates
Present file sizes in a legible format.,ls -h
Check integrity of spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Move files from scripts to backup and append timestamp to filename,"find scripts -type f -exec sh -c 'mv ""$1"" ""$2/$(basename ""$1"")_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)""' sh {} backup \;"
"When zipping, disregard paths presentation.pptx.", zip -j report.pdf.zip presentation.pptx
Zip contract.pdf without any folder organization, zip -j script.py.zip contract.pdf
Move files to documents, find . -name document.docx -exec mv {} documents \
Make a backup of the current files and copy configuration.ini to reports_archive., cp -b -p configuration.ini reports_archive
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then count the number of directories","ls -Rd | grep ""/$"" | wc -l"
Locate files named photo.png, find . -name photo.png
Show hidden folders and files in extended format,ls -al
Print proposal.docx using the symbol ^ for the tabs.I, cat -T proposal.docx
Search for empty files, find . -type f -empty
"Ignoring the directory structure, extract the files from report.pdf.zip", unzip -j report.pdf.zip
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
Display detailed information: Move script.py to scripts,mv -v script.py scripts
Update proposal.docx if newer in contract.pdf.zip, zip -u contract.pdf.zip proposal.docx
"List directories themselves, along with full information and coloured output.",ls -dGl
List files in order of file size,ls -S
Establish a hard link to move proposal.docx to photos_backup., cp -l proposal.docx photos_backup
Move configuration.ini to logs_archive and verify overwriting interactively., cp -i configuration.ini logs_archive
Files should be listed in the lengthy listing format.,ls -l
Freshen policy.pdf in spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, zip -f spreadsheet.xlsx.zip policy.pdf
"Prior to changing report.pdf in projects, ask.",mv -i report.pdf projects
Create directory images with verbose output,mkdir -v images
Show the contents of executable.exe with line numbers,cat -n executable.exe
Shift video.mp4 to videos treating it like a normal file,mv -T video.mp4 videos
Zip report.pdf without directory structure, zip -j report.pdf.zip report.pdf
Display memo.txt in quiet mode, cat -q memo.txt
Look for sockets, find . -type s
"Take the files out of configuration.ini.Zip the file, then select documents_archive.", unzip -C documents_archive configuration.ini.zip
Duplicate database.sql to downloads_archive by creating hard links, cp -l database.sql downloads_archive
Provide password '*.sql' to extract presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -P *.sql presentation.pptx.zip
"Using attribute preservation, clone proposal.docx to templates_backup, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx templates_backup
"Package files report.pdf, spreadsheet.xlsx, document.docx into document.docx.zip, using compression level 3, storing symbolic links",zip -3 -y document.docx.zip report.pdf spreadsheet.xlsx document.docx
Make a hard link after copying policy.pdf to documents_backup., cp -l policy.pdf documents_backup
Move policy.pdf to archives and overwrite existing files,mv -f policy.pdf archives
"List directories themselves, along with full information and coloured output.",ls -dGl
Take out only the most recent files from proposal.docx.zip., unzip -U proposal.docx.zip
"Force copy executable.exe to scripts_backup without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b executable.exe scripts_backup
"Display directories with comprehensive details, then determine the overall size.",ls -ld */ | du -h --max-depth=0
Display every file on a different line.,ls -1
Output the last 20 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | tail -n 20
List contents of policy.pdf with tabs shown as ^I, cat -T policy.pdf
"Transfer document.docx to temp, replacing current files without permission",mv -f document.docx temp
"Display contract.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I', with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e contract.pdf
List file sizes in a human-friendly format,ls -h
"Zip files proposal.docx, database.sql, memo.txt into report.pdf.zip, storing file attributes, displaying verbose output",zip -X -v report.pdf.zip proposal.docx database.sql memo.txt
Clone document.docx to music_library and ask for permission before replacing,cp -i document.docx music_library
"Create directory named ""databases"" and list files in it.",mkdir databases | ls databases
"In reports_archive, prompt before overwriting memo.txt.", cp -i memo.txt reports_archive
Look for files between 1GB and 2GB in size, find . -size +1G -size -2G
Show suppressed buffered output for image.jpg, cat -u image.jpg
Extract files from database.sql.zip into documents_archive, unzip -d documents_archive database.sql.zip
"Display database.sql, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e database.sql
Forcefully rename image.jpg to presentations,mv -f image.jpg presentations
Never use policy.pdf in place of downloads.,mv -n policy.pdf downloads
Sort the files by name in reverse order.,ls -r
Copy database.sql and save its properties in documents_backup., cp -p database.sql documents_backup
Move the contents of scripts to backup. recursively, cp -r scripts backup
Update database.sql in proposal.docx.zip if newer, zip -f proposal.docx.zip database.sql
Copy script.py to documents_archive while preserving characteristics., cp -p script.py documents_archive
Archive report.pdf into new proposal.docx.zip, zip -c proposal.docx.zip report.pdf
Search for files with names containing 'log' and created in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""*log*"" -ctime -1"
"Make a backup of photo.png, don't replace it, and only move it if it's more recent.",mv -nbu photo.png videos
Make a hard link and clone policy.pdf to music_library while preserving attributes., cp -p -l policy.pdf music_library
Recursively list subdirectories and display directory structure with colored output,ls -RdG
"If video.mp4 is outdated or doesn't exist, move it to databases.",mv -u video.mp4 databases
Duplicate executable.exe to output and keep attributes unchanged while creating a hard link, cp -p -l executable.exe output
Pack databases and all its files into archive, zip -r databases databases
Verify database.sql.zip for integrity, unzip -t database.sql.zip
Replicate photos to photos of destination recursively, cp -r photos archive
"Prior to files, list folders.",ls --group-directories-first
Transfer files from temp to temp_folder that have been modified in the last 24 hours.,find temp -type f -mtime -1 -exec mv {} temp_folder \;
Find files with names containing 'test' and with read and write permissions for the user,"find . -type f -name ""*test*"" -perm -u=rw"
"compel Without asking, copy presentation.pptx to archive.", cp -f presentation.pptx archive
"Make ""temp"" the directory and zip the files ""memo.txt, ""memo.txt, and ""report.pdf"" into it.",mkdir temp && zip temp.zip memo.txt memo.txt report.pdf
Extract files from image.jpg.zip and change to documents_backup, unzip -C documents_backup image.jpg.zip
"Without extracting, list the contents of presentation.pptx.zip.", unzip -l presentation.pptx.zip
Mirror report.pdf to music_library and interactively prompt before replacing files, cp -i report.pdf music_library
"In document.docx.zip, add database.sql and check for updates.", zip -f document.docx.zip database.sql
List contents of policy.pdf with tabs shown as ^I, cat -T policy.pdf
"Ask before replacing database.sql in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iTu database.sql backups
"Make 'archives', copy 'photo.png' into it, and then make 'shortcut', a symbolic link, to the file.",mkdir /archives/ | cp /photo.png /archives/ | ln -s /archives/ /shortcut/
Test integrity of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -t contract.pdf.zip
Locate empty files, find . -type f -empty
Transfer files larger than 1 MB from projects_backup to music,find music -type f -size +1M -exec mv {} projects_backup \;
Show file information in long listing format,ls -l
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then count the number of directories","ls -Rd | grep ""/$"" | wc -l"
Remove all files with the name policy.pdf., find . -name policy.pdf -exec rm {} \
"List all files, arranged by size, with the word ""notes"" in their names.",ls -S *notes*
Extraction of document.docx.zip in full, unzip -v document.docx.zip
"Package files executable.exe, document.docx, report.pdf into configuration.ini.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, preserving paths",zip -x '*.tmp' -r configuration.ini.zip executable.exe document.docx report.pdf
Locate empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Display hidden directories and files in a lengthy format with output that is coloured.,ls -alG
Display proposal.docx with non-blank line numbers, cat -b proposal.docx
"Save a backup of photo.png, do not overwrite, show verbose feedback, and treat destination as file",mv -nbvT photo.png logs
Make a hard link to duplicate configuration.ini in projects_backup., cp -l configuration.ini projects_backup
Transform document.docx into music and handle it like any other file.,mv -T document.docx music
Verify presentation.pptx.zip for integrity, zip -T presentation.pptx.zip
Search for files with names containing 'backup' and created in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""*backup*"" -ctime -7"
Search for files with names containing 'log' and created in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""*log*"" -ctime -1"
Show audio.mp3 contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s audio.mp3
"Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output, detailed information, and human-readable sizes",ls -SltrhG
Search for files with name database.sql, find . -name database.sql
"Concatenate audio.mp3 and spreadsheet.xlsx, numbering non-blank output lines",cat -b audio.mp3 spreadsheet.xlsx
Output the first 20 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | head -n 20
Look for files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
Clone script.py to images_backup and forcefully substitute existing files, cp -f script.py images_backup
Files are shown in order of file size.,ls -S
Move files to scripts, find . -name script.py -execdir mv {} scripts \
Display hidden directories and files in a lengthy format with output that is coloured.,ls -alG
"Make directory ""music"" and move files from ""music"" to ""scripts_backup"".",mkdir music && mv music/* scripts_backup
Recursively list directory contents,ls -R
Extraction of files from report.pdf.zip enabling verbose mode, unzip -v report.pdf.zip
List the lines that make up presentation.pptx in the list., cat -n presentation.pptx
Show each file on a separate line,ls -1
Freshen video.mp4 in audio.mp3.zip, zip -f audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
Extract the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip without a directory structure., unzip -j spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Show hidden files and directories in long format with colored output,ls -alG
Recursively compress backups, zip -r backups backups
Backup current files and clone contract.pdf to photos_backup., cp -b -p contract.pdf photos_backup
Extract files from database.sql.zip into projects_backup, unzip -d projects_backup database.sql.zip
"Package files script.py, image.jpg, database.sql into presentation.pptx.zip, using compression level 3, silently",zip -3 -q presentation.pptx.zip script.py image.jpg database.sql
Extract newer files from contract.pdf.zip, unzip -U contract.pdf.zip
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and owned by the user 'user',"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -user user"
Backup archives to temp_folder and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, cp -r -p archives temp_folder
Replace any files that are currently in reports with configuration.ini,mv -f configuration.ini reports
Move presentation.pptx into archive report.pdf.zip, zip -m report.pdf.zip presentation.pptx
"Before replacing proposal.docx in reports, prompt, treating destination as file",mv -iT proposal.docx reports
Transferring report.pdf to photos_backup while preserving all properties,cp -a report.pdf photos_backup
Display contents of photo.png.zip, unzip -l photo.png.zip
"If the parent directories and directory downloads don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p downloads
Find files with names ending in '.txt' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""*.txt"" -mtime -7"
Display the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Show all control characters for memo.txt, cat -A memo.txt
Check integrity of spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Make a backup, then transfer image.jpg forcibly to temp.",mv -fb image.jpg temp
"Prior to replacing executable.exe in databases, get permission. Treat the destination file.",mv -Ti executable.exe databases
"Create directories presentations, images, images and parent directories if they do not exist with verbose output",mkdir -p -v presentations && mkdir -p -v images && mkdir -p -v images
"List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order, then count the number of directories","ls -Sltr | grep ""^d"" | wc -l"
Turn on coloured listing.,ls -G
Place video.mp4 inside of database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip video.mp4
Backup video.mp4 before forcefully moving it to templates,mv -bf video.mp4 templates
"Extract document.docx.zip with password 'newpass123', extracting files matching pattern '*.txt', quietly, and testing archive integrity only to directory scripts_backup",unzip -P newpass123 -j -q -t -d scripts_backup document.docx.zip '*.txt'
Copy database.sql to videos_backup and backup existing files,cp -b database.sql videos_backup
"Force copy audio.mp3 to output without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 output
"Without asking, force copy audio.mp3 to archive", cp -f audio.mp3 archive
List directory contents and subdirectories recursively,ls -R
"List all the contents in a directory, including any hidden files.",ls -a
"Make a symbolic link named ""pointer"" pointing to ""archive"" and establish a new directory called ""projects"".",mkdir projects && ln -s archive pointer
Search for files named report.pdf, find . -name report.pdf
Display contract.pdf with non-blank line numbers, cat -b contract.pdf
Display file details in the format of a long listing.,ls -l
List contents of proposal.docx quietly, cat -q proposal.docx
Show tabs as ^I for database.sql, cat -T database.sql
Display the contents of script.py with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s script.py
Look for figurative connections., find . -type l
"Display database.sql, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I'",cat -n -v -T database.sql
"Unpack executable.exe.zip, preserving permissions, to directory documents_backup",unzip -K -d documents_backup executable.exe.zip
Display files in order of their sizes,ls -S
"List all ""important"" files with sizes that can be read by humans.",ls -h *important*
Show tabs as ^I for policy.pdf, cat -T policy.pdf
Files in backups should be sorted by size before being moved to photos_backup.,ls -S backups | xargs -I {} mv backups/{} photos_backup
Move database.sql to documents and provide verbose output,mv -v database.sql documents
Show files containing more details,ls -l
Print memo.txt with suppression of buffered output, cat -u memo.txt
Allow colour output.,ls -G
Replicate memo.txt to videos_backup while retaining its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l memo.txt videos_backup
Replace scripts with configuration.ini without confirmation,mv -f configuration.ini scripts
Provide password '*.mp3' to unzip audio.mp3.zip, unzip -P *.mp3 audio.mp3.zip
Enable color output,ls -G
"Forcefully move presentation.pptx to photos, but ask for approval",mv -if presentation.pptx photos
Find directories with names ending in 'backup' and with read permissions for the group,"find . -type d -name ""*backup"" -perm /g=r"
Search for files between 1GB and 2GB in size., find . -size +1G -size -2G
Display memo.txt with non-printing characters visible,cat -v memo.txt
"Release photo.png.zip, excluding archive.zip, verbose output, and extracting symbolic links to directory output",unzip -x archive.zip -v -l -d output photo.png.zip
"Move audio.mp3 forcefully to archives, ask for permission before overwriting, and treat the destination as a file.",mv -fiT audio.mp3 archives
Search for directories, find . -type d
Silently extract the files from document.docx.zip., unzip -q document.docx.zip
Show contents of image.jpg.zip, unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Recursively list subdirectories with colored output and detailed information,ls -Rdl
Locate empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Transfer the 'presentation.pptx' file to the 'output' directory.,cp /presentation.pptx /output/
"Transfer audio.mp3 to reports_archive and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -i audio.mp3 reports_archive
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -mtime -7"
"Prompt before overwriting memo.txt in logs, treating destination as file",mv -iT memo.txt logs
"When zipping contract.pdf, disregard the directory structure.", zip -j video.mp4.zip contract.pdf
"Make a backup of document.docx, regard the destination as a file, don't overwrite, and show verbose output.",mv -bnvT document.docx logs
Display files sorted by last modified time,ls -t
Test image.jpg.zip for corruption, zip -T image.jpg.zip
Duplicate audio.mp3 to backup with user confirmation for overwrite, cp -i audio.mp3 backup
Put database.sql inside configuration.ini.zip and delete, zip -m configuration.ini.zip database.sql
"Make a copy of contract.pdf, don't replace it, and output verbosely",mv -bnv contract.pdf videos
Backup executable.exe before forcefully moving it to downloads,mv -bf executable.exe downloads
"List all files ending with "".py"" with colored output",ls -G *.py
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip and change to projects_backup, unzip -C projects_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Replicate memo.txt to videos_backup while retaining its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l memo.txt videos_backup
Place document.docx.zip inside report.pdf., zip -m document.docx.zip report.pdf
Verbose output: Move photo.png to databases,mv -v photo.png databases
Show hidden files and directories,ls -a
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip into images_backup, unzip -d images_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Sort files based on modification time,ls -t
Transfer presentation.pptx to scripts_backup and conduct a force overwrite, cp -f presentation.pptx scripts_backup
Show all files including hidden files,ls -a
Show directories without listing their contents,ls -d
"List subdirectories in a recursive manner with comprehensive details, and then look for a certain file.","ls -Rl | grep ""filename"""
"List subdirectories in a recursive manner with comprehensive details, and then determine the overall disc consumption.",ls -Rl | du -h
Display file details in the format of a long listing.,ls -l
Create directory scripts and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p scripts
Display script.py with tabs as ^I, cat -T script.py
"Concatenate script.py and database.sql, numbering non-empty output lines and showing non-printing characters",cat -b -v script.py database.sql
Transfer the files to projects, find . -name report.pdf -exec mv {} projects \
Examine what's in image.jpg.zip., unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Place document.docx in the configuration.ini.zip archive., zip -m configuration.ini.zip document.docx
List directory contents and subdirectories recursively,ls -R
"Disentangle memo.txt.zip, preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and listing files only to directory downloads_archive",unzip -K -o -l -d downloads_archive memo.txt.zip
"Make a ""music"" directory and add files to it.",mkdir music | ls music
"List every file with the word ""backup"" in its name, together with all relevant details.",ls -l *backup*
Show line numbers for script.py that are not blank., cat -b script.py
Just the directory names should be listed.,ls -d
"Create a backup of report.pdf, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -bnu report.pdf scripts
"Make a copy of presentation.pptx in images_backup, but before overwriting, get permission.", cp -i presentation.pptx images_backup
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and owned by the user 'user',"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -user user"
Print script.py while preventing the display of several blank lines., cat -s script.py
Extract files silently from photo.png.zip, unzip -q photo.png.zip
Replicate photos to photos of destination recursively, cp -r photos archive
Create directory scripts and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p scripts
Zip presentation.pptx disregards the directory hierarchy, zip -j audio.mp3.zip presentation.pptx
"Move document.docx to videos_backup, and if the files are already there, create a backup.", cp -b -i document.docx videos_backup
"When zipping contract.pdf, disregard the directory structure.", zip -j video.mp4.zip contract.pdf
Search for files modified in the last 30 days and larger than 1GB,find . -type f -mtime -30 -size +1G
Unprompted overwrite files when extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
"Extend the format of hidden files and folders, then delete the owner data.","ls -al | awk '{$2=$3=$4=""""; print $0}'"
Files can be sorted by size.,ls -S
Seek out outlets, find . -type s
"Forcefully move presentation.pptx to photos, overwriting if necessary",mv -f presentation.pptx photos
Extract encrypted database.sql.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py database.sql.zip
"Transfer reports to scripts_backup with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b reports scripts_backup
Display files in order of their sizes,ls -S
Backup downloads to backup and preserve directory structure, cp -r downloads backup
Look for files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx
Find directories with names containing 'backup' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type d -name ""*backup*"" -mtime -7"
"Move spreadsheet.xlsx to archive, then verify overwrite while maintaining attributes interactively.", cp -i -p spreadsheet.xlsx archive
Put policy.pdf on silent display., cat -q policy.pdf
"Display report.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT report.pdf
Print audio.mp3 without any warning errors, cat -q audio.mp3
Move policy.pdf to archives and overwrite existing files,mv -f policy.pdf archives
Use hard linking to clone script.py to music_library, cp -l script.py music_library
Modify the file permissions, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
"Prior to replacing executable.exe in databases, get permission. Treat the destination file.",mv -Ti executable.exe databases
"Create directory ""documents"" and zip its contents into file ""memo.txt.zip"".",mkdir documents && zip memo.txt.zip documents/*
Sort files by date of modification in reverse order.,ls -r
Sort files by date of modification in reverse order.,ls -r
Extract only newer files from report.pdf.zip, unzip -U report.pdf.zip
"List subdirectories recursively, each with human-readable sizes and comprehensive information.",ls -Rdlh
Display files in reverse alphabetical order,ls -r
"Show directories themselves with colored output, then list their contents",ls -dG */ | xargs ls -lG
Files in contract.pdf.zip are displayed., unzip -l contract.pdf.zip
Create a new script.py by archiving report.pdf.zip, zip -c script.py.zip report.pdf
Pack memo.txt without paths into archive, zip -j script.py.zip memo.txt
List files sorted by size and modification time with colored output,ls -SltG
Display proposal.docx in quiet mode, cat -q proposal.docx
Take files out of executable.exe.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o executable.exe.zip
Ignore paths when zipping script.py, zip -j database.sql.zip script.py
Move presentation.pptx to archives without replacing,mv -n presentation.pptx archives
Show directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
"Sort the files by modification time and list all names that finish in "".mp4"".",ls -t *.mp4
Compile and transfer configuration.ini to configuration.ini.zip., zip -u configuration.ini.zip configuration.ini
Make backup copies of database.sql and duplicate it to backup.,cp -b database.sql backup
Count the number of lines after hidden files and directories are displayed in long format.,ls -al | wc -l
Copy video.mp4 to templates_backup while preserving its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l video.mp4 templates_backup
Output the first 50 lines of spreadsheet.xlsx,cat spreadsheet.xlsx | head -n 50
"Save a backup of memo.txt, do not overwrite, show verbose feedback, and treat destination as file",mv -nbvT memo.txt videos
Files should be sorted in reverse order.,ls -r
"Zip files document.docx, presentation.pptx, executable.exe into executable.exe.zip, including empty directories",zip -r0 executable.exe.zip document.docx presentation.pptx executable.exe
List files with each on a new line,ls -1
"Backup backups to images_backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b backups images_backup
"Package files presentation.pptx, document.docx, spreadsheet.xlsx into configuration.ini.zip, preserving paths, using password 'secure123'",zip -r -P secure123 configuration.ini.zip presentation.pptx document.docx spreadsheet.xlsx
Display hidden folders and files,ls -a
Check configuration.ini.zip for errors, zip -T configuration.ini.zip
"Display tabs as ~For policy.pdf, I", cat -T policy.pdf
"Create a backup of document.docx, regard the destination as a file, display detailed feedback, and refrain from overwriting.",mv -nbvT document.docx templates
Look for files bigger than one megabyte., find . -size +1M
Show files listed in order of modification time,ls -t
"Copy images in its entirety, including all subdirectories, to archive.", cp -r images archive
Show script.py with line breaks included, cat -E script.py
Put policy.pdf on silent display., cat -q policy.pdf
Overwrite files without prompting when extracting memo.txt.zip, unzip -o memo.txt.zip
Check database.sql.zip for integrity, unzip -t database.sql.zip
Make a directory called scripts and output verbosely,mkdir -v scripts
Clone scripts and all of its subdirectories to archive., cp -r scripts archive
"Move music to archive, making a backup of all currently stored files.", cp -b -r music archive
Enable colored listing,ls -G
"Transfer contract.pdf to photos, then output verbosely",mv -v contract.pdf photos
"List directories first, followed by files",ls --group-directories-first
Copy files to downloads, find . -name database.sql -execdir cp {} downloads \
Print script.py with non-printing characters visible, cat -v script.py
Print policy.pdf with all control characters visible, cat -A policy.pdf
Move video.mp4 to images_backup and force overwrite it., cp -f video.mp4 images_backup
Search for files with names ending in '.jpg' or '.png',"find . -type f \( -name ""*.jpg"" -o -name ""*.png"" \)"
Create directory images and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p images
Output the first 25 lines of configuration.ini,cat configuration.ini | head -n 25
Extract the files from report.pdf.zip by changing the directory to downloads_archive., unzip -C downloads_archive report.pdf.zip
Replace spreadsheet.xlsx in archives without asking,mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Force copy script.py to reports_archive without prompting, cp -f script.py reports_archive
List the contents of report.pdf while suppressing the repetitive blank lines., cat -s report.pdf
Show all control characters for presentation.pptx, cat -A presentation.pptx
"Replicate contract.pdf to videos_backup while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
Remove presentation.pptx from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip presentation.pptx
Display the line counts for memo.txt, cat -n memo.txt
"If files already exist, duplicate spreadsheet.xlsx to projects_backup using a backup.", cp -b -i spreadsheet.xlsx projects_backup
Clone scripts and all of its subdirectories to archive., cp -r scripts archive
"Establish directory ""scripts"" and concatenate files ""proposal.docx"", ""photo.png"", ""spreadsheet.xlsx"" into it.",mkdir scripts && cat proposal.docx photo.png spreadsheet.xlsx > scripts/concatenated_file.txt
"Copy downloads in its entirety, including all subdirectories, to documents_archive.", cp -r downloads documents_archive
Transfer memo.txt to output and make a backup if files already exist, cp -b -i memo.txt output
Take remove the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip that provide verbose output., unzip -v spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Transfer all of the files from ""archives"" to ""logs,"" then zip them all together into a file called ""file_name].zip.""",cp /archives/* /logs/ | zip -r /logs/executable.exe.zip /logs/*
"Create a directory named 'scripts', copy all files from 'scripts' to it, then move them to 'documents_archive'.",mkdir /scripts/ | cp /scripts/* /scripts/ | mv /scripts/* /documents_archive/
Check integrity of audio.mp3.zip, zip -T audio.mp3.zip
List contents of policy.pdf with tabs shown as ^I, cat -T policy.pdf
Display report.pdf with non-blank line numbers, cat -b report.pdf
Make new archive script.py.zip with spreadsheet.xlsx, zip -c script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Display contents of photo.png.zip, unzip -l photo.png.zip
Search for symbolic links, find . -type l
"Unwrap report.pdf.zip, preserving permissions, quietly, and extracting to standard output to directory music_library",unzip -K -q -p -d music_library report.pdf.zip
"Concatenate report.pdf and image.jpg, numbering all output lines and showing non-printing characters and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT report.pdf image.jpg
Update existing files with newer versions from audio.mp3.zip, unzip -U audio.mp3.zip
Display directories before files,ls --group-directories-first
Present comprehensive data: report.pdf should be moved to archives.,mv -v report.pdf archives
"compel Without asking, copy presentation.pptx to archive.", cp -f presentation.pptx archive
Files should be shown sorted by last modification time.,ls -t
Delete files with name document.docx, find . -name document.docx -exec rm {} \
Take image.jpg out of the proposal.docx.zip., zip -d proposal.docx.zip image.jpg
Verbose: Move database.sql to logs,mv -v database.sql logs
List of files in extended format,ls -l
Prompt for confirmation before replacing document.docx in music,mv -i document.docx music
List the lines that don't include a blank in executable.exe, cat -b executable.exe
List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output,ls -SltrG
"Make a copy of database.sql in downloads_archive, but before overwriting, get permission.",cp -i database.sql downloads_archive
List the contents of script.py using the ^tabsI, cat -T script.py
"Compress files report.pdf, audio.mp3, configuration.ini into audio.mp3.zip, storing symbolic links, silently",zip -y -q audio.mp3.zip report.pdf audio.mp3 configuration.ini
Display database.sql with tabs as ^I, cat -T database.sql
Print each file's inode number.,ls -i
Find files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
Output the last 10 lines of database.sql,cat database.sql | tail
Display the line counts for script.py, cat -n script.py
Create directory scripts and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p scripts
Do not replace scripts with image.jpg,mv -n image.jpg scripts
Make proposal.docx.zip with proposal.docx in it., zip -c proposal.docx.zip proposal.docx
Freshen video.mp4 in audio.mp3.zip, zip -f audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
List files in order of file size,ls -S
Move the contents of scripts to backup. recursively, cp -r scripts backup
Duplicate photo.png to logs_archive and create backup copies,cp -b photo.png logs_archive
Move spreadsheet.xlsx to scripts if it's newer or doesn't already exist there,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx scripts
Include hidden files in the list of files.,ls -a
Print memo.txt contents with non-blank line numbering, cat -b memo.txt
Move script.py to presentations and display verbose output,mv -v script.py presentations
"Make a backup, then transfer image.jpg forcibly to temp.",mv -fb image.jpg temp
Extract files with verbose output from memo.txt.zip, unzip -v memo.txt.zip
Check report.pdf.zip for errors, unzip -t report.pdf.zip
Copy database.sql and save its properties in documents_backup., cp -p database.sql documents_backup
"If spreadsheet.xlsx is more recent or does not already exist in documents, move it there.",mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx documents
Make a backup of the current files and force copy photo.png to downloads_archive., cp -b -f photo.png downloads_archive
Delete script.py from photo.png.zip, zip -d photo.png.zip script.py
Transfer memo.txt as a normal file to music.,mv -T memo.txt music
"Sort files by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then display the last 5 lines",ls -lSh | tail -n 5
Extraction of document.docx.zip in full, unzip -v document.docx.zip
Find files modified within the last 7 days,find . -type f -mtime -7
Show hidden files and directories with colored output,ls -aG
Count the number of directories after listing the files in reverse order based on size and modification time.,"ls -Sltr | grep ""^d"" | wc -l"
Mirror documents to templates_backup recursively, cp -r documents templates_backup
Give file sizes in an easy-to-read format.,ls -h
List contents of script.py with non-blank line numbers, cat -b script.py
Search for files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
File compression with gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
"Prompt before overwriting document.docx in backups, treating destination as file",mv -iT document.docx backups
List files in memo.txt.zip, unzip -l memo.txt.zip
Find symbolic links in the current directory,find . -type l
Display the contents of document.docx with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s document.docx
Update existing files with newer versions from database.sql.zip, unzip -U database.sql.zip
Search for files modified exactly 30 days ago, find . -mtime 30
"Extract policy.pdf.zip, but only the most recent files.", unzip -U policy.pdf.zip
Mirror document.docx to temp_folder with attributes intact, cp -p document.docx temp_folder
Replicate document.docx to videos_backup and forcefully overwrite existing files, cp -f document.docx videos_backup
Print every file individually.,ls -1
List the lines that don't include a blank in policy.pdf, cat -b policy.pdf
Enumerate every file in the active directory.,ls -a
"Transfer configuration.ini to music_library and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -i configuration.ini music_library
Silently extract the files from document.docx.zip., unzip -q document.docx.zip
"Retrieve image.jpg.zip, quietly (no output) to directory documents_archive",unzip -q -d documents_archive image.jpg.zip
"Unwrap configuration.ini.zip, extracting to standard output, to directory backup",unzip -p -d backup configuration.ini.zip
Extract files without directory structure from database.sql.zip, unzip -j database.sql.zip
"Display database.sql, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e database.sql
Locate files named image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg
Copy contract.pdf to videos_backup; interactive confirmation is necessary.,cp -i contract.pdf videos_backup
"Open database.sql.zip, extract the contents, and replace any existing files.", unzip -o database.sql.zip
Display the names of directories but not their contents.,ls -d
Do not replace existing files in presentations with script.py,mv -n script.py presentations
Examine policy.pdf.zip for mistakes., zip -T policy.pdf.zip
Transfer photo.png to documents as if it were a regular file,mv -T photo.png documents
Search for directories named *.pdf in the current directory,"find . -type d -name ""*.pdf"""
Transfer files to output from temp and add a timestamp to the filename,"find temp -type f -exec sh -c 'mv ""$1"" ""$2/$(basename ""$1"")_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)""' sh {} output \;"
"Prior to files, list folders.",ls --group-directories-first
Extract encrypted report.pdf.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py report.pdf.zip
Overwrite existing files in projects with policy.pdf,mv -f policy.pdf projects
Extract video.mp4.zip without displaying output, unzip -q video.mp4.zip
Maintain executable.exe properties while copying to documents_archive, cp -p executable.exe documents_archive
Display all files including hidden ones,ls -a
Extract configuration.ini.zip without displaying output, unzip -q configuration.ini.zip
Locate regular files, find . -type f
"Retrieve image.jpg.zip, quietly (no output) to directory documents_archive",unzip -q -d documents_archive image.jpg.zip
"Make a backup of document.docx, regard the destination as a file, don't overwrite, and show verbose output.",mv -bnvT document.docx logs
Avoid replacing executable.exe with an already-existing file in images.,mv -n executable.exe images
Filter files in templates based on *.mp3 and move them to downloads_archive,"grep ""*.mp3"" templates/* | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
Transfer configuration.ini to documents in an unaltered manner,mv -n configuration.ini documents
"Show every file, even those that are hidden.",ls -a
Display detailed information: Move script.py to scripts,mv -v script.py scripts
Move files named 'spreadsheet.xlsx' and 'proposal.docx' from 'reports' to 'photos'.,mv /reports/spreadsheet.xlsx /photos/ | mv /reports/proposal.docx /photos/
Replace archives with photo.png only if it's newer or doesn't already exist,mv -u photo.png archives
Verify script.py.zip for integrity, zip -T script.py.zip
"Copy all files from 'videos' to 'presentations', then compress them into a zip file named 'audio.mp3.zip'.",cp /videos/* /presentations/ | zip -r /presentations/audio.mp3.zip /presentations/*
Show hidden files and folders in a lengthy format with rich colours and details.,ls -alG
Subdirectories are listed recursively,ls -R
Show files arranged by modification time,ls -t
Change directory to output and extract files from database.sql.zip, unzip -C output database.sql.zip
"After placing configuration.ini inside policy.pdf.zip, remove it.", zip -u policy.pdf.zip configuration.ini
"Package files script.py, spreadsheet.xlsx, contract.pdf into proposal.docx.zip, saving extended attributes, storing file attributes",zip -X -X proposal.docx.zip script.py spreadsheet.xlsx contract.pdf
List every file's inode numbers.,ls -i
"Move script.py to downloads, handling it as though it were a regular file.",mv -T script.py downloads
Show files in a format with colour.,ls -G
Display files in colorized format,ls -G
Remove all files with the name policy.pdf., find . -name policy.pdf -exec rm {} \
"Make ""temp"" the directory and zip the files ""memo.txt, ""memo.txt, and ""report.pdf"" into it.",mkdir temp && zip temp.zip memo.txt memo.txt report.pdf
Place the files from photos into an archive., zip -r photos photos
Mirror memo.txt to projects_backup with attributes intact,cp -a memo.txt projects_backup
Transfer memo.txt as a normal file to music.,mv -T memo.txt music
Verbose mode: proposal.docx should be moved to presentations.,mv -v proposal.docx presentations
Output the first 50 lines of spreadsheet.xlsx,cat spreadsheet.xlsx | head -n 50
Extract files from document.docx.zip into archive, unzip -d archive document.docx.zip
Move proposal.docx to photos_backup and request confirmation from the user to see if the files are there.,cp -i proposal.docx photos_backup
Create directory music and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p music
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b document.docx videos_backup
Make executable.exe a new archive.zip including image.jpg, zip -c executable.exe.zip image.jpg
Extract presentation.pptx.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py presentation.pptx.zip
"Move audio.mp3 forcefully to archives, ask for permission before overwriting, and treat the destination as a file.",mv -fiT audio.mp3 archives
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, database.sql, script.py into presentation.pptx.zip",zip presentation.pptx.zip spreadsheet.xlsx database.sql script.py
Look for files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
Put every file on a separate line.,ls -1
Print policy.pdf with all control characters visible, cat -A policy.pdf
Show hidden files and directories in a lengthy format with sizes that are readable by humans and full information.,ls -alh
Find files larger than 1 megabyte., find . -size +1M
Look for files with the name database.sql., find . -name database.sql
Copy configuration.ini to scripts_backup maintaining all attributes,cp -a configuration.ini scripts_backup
Display files sorted by modification time,ls -t
Copy script.py to documents_archive while preserving characteristics., cp -p script.py documents_archive
"From memo.txt.zip, remove presentation.pptx.", zip -d memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx
Extract encrypted database.sql.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py database.sql.zip
Show files in reverse order based on the modification time.,ls -ltr
Delete all files with the executable.exe name., find . -name executable.exe -execdir rm {} \
"Before replacing current files, copy report.pdf to music_library and be sure to ask.",cp -i report.pdf music_library
Check for updates and add contract.pdf to report.pdf.zip, zip -f report.pdf.zip contract.pdf
Display report.pdf with non-blank line numbers, cat -b report.pdf
"List files with complete information organised by size and modification time in reverse order, then show the first 15 lines.",ls -Sltr | head -n 15
"Arrange files according to when they were last modified, show the file sizes in a legible manner, and then tally the amount of lines.",ls -lt | awk '{print $5}' | wc -l
Look for files between 1GB and 2GB in size, find . -size +1G -size -2G
"Create directories scripts, downloads, music and parent directories if they do not exist",mkdir -p scripts && mkdir -p downloads && mkdir -p music
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
Recursively compress backups, zip -r backups backups
"Prompt before overwriting database.sql in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iuT database.sql backups
Update existing files with newer versions from audio.mp3.zip, unzip -U audio.mp3.zip
"If the parent directories and directory presentations don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p presentations
Show suppressed buffered output for audio.mp3, cat -u audio.mp3
Extract files and overwrite existing files from document.docx.zip, unzip -o document.docx.zip
"While maintaining its properties, copy contract.pdf to projects_backup and establish a hard link.", cp -p -l contract.pdf projects_backup
"Copy contract.pdf to logs_archive while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf logs_archive
"Package files script.py, spreadsheet.xlsx, contract.pdf into proposal.docx.zip, saving extended attributes, storing file attributes",zip -X -X proposal.docx.zip script.py spreadsheet.xlsx contract.pdf
Place document.docx.zip inside report.pdf., zip -m document.docx.zip report.pdf
Transfer script.py to photos_backup and maintain its attributes, cp -p script.py photos_backup
Show file details in long format,ls -l
Print presentation.pptx with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s presentation.pptx
Erase spreadsheet.xlsx from presentation.pptx.zip, zip -d presentation.pptx.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Refresh document.docx in the zip file executable.exe., zip -f executable.exe.zip document.docx
Check for updates and add proposal.docx to executable.exe.zip, zip -f executable.exe.zip proposal.docx
Show tabs as ^I for policy.pdf, cat -T policy.pdf
"Files are sorted in reverse order based on size and modification time, producing coloured output.",ls -SltrG
"In reports_archive, prompt before overwriting memo.txt.", cp -i memo.txt reports_archive
Display non-printing characters while listing the contents of database.sql, cat -v database.sql
Unprompted overwrite files when extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
Copy files to music, find . -name video.mp4 -exec cp {} music \
Create backups of the current files and clone photo.png to temp_folder.,cp -b photo.png temp_folder
Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output,ls -SltrG
Files from memo.txt.zip should be extracted into reports_archive., unzip -d reports_archive memo.txt.zip
Remove image.jpg.zip without showing the result, unzip -q image.jpg.zip
Show line endings for contract.pdf, cat -E contract.pdf
"Open database.sql.zip, extract the contents, and replace any existing files.", unzip -o database.sql.zip
Show all control characters for memo.txt, cat -A memo.txt
"In memo.txt.zip, add photo.png and check for updates.", zip -f memo.txt.zip photo.png
"Copy downloads in its entirety, including all subdirectories, to documents_archive.", cp -r downloads documents_archive
Display memo.txt with non-printing characters, cat -v memo.txt
Duplicate video.mp4 to scripts_backup and keep attributes unchanged, cp -p video.mp4 scripts_backup
Duplicate images to downloads_archive including all subdirectories, cp -r images downloads_archive
Display file inode numbers,ls -i
Ignore paths when extracting files from memo.txt.zip, unzip -j memo.txt.zip
Extraction of files from report.pdf.zip enabling verbose mode, unzip -v report.pdf.zip
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate proposal.docx to output while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx output
"Transfer database.sql firmly to projects, ask permission before overwriting, and only move if a newer version is available.",mv -fiu database.sql projects
Force copy script.py to reports_archive without prompting, cp -f script.py reports_archive
"Archive files image.jpg, document.docx, photo.png into document.docx.zip, preserving paths",zip -r document.docx.zip image.jpg document.docx photo.png
Print files listed individually,ls -1
Display file inode numbers,ls -i
View contents of photo.png.zip, unzip -l photo.png.zip
Search for files modified in the last 30 days and larger than 1GB,find . -type f -mtime -30 -size +1G
"List the contents of a directory, including any hidden files or directories.",ls -a
List files in long format with colored output,ls -lG
Copy video.mp4 to templates_backup while preserving its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l video.mp4 templates_backup
Move the files in archives to downloads_archive after filtering them using *.pdf.,"grep ""*.pdf"" archives/* | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
Transfer executable.exe to photos_backup and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes, cp -i -p executable.exe photos_backup
Print database.sql contents with line endings, cat -E database.sql
"Prior to replacing image.jpg in projects, get permission. Treat the destination file.",mv -Ti image.jpg projects
Display presentation.pptx with the error messages hidden, cat -q presentation.pptx
Locate files named photo.png, find . -name photo.png
Search for files with names starting with 'data' and not owned by the user 'admin',"find . -type f -name ""data*"" ! -user admin"
Reverse the order of file listing,ls -r
Do not overwrite contract.pdf when moving to archives,mv -n contract.pdf archives
Extract files from database.sql.zip into projects_backup, unzip -d projects_backup database.sql.zip
Display contract.pdf with non-blank line numbers, cat -b contract.pdf
Display every file on a different line.,ls -1
"Open configuration.ini and extract encrypted.zip using the ""*.txt"" password", unzip -P *.txt configuration.ini.zip
Transfer proposal.docx to temp without making any changes.,mv -n proposal.docx temp
Display files listed according to when they were modified.,ls -t
"Make 'music', copy a file 'spreadsheet.xlsx' into it, and then delete the original file.",mkdir /music/ | cp /spreadsheet.xlsx /music/ | rm /spreadsheet.xlsx
Show inode numbers for files,ls -i
"Move policy.pdf to databases, prompt before overwriting",mv -i policy.pdf databases
Show each file on a separate line,ls -1
"Prompt before overwriting document.docx in backups, treating destination as file",mv -iT document.docx backups
Files from memo.txt.zip should be extracted into reports_archive., unzip -d reports_archive memo.txt.zip
Find files with permissions set to 777,find . -type f -perm 777
Move image.jpg to proposal.docx.zip and add it., zip -m proposal.docx.zip image.jpg
Print every file individually.,ls -1
"Ask before replacing report.pdf in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iTu report.pdf backups
"If the parent directories and the directories videos, temp, and backups don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p videos && mkdir -p temp && mkdir -p backups
Show line numbers for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -n spreadsheet.xlsx
Show policy.pdf contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s policy.pdf
Verbose mode: proposal.docx should be moved to presentations.,mv -v proposal.docx presentations
"Concatenate report.pdf and image.jpg, numbering all output lines and showing non-printing characters and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT report.pdf image.jpg
List the contents of document.docx while suppressing buffered output., cat -u document.docx
"In memo.txt.zip, add photo.png and check for updates.", zip -f memo.txt.zip photo.png
"Create directories presentations, images, images and parent directories if they do not exist with verbose output",mkdir -p -v presentations && mkdir -p -v images && mkdir -p -v images
Verbose extraction of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
"Make the directories documents, reports, and projects with output that is verbose.",mkdir -v documents && mkdir -v reports && mkdir -v projects
Locate empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Extract files from configuration.ini.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j configuration.ini.zip
"If video.mp4 is outdated or doesn't exist, move it to databases.",mv -u video.mp4 databases
List the files that include comprehensive information.,ls -l
Output video.mp4 with visible non-printing characters., cat -v video.mp4
Show directories prioritized over files,ls --group-directories-first
"Without extracting, list the contents of presentation.pptx.zip.", unzip -l presentation.pptx.zip
List contents of script.py with non-blank line numbers, cat -b script.py
Generate a hard link of report.pdf in photos_backup, cp -l report.pdf photos_backup
Verbose output should be displayed while extracting contract.pdf.zip., unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
Make a fresh archive with executable.exe.zip from executable.exe, zip -c executable.exe.zip executable.exe
Find files with names containing 'report' and not writable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" ! -perm -o=w"
List files in long format,ls -l
Remove all files with the name executable.exe., find . -name executable.exe -exec rm {} \
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then exclude directories","ls -al | grep -v ""^d"""
Print every file individually.,ls -1
"Create the directory ""logs"" and extract the contents of ""presentation.pptx.zip"" into it using Zipping.",mkdir logs && unzip presentation.pptx.zip -d logs
"Package files video.mp4, script.py, video.mp4 into policy.pdf.zip, compressing with best compression",zip -9 policy.pdf.zip video.mp4 script.py video.mp4
Transfer photo.png to documents as if it were a regular file,mv -T photo.png documents
"Archive files script.py, memo.txt, database.sql into script.py.zip, displaying verbose output, including empty directories",zip -v -r0 script.py.zip script.py memo.txt database.sql
Show line endings for contract.pdf, cat -E contract.pdf
"Transfer videos to documents_archive with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b videos documents_archive
"Zip files report.pdf, presentation.pptx, photo.png into video.mp4.zip, using compression level 3",zip -3 video.mp4.zip report.pdf presentation.pptx photo.png
Search for files modified more than 30 days ago and smaller than 10KB,find . -type f -mtime +30 -size -10k
Place contract.pdf inside of the archive spreadsheet.xlsx.Zip, zip -u spreadsheet.xlsx.zip contract.pdf
Count the number of lines after hidden files and directories are displayed in long format.,ls -al | wc -l
"Copy proposal.docx to music_library, making a backup copy of the original files.", cp -b -p proposal.docx music_library
Check for updates and add contract.pdf to report.pdf.zip, zip -f report.pdf.zip contract.pdf
Extract files from memo.txt.zip and overwrite existing files, unzip -o memo.txt.zip
"Display configuration.ini, showing tabs as spaces",cat -T configuration.ini
Make a clone of contract.pdf in downloads_archive and ask for approval before overwriting, cp -i contract.pdf downloads_archive
Forcefully rename image.jpg to presentations,mv -f image.jpg presentations
List files sorted by their sizes,ls -S
Transfer databases to reports_archive with recursive copying and preserving attributes, cp -r -p databases reports_archive
Move spreadsheet.xlsx into archives in the same way that you would any other file.,mv -T spreadsheet.xlsx archives
"Show every file, even those that are hidden.",ls -a
Recursively list the contents and subdirectories of a directory,ls -R
Talkative: memo.txt should be moved to templates.,mv -v memo.txt templates
List the files that include comprehensive information.,ls -l
Provide password '*.mp3' to extract image.jpg.zip, unzip -P *.mp3 image.jpg.zip
"Make the directories documents, reports, and projects with output that is verbose.",mkdir -v documents && mkdir -v reports && mkdir -v projects
Make a hard link and clone memo.txt to documents_backup while preserving attributes., cp -p -l memo.txt documents_backup
Display contents of photo.png.zip, unzip -l photo.png.zip
Look for files between 1GB and 2GB in size, find . -size +1G -size -2G
Transfer video.mp4 to scripts as a regular file,mv -T video.mp4 scripts
Move image.jpg to archives and show verbose output,mv -v image.jpg archives
Make documents a directory with verbose output.,mkdir -v documents
Show files in report.pdf.zip, unzip -l report.pdf.zip
Zip presentation.pptx disregards the directory hierarchy, zip -j audio.mp3.zip presentation.pptx
List directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
Reverse the default sorting order,ls -r
Find empty files in the current directory,find . -type f -empty
List directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
Print presentation.pptx with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s presentation.pptx
List the contents of image.jpg.zip., unzip -l image.jpg.zip
"List all files, including hidden files",ls -a
Show report.pdf with characters that don't print, cat -v report.pdf
"Uncompress proposal.docx.zip, extracting symbolic links, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -l -d downloads_archive proposal.docx.zip
Display proposal.docx with buffered output suppressed, cat -u proposal.docx
Examine image.jpg.zip for consistency., unzip -t image.jpg.zip
Find directories, find . -type d
silently list the contents of report.pdf, cat -q report.pdf
"Unarchive configuration.ini.zip, only extracting files matching pattern '*.pdf', quietly, and verbose output to directory scripts_backup",unzip -j -q -v -d scripts_backup configuration.ini.zip '*.pdf'
Show files in report.pdf.zip, unzip -l report.pdf.zip
Find files with names containing 'report' and not writable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" ! -perm -o=w"
"Recursive copying is used to move projects to scripts_backup, maintaining attributes, and making a backup.", cp -r -p -b projects scripts_backup
Take image.jpg out of the configuration.ini.zip., zip -d configuration.ini.zip image.jpg
Copy configuration.ini to scripts_backup maintaining all attributes,cp -a configuration.ini scripts_backup
"Extract spreadsheet.xlsx.zip with password '123pass', preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and extracting symbolic links to directory music_library",unzip -P 123pass -K -o -l -d music_library spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Clone memo.txt to logs_archive with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b memo.txt logs_archive
Create new archive document.docx.zip from report.pdf, zip -c document.docx.zip report.pdf
Search for files named script.py, find . -name script.py
Show subdirectories recursively,ls -R
Show non-printing characters for video.mp4, cat -v video.mp4
"Sort files in logs by size, then move them to logs_archive",ls -S logs | xargs -I {} mv logs/{} logs_archive
Replicate document.docx to logs_archive and create backups if files exist,cp -b document.docx logs_archive
Examine image.jpg.zip for consistency., unzip -t image.jpg.zip
"Extract document.docx.zip with password 'newpass123', extracting files matching pattern '*.txt', quietly, and testing archive integrity only to directory scripts_backup",unzip -P newpass123 -j -q -t -d scripts_backup document.docx.zip '*.txt'
Examine configuration.ini.zip for mistakes., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
Show configuration.ini with every control character present., cat -A configuration.ini
Zip memo.txt ignoring directory structure, zip -j configuration.ini.zip memo.txt
Print script.py while preventing the display of several blank lines., cat -s script.py
Copy contract.pdf to documents_backup and create a hard link, cp -l contract.pdf documents_backup
"Package files database.sql, video.mp4, presentation.pptx into policy.pdf.zip, excluding '*.log' files, silently",zip -x '*.log' -q policy.pdf.zip database.sql video.mp4 presentation.pptx
Transfer script.py to downloads without requesting a copy.,mv -n script.py downloads
Move files to databases, find . -name policy.pdf -execdir mv {} databases \
Files should be shown sorted by last modification time.,ls -t
Find files with permissions set to 777,find . -type f -perm 777
Show colored output,ls -G
Display file sizes in human-readable form,ls -h
"After displaying hidden files and folders in extended format, just the permissions are visible.",ls -al | awk '{print $1}'
Show buffered output suppressed for policy.pdf, cat -u policy.pdf
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
"Move configuration.ini to documents, prompting for confirmation",mv -i configuration.ini documents
Move database.sql to report.pdf.zip and add it., zip -m report.pdf.zip database.sql
Display proposal.docx with non-blank line numbers, cat -b proposal.docx
"List subdirectories in a recursive manner with comprehensive details, and then determine the overall disc consumption.",ls -Rl | du -h
"If music is outdated or nonexistent, substitute photo.png for it.",mv -u photo.png music
"Mirror policy.pdf to output with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b policy.pdf output
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Extract only updated files from video.mp4.zip, unzip -U video.mp4.zip
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then extract only the file names",ls -al | awk '{print $9}'
List files in long format,ls -l
Transfer files larger than 1 MB from projects_backup to music,find music -type f -size +1M -exec mv {} projects_backup \;
Display files sorted by modification time,ls -t
List the contents of proposal.docx while displaying each control character., cat -A proposal.docx
Transfer data to music, find . -name report.pdf -execdir cp {} music \
Make spreadsheet.xlsx a hard link in documents_backup., cp -l spreadsheet.xlsx documents_backup
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
Display files in contract.pdf.zip, unzip -l contract.pdf.zip
Refresh document.docx in the zip file executable.exe., zip -f executable.exe.zip document.docx
"Move the files that match the pattern ""*.doc*"" to the newly created directory ""reports"".",mkdir reports && mv **.doc** reports
Find files with names starting with 'report' and with read permissions for others,"find . -type f -name ""report*"" -perm /o=r"
"If executable.exe is more recent, update it in script.py.zip.", zip -f script.py.zip executable.exe
"Duplicate executable.exe to output and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b executable.exe output
Search for files owned by user *.png,"find . -type f -user ""*.png"""
Check that memo.txt.zip is intact., zip -T memo.txt.zip
Display hidden files and directories with detailed information and colors,ls -alG
Print the contents of presentation.pptx with non-blank line numbering., cat -b presentation.pptx
Extract files and overwrite existing files from document.docx.zip, unzip -o document.docx.zip
"Display report.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT report.pdf
Extract files from database.sql.zip into documents_archive, unzip -d documents_archive database.sql.zip
Show all control characters for presentation.pptx, cat -A presentation.pptx
"Extract spreadsheet.xlsx.zip with password '123pass', preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and extracting symbolic links to directory music_library",unzip -P 123pass -K -o -l -d music_library spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Copy executable.exe to documents_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp --interactive executable.exe documents_archive
Take the updated files out of photo.png.zip., unzip -U photo.png.zip
Move the files to scripts_backup after searching templates for *.ini.,"grep -rl ""*.ini"" templates | xargs -I {} mv {} scripts_backup"
Show files with colored output,ls -G
Show report.pdf contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s report.pdf
Locate files smaller than 100KB, find . -size -100k
"Display tabs as ~For memo.txt, I", cat -T memo.txt
"Archive files script.py, memo.txt, database.sql into script.py.zip, displaying verbose output, including empty directories",zip -v -r0 script.py.zip script.py memo.txt database.sql
Silently extract the files from contract.pdf.zip., unzip -q contract.pdf.zip
Provide password '*.py' to extract memo.txt.zip, unzip -P *.py memo.txt.zip
Create new archive document.docx.zip from report.pdf, zip -c document.docx.zip report.pdf
Display document.docx with all control characters, cat -A document.docx
"Prompt before overwriting memo.txt in logs, treating destination as file",mv -iT memo.txt logs
Move script.py with properties preserved to documents_archive,cp -a script.py documents_archive
Recursively list the contents and subdirectories of a directory,ls -R
"Duplicate executable.exe to output and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b executable.exe output
Print script.py with non-printing characters visible, cat -v script.py
Replace archives with audio.mp3 if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u audio.mp3 archives
"Keep a copy of memo.txt, avoid overwriting, and provide detailed feedback.",mv -nbv memo.txt backups
Copy spreadsheet.xlsx to reports_archive and create a backup of existing files,cp -b spreadsheet.xlsx reports_archive
"Include directories first, then files.",ls --group-directories-first
Make script.py a hard link in documents_archive., cp -l script.py documents_archive
Display the output in colour.,ls -G
"Extract executable.exe.zip, then update your files with the latest versions.", unzip -U executable.exe.zip
Show all control characters for audio.mp3, cat -A audio.mp3
"Show directories themselves with colored output, then list their contents",ls -dG */ | xargs ls -lG
Freshen video.mp4 in audio.mp3.zip, zip -f audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
Silently unzip the files from image.jpg.zip., unzip -q image.jpg.zip
"Show directories themselves with colored output, then list their contents",ls -dG */ | xargs ls -lG
"List all files ending with "".py"" with colored output",ls -G *.py
Clone database.sql to photos_backup and make backups of existing files,cp -b database.sql photos_backup
"Keep a copy of memo.txt, avoid overwriting, and provide detailed feedback.",mv -nbv memo.txt backups
Extract only updated files from configuration.ini.zip, unzip -U configuration.ini.zip
"Create the directory ""logs"" and extract the contents of ""presentation.pptx.zip"" into it using Zipping.",mkdir logs && unzip presentation.pptx.zip -d logs
"Create a backup of script.py, do not overwrite, display verbose output, and treat destination as file",mv -bnvT script.py archives
Show line endings for executable.exe, cat -E executable.exe
Place the files in projects., find . -name report.pdf -exec mv {} projects \
List each line ending in image.jpg in the contents., cat -E image.jpg
Move image.jpg to proposal.docx.zip and add it., zip -m proposal.docx.zip image.jpg
Backup temp to backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, cp -r -p temp backup
List files with extended attributes,ls -l
Recursively display the directory structure,ls -R
Extract encrypted photo.png.zip with password '*.pdf', unzip -P *.pdf photo.png.zip
Extract files without directory structure from image.jpg.zip, unzip -j image.jpg.zip
"Make a backup copy of spreadsheet.xlsx and duplicate it to templates_backup with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx templates_backup
Find the specified pipes., find . -type p
"Create a directory named ""projects"" and list the files in it.",mkdir projects && ls projects
"Push image.jpg hard to presentations, ask for confirmation, and only transfer if there's a newer version available.",mv -ifu image.jpg presentations
List file sizes in a human-friendly format,ls -h
Display the contents of document.docx with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s document.docx
Extraction of image.jpg.zip in full, unzip -v image.jpg.zip
Find directories with names ending in 'backup' and with read permissions for the group,"find . -type d -name ""*backup"" -perm /g=r"
Files should be listed according to size.,ls -S
"When extracting files from presentation.pptx.zip, ignore paths.", unzip -j presentation.pptx.zip
"Release video.mp4.zip, testing archive integrity only, to directory temp_folder",unzip -t -d temp_folder video.mp4.zip
"Take the files out of executable.exe.Zip the file, then select documents_archive.", unzip -C documents_archive executable.exe.zip
"If the parent directories and directory temp don't already exist, create them with verbose output.",mkdir -p -v temp
"From memo.txt.zip, remove presentation.pptx.", zip -d memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx
Change to documents_archive and extract files from report.pdf.zip, unzip -C documents_archive report.pdf.zip
Copy database.sql and save its properties in documents_backup., cp -p database.sql documents_backup
Clone script.py to images_backup and forcefully substitute existing files, cp -f script.py images_backup
List the contents of video.mp4 while suppressing buffered output., cat -u video.mp4
"Replicate executable.exe to templates_backup while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b executable.exe templates_backup
Find the image.jpg files., find . -name image.jpg
Display directories prior to files,ls --group-directories-first
List files in long listing format,ls -l
List video.mp4 contents with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s video.mp4
Find directories with names starting with 'dir',"find . -type d -name ""dir*"""
"Output executable.exe, configuration.ini, and image.jpg to proposal.docx",cat executable.exe configuration.ini image.jpg > proposal.docx
"Create directory ""scripts"" and find files matching pattern ""*.exe"" in it.","mkdir scripts && find scripts -name ""**.exe*"""
Allow colour output.,ls -G
Move contract.pdf into audio.mp3.zip, zip -m audio.mp3.zip contract.pdf
Give file sizes in an easy-to-read format.,ls -h
Transfer audio.mp3 to reports and display the output verbosely,mv -v audio.mp3 reports
"Save a backup of script.py, do not overwrite, and show verbose feedback",mv -nbv script.py photos
Copy contract.pdf to documents_backup and create a hard link, cp -l contract.pdf documents_backup
Move video.mp4 into database.sql.zip, zip -m database.sql.zip video.mp4
File inode numbers are displayed,ls -i
Display contract.pdf with non-printing characters, cat -v contract.pdf
Files should be sorted by size.,ls -S
Show files listed in reverse order,ls -r
Show files having output that is colourized.,ls -G
"Transfer database.sql firmly to videos, ask permission before overwriting, and only move if a newer version is available.",mv -fiu database.sql videos
Duplicate video.mp4 to scripts_backup and keep attributes unchanged, cp -p video.mp4 scripts_backup
Zip executable.exe without any hierarchy, zip -j database.sql.zip executable.exe
Erase spreadsheet.xlsx from presentation.pptx.zip, zip -d presentation.pptx.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"Make a backup of document.docx, regard the destination as a file, don't overwrite, and show verbose output.",mv -bnvT document.docx logs
Make backup copies of database.sql and duplicate it to backup.,cp -b database.sql backup
"Without showing the results, extract video.mp4.zip", unzip -q video.mp4.zip
Place document.docx in the configuration.ini.zip archive., zip -m configuration.ini.zip document.docx
Show script.py with line breaks included, cat -E script.py
Update image.jpg in configuration.ini.zip if newer, zip -f configuration.ini.zip image.jpg
Duplicate photo.png to logs_archive and create backup copies,cp -b photo.png logs_archive
Extract contract.pdf.zip with password 'pass321' and verbose output to directory music_library,unzip -P pass321 -v -d music_library contract.pdf.zip
Recursively copy music to documents_archive, cp -r music documents_archive
Shrink templates and everything in it., zip -r templates templates
"List all files ending with "".py"" with colored output",ls -G *.py
"Transfer executable.exe forcefully to archives, asking for confirmation, and treating destination as a file",mv -ifT executable.exe archives
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, database.sql, script.py into presentation.pptx.zip",zip presentation.pptx.zip spreadsheet.xlsx database.sql script.py
List files sorted by time of modification,ls -t
Show line numbers for contract.pdf, cat -n contract.pdf
Extract image.jpg.zip with password '*.pdf', unzip -P *.pdf image.jpg.zip
Zip memo.txt ignoring directory structure, zip -j configuration.ini.zip memo.txt
List contents of policy.pdf with non-printing characters displayed, cat -v policy.pdf
Mirror proposal.docx to music_library and overwrite existing files without seeking permission, cp -f proposal.docx music_library
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then sort them by modification time in reverse order","ls -al | sort -k6,6r"
Show the inode numbers for files.,ls -i
Show files listed with colors,ls -G
Extract files from image.jpg.zip into downloads_archive, unzip -d downloads_archive image.jpg.zip
Zip music along with its subfolders, zip -r music music
Take the files out of presentation.pptx.into downloads_archive using zip, unzip -d downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
"Transfer image.jpg to archives, making any necessary destination overwrites.",mv -f image.jpg archives
List contents of memo.txt with all control characters displayed, cat -A memo.txt
Move files from scripts to backup and append timestamp to filename,"find scripts -type f -exec sh -c 'mv ""$1"" ""$2/$(basename ""$1"")_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)""' sh {} backup \;"
Show document.docx with error messages suppressed, cat -q document.docx
Make directory images and output verbosely,mkdir -v images
Delete memo.txt from photo.png.zip, zip -d photo.png.zip memo.txt
List contents of proposal.docx quietly, cat -q proposal.docx
Show presentation.pptx with line numbers that aren't blank., cat -b presentation.pptx
Print memo.txt with tabs represented as ^I, cat -T memo.txt
Print configuration.ini with non-printing characters visible, cat -v configuration.ini
Display contract.pdf with non-blank line numbers, cat -b contract.pdf
"Concatenate executable.exe and policy.pdf, numbering all output lines",cat -n executable.exe policy.pdf
Making a hard link and mirroring presentation.pptx to scripts_backup while preserving properties, cp -p -l presentation.pptx scripts_backup
"Create a directory named 'presentations', copy a file named 'audio.mp3' into it, and then create a symbolic link named 'link' to the file.",mkdir /presentations/ | cp /audio.mp3 /presentations/ | ln -s /presentations/ /link/
Extraction of document.docx.zip in full, unzip -v document.docx.zip
Files should be displayed in reverse order.,ls -r
Create a hard link by moving configuration.ini to documents_archive., cp -l configuration.ini documents_archive
Make a copy of report.pdf in logs_archive and make a backup of the current files.,cp -b report.pdf logs_archive
List the contents of presentation.pptx using the ^tabsI, cat -T presentation.pptx
Search for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Ignore paths when zipping script.py, zip -j database.sql.zip script.py
"Save a backup of image.jpg, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -nbu image.jpg reports
Silently unzip the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip., unzip -q spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Take files out of audio.mp3.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
Force copy database.sql to documents_backup without prompting, cp -f database.sql documents_backup
Find files with a size of precisely 50 bytes., find . -size 50c
"Backup documents to documents_backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b documents documents_backup
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then count the number of directories","ls -Rd | grep ""/$"" | wc -l"
Extraction of database.sql.zip in full, unzip -v database.sql.zip
Verify document.docx.zip for integrity, unzip -t document.docx.zip
Find the image.jpg files., find . -name image.jpg
Extract script.py.zip without displaying output, unzip -q script.py.zip
Output the last 30 lines of database.sql,cat database.sql | tail -n 30
Just the directory names should be listed.,ls -d
Pack memo.txt without paths into archive, zip -j script.py.zip memo.txt
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy configuration.ini to downloads_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b configuration.ini downloads_archive
Update existing files in document.docx.zip, zip -u document.docx.zip report.pdf
Create a new script.py by archiving report.pdf.zip, zip -c script.py.zip report.pdf
Show suppressed buffered output for audio.mp3, cat -u audio.mp3
Search for files modified exactly 30 days ago, find . -mtime 30
Display directories without a content list.,ls -d
Transfer configuration.ini to documents in an unaltered manner,mv -n configuration.ini documents
Transfer the files to reports, find . -name proposal.docx -execdir mv {} reports \
List each file on a separate line,ls -1
Extract files silently from proposal.docx.zip, unzip -q proposal.docx.zip
Test integrity of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -t contract.pdf.zip
Check that memo.txt.zip is intact., zip -T memo.txt.zip
Display files sorted by modification time,ls -t
Find files modified within the last 7 days,find . -type f -mtime -7
Display file sizes in a format that is easy to read,ls -h
Search for files with the extension '.txt',"find . -type f -name ""*.txt"""
"Display database.sql, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I'",cat -n -v -T database.sql
Remove photo.png from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip photo.png
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then calculate the total disk usage",ls -Rl | du -h
Show non-blank line numbers for document.docx, cat -b document.docx
"Create directory ""templates"" and remove files matching pattern ""*.mp3"".",mkdir templates && rm **.mp3*
Display files in order of modification time.,ls -t
Show all files including hidden files,ls -a
Recursive copying is used to transfer databases to photos_backup while maintaining attributes., cp -r -p databases photos_backup
Take files out of policy.pdf.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
Copy database.sql to images_backup and preserve all attributes,cp -a database.sql images_backup
Into photo.png put photo.png.Zip and remove, zip -u photo.png.zip photo.png
Clone document.docx to music_library and ask for permission before replacing,cp -i document.docx music_library
Move photo.png to videos if it's newer or doesn't already exist there,mv -u photo.png videos
"In photos, prompt before overwriting executable.exe, regard the destination as a file, and only move if it's more recent.",mv -iuT executable.exe photos
Find files with names ending in '.txt' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""*.txt"" -mtime -7"
Test spreadsheet.xlsx.zip for corruption, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Transfer script.py to photos and include detailed comments.,mv -v script.py photos
Make spreadsheet.xlsx a hard link in documents_backup., cp -l spreadsheet.xlsx documents_backup
"Zip the contents of the newly created directory ""backups"" into the file ""spreadsheet.xlsx.zip"".",mkdir backups && zip spreadsheet.xlsx.zip backups/*
Show document.docx with line breaks included, cat -E document.docx
"Compress files database.sql, audio.mp3, document.docx into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip with compression level 9",zip -9 spreadsheet.xlsx.zip database.sql audio.mp3 document.docx
Display directories before files,ls --group-directories-first
Transfer database.sql to documents_archive and make a backup if files already exist,cp -b database.sql documents_archive
Display characters for video.mp4 that aren't printed, cat -v video.mp4
Provide password '*.pdf' to extract configuration.ini.zip, unzip -P *.pdf configuration.ini.zip
Print audio.mp3 making visible all control characters., cat -A audio.mp3
Find files with names containing *.doc*,"find . -type f -name ""**.doc**"""
"Ask before replacing script.py in backups, treat destination as file, and show verbose feedback",mv -TiV script.py backups
Look for sockets, find . -type s
Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information and human-readable sizes,ls -Rdlh
Move memo.txt to the backup and perform a force overwrite there., cp -f memo.txt backup
Remove image.jpg.zip without showing the result, unzip -q image.jpg.zip
Change the default order of sorting.,ls -r
Files should be sorted descendingly.,ls -r
"Mirror photo.png to templates_backup with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b photo.png templates_backup
Compress projects and its contents, zip -r projects projects
Add and move document.docx to video.mp4.zip, zip -m video.mp4.zip document.docx
"List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order, then count the number of directories","ls -Sltr | grep ""^d"" | wc -l"
"Create a directory called ""templates"" and copy all of the contents from ""videos"" to ""templates"" after moving all of the files from ""presentations"" to ""videos"".",mv /presentations/* /videos/ | mkdir /templates/ | cp /videos/* /templates/
"Decompress document.docx.zip with password 'newpass', overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.doc' to directory videos_backup",unzip -P newpass -o -j -d videos_backup document.docx.zip '*.doc'
"Make a backup copy of presentation.pptx and duplicate it to output with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx output
Print inode number of each file,ls -i
"Compress files executable.exe, image.jpg, configuration.ini into contract.pdf.zip, storing file attributes",zip -X contract.pdf.zip executable.exe image.jpg configuration.ini
Search for files owned by the user 'user1' or 'user2',find . -type f \( -user user1 -o -user user2 \)
Take files out of executable.exe.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o executable.exe.zip
Display files sorted by modification time in reverse order,ls -ltr
Extraction of document.docx.zip in full, unzip -v document.docx.zip
Move contract.pdf to scripts and print verbose feedback,mv -v contract.pdf scripts
Verbose output should be displayed while extracting contract.pdf.zip., unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
Show presentation.pptx with characters that don't print, cat -v presentation.pptx
"Filter files in databases based on *.exe, then move them to archive","grep -lR ""*.exe"" databases | xargs -I {} mv {} archive"
Files from document.docx.zip should be extracted into images_backup., unzip -d images_backup document.docx.zip
Show proposal.docx with error messages suppressed, cat -q proposal.docx
"Extract presentation.pptx.zip with password 'secretpass', verbose output, excluding temp_file2.txt, and extracting to standard output to directory downloads_archive",unzip -P secretpass -v -x temp_file2.txt -p -d downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
Display file sizes in comprehensible units for humans.,ls -h
Show every file and folder recursively,ls -R
Print script.py while preventing the display of several blank lines., cat -s script.py
Extract the files from policy.pdf.zip by changing the directory to projects_backup., unzip -C projects_backup policy.pdf.zip
Sort files according to size and provide extensive information in lengthy format.,ls -Sl
Prompt for confirmation before replacing document.docx in music,mv -i document.docx music
"Save a backup of photo.png, do not overwrite, show verbose feedback, and treat destination as file",mv -nbvT photo.png logs
Show colored output,ls -G
"Files from image.jpg.zip should be extracted, then changed to videos_backup.", unzip -C videos_backup image.jpg.zip
Show files listed in reverse order,ls -r
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
Display files with colorized output,ls -G
Show hidden files and directories with colored output,ls -aG
"List files sorted by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then display the first 10 lines",ls -lSh | head -n 10
Contents of executable.exe.zip are listed., unzip -l executable.exe.zip
Force copy presentation.pptx to archive and create a backup of existing files, cp -b -f presentation.pptx archive
Create new archive policy.pdf.zip from contract.pdf, zip -c policy.pdf.zip contract.pdf
Into photo.png put photo.png.Zip and remove, zip -u photo.png.zip photo.png
Locate empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Display hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information and human-readable sizes,ls -alh
Display image.jpg with buffered output suppressed, cat -u image.jpg
"In photos, prompt before overwriting executable.exe, regard the destination as a file, and only move if it's more recent.",mv -iuT executable.exe photos
Archive policy.pdf into new audio.mp3.zip, zip -c audio.mp3.zip policy.pdf
Update existing files in database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip proposal.docx
"Transfer image.jpg to archives, making any necessary destination overwrites.",mv -f image.jpg archives
"If files already exist, duplicate spreadsheet.xlsx to projects_backup using a backup.", cp -b -i spreadsheet.xlsx projects_backup
"List files with complete information organised by size and modification time in reverse order, then show the first 15 lines.",ls -Sltr | head -n 15
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then search for a specific file","ls -Rl | grep ""filename"""
"Transfer audio.mp3 to reports_archive and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -i audio.mp3 reports_archive
Duplicate memo.txt to music_library and request confirmation before overwriting,cp -i memo.txt music_library
Verify script.py.zip for integrity, zip -T script.py.zip
Create a backup by recursively copying images to images_backup while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b images images_backup
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate memo.txt to music_library while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b memo.txt music_library
Backup current files and mirror document.docx to templates_backup., cp -b -p document.docx templates_backup
"Make a list of the files in the ""presentations"" directory after creating it.",mkdir presentations && cp presentations/* projects_backup
Do not overwrite existing files in projects with photo.png,mv -n photo.png projects
List all files in the current directory with detailed information,ls -al
Make proposal.docx.zip with proposal.docx in it., zip -c proposal.docx.zip proposal.docx
Seek for files bearing the image.jpg name., find . -name image.jpg
Move contract.pdf to music only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u contract.pdf music
Update existing files in database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip proposal.docx
"Make a backup of proposal.docx, relocate it only if it's more recent, and don't replace it.",mv -bnu proposal.docx archives
"Move image.jpg to documents with force, prompt for confirmation, and move only if newer",mv -ifu image.jpg documents
Replace outdated files from configuration.ini.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U configuration.ini.zip
Display each file on its own line,ls -1
"Archive files contract.pdf, photo.png, configuration.ini into memo.txt.zip, using password 'secure123'",zip -P secure123 memo.txt.zip contract.pdf photo.png configuration.ini
Establish a hard link to move proposal.docx to photos_backup., cp -l proposal.docx photos_backup
Delete files with name video.mp4, find . -name video.mp4 -delete
"Before replacing files, mirror contract.pdf to documents_archive and ask questions interactively.", cp -i contract.pdf documents_archive
List directories before files in the display,ls --group-directories-first
Files from proposal.docx.zip should be extracted into backup., unzip -d backup proposal.docx.zip
"Copy configuration.ini to documents_backup while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b configuration.ini documents_backup
Update document.docx if newer in memo.txt.zip, zip -u memo.txt.zip document.docx
List the contents of script.py using the ^tabsI, cat -T script.py
"If the parent directories and directory downloads don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p downloads
List contents of video.mp4 with line numbers, cat -n video.mp4
Find the image.jpg files., find . -name image.jpg
Display inode numbers of files,ls -i
Transfer the 'presentation.pptx' file to the 'output' directory.,cp /presentation.pptx /output/
Search for files named script.py, find . -name script.py
Zip report.pdf without directory structure, zip -j report.pdf.zip report.pdf
Show tabs as ^I for contract.pdf, cat -T contract.pdf
Files in report.pdf.zip are shown., unzip -l report.pdf.zip
"Archive files contract.pdf, photo.png, configuration.ini into memo.txt.zip, using password 'secure123'",zip -P secure123 memo.txt.zip contract.pdf photo.png configuration.ini
Copy memo.txt to backup and erasing any files that are already there., cp -f memo.txt backup
"When zipping contract.pdf, disregard the directory structure.", zip -j video.mp4.zip contract.pdf
"Transfer audio.mp3 to reports_archive and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -i audio.mp3 reports_archive
Display the contents of script.py with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s script.py
Find symbolic links in the current directory,find . -type l
Copy database.sql to images_backup and preserve all attributes,cp -a database.sql images_backup
Make a verbose output directory called photos.,mkdir -v photos
Print photo.png without any warning errors, cat -q photo.png
Print the contents of image.jpg with line numbers., cat -n image.jpg
Show files in a format with colour.,ls -G
Find files larger than 1MB,find . -type f -size +1M
"List subdirectories recursively, each with a colour and full description.",ls -RdlG
"Transfer memo.txt to databases, treating it like any other file.",mv -T memo.txt databases
Display files sorted by size,ls -S
List contents of audio.mp3.zip, unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
"Zip files presentation.pptx, policy.pdf, database.sql into configuration.ini.zip, excluding '*.log' files, verbose output",zip -x '*.log' -v configuration.ini.zip presentation.pptx policy.pdf database.sql
"Backup scripts to output and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b scripts output
"Ignoring the directory structure, extract the files from configuration.ini.zip", unzip -j configuration.ini.zip
Verbose extraction of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
Show non-blank line numbers for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -b spreadsheet.xlsx
Display non-printing characters while listing the contents of database.sql, cat -v database.sql
Transferring report.pdf to photos_backup while preserving all properties,cp -a report.pdf photos_backup
"Create a ""templates"" directory and list the files within it.",mkdir templates && cp templates/* output
Sort the files according to their sizes.,ls -S
Search for files owned by user *.png,"find . -type f -user ""*.png"""
"Move document.docx to archives, overwriting the destination if necessary",mv -f document.docx archives
Mirror photos_backup to scripts recursively, cp -r scripts photos_backup
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b document.docx videos_backup
Place configuration.ini.zip inside database.sql., zip -m configuration.ini.zip database.sql
Take the files out of presentation.pptx.into downloads_archive using zip, unzip -d downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
Copy policy.pdf to output while maintaining properties,cp -a policy.pdf output
Place proposal.docx inside of contract.pdf.zip, zip -u contract.pdf.zip proposal.docx
Show report.pdf contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s report.pdf
"List every file and folder, hidden ones included.",ls -a
Make a backup of the current files and copy memo.txt to downloads_archive.,cp -b memo.txt downloads_archive
Look for sockets, find . -type s
Show directories listed first,ls --group-directories-first
Freshen video.mp4 in script.py.zip, zip -f script.py.zip video.mp4
Display image.jpg with buffered output suppressed, cat -u image.jpg
Provide password '*.py' to extract memo.txt.zip, unzip -P *.py memo.txt.zip
"Make the directory ""downloads"" and search its contents for files that match the pattern ""*.sql"".","mkdir downloads && find downloads -name ""**.sql*"""
Sort files in descending order,ls -r
"Copy image.jpg to logs_archive, making a backup copy of the current files.", cp -b -p image.jpg logs_archive
Display verbose output while extracting executable.exe.zip, unzip -v executable.exe.zip
"Transfer presentation.pptx firmly to databases, overwriting if required.",mv -f presentation.pptx databases
Mirror executable.exe with properties preserved to temp_folder,cp -a executable.exe temp_folder
"Prior to replacing reports with script.py, ask.",mv -i script.py reports
Extract files from database.sql.zip into projects_backup, unzip -d projects_backup database.sql.zip
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then exclude directories","ls -al | grep -v ""^d"""
List contents of audio.mp3.zip without extracting, unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
"Archive files image.jpg, document.docx, photo.png into document.docx.zip, preserving paths",zip -r document.docx.zip image.jpg document.docx photo.png
Duplicate proposal.docx to archive with interactive confirmation required,cp -i proposal.docx archive
Pack spreadsheet.xlsx into video.mp4.zip, zip -c video.mp4.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"Create a directory named 'scripts', copy all files from 'scripts' to it, then move them to 'documents_archive'.",mkdir /scripts/ | cp /scripts/* /scripts/ | mv /scripts/* /documents_archive/
Provide password '*.mp3' to unzip audio.mp3.zip, unzip -P *.mp3 audio.mp3.zip
Provide password '*.txt' to extract proposal.docx.zip, unzip -P *.txt proposal.docx.zip
Move image.jpg to proposal.docx.zip and add it., zip -m proposal.docx.zip image.jpg
Display memo.txt with non-printing characters, cat -v memo.txt
"Take the files out of script.py.Zip the file, then select reports_archive.", unzip -C reports_archive script.py.zip
Pack photo.png without any archive paths, zip -j photo.png.zip photo.png
List files in reverse order of their names,ls -r
"List subdirectories recursively, with human-readable sizes, colours, and extensive information.",ls -RdlhG
Create new archive document.docx.zip from report.pdf, zip -c document.docx.zip report.pdf
Display verbose output while extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -v policy.pdf.zip
Copy image.jpg and forcefully replace existing files in music_library, cp -f image.jpg music_library
"Before replacing presentation.pptx in projects, ask for confirmation.",mv -i presentation.pptx projects
Zip configuration.ini ignoring directory structure, zip -j presentation.pptx.zip configuration.ini
Show file details in long format,ls -l
Search for files smaller than 100KB, find . -size -100k
Find the image.jpg files., find . -name image.jpg
Extract the files from presentation.pptx.zip by navigating to downloads_archive., unzip -C downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
"Unpack proposal.docx.zip, preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.pdf' to directory documents_archive",unzip -K -o -j -d documents_archive proposal.docx.zip '*.pdf'
Extract files from database.sql.zip into documents_archive, unzip -d documents_archive database.sql.zip
Show files with more information,ls -l
Display file information in extended format,ls -l
Count the number of lines after hidden files and directories are displayed in long format.,ls -al | wc -l
Verbose extraction of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
"Archive files presentation.pptx, presentation.pptx, report.pdf into memo.txt.zip, using compression level 6, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -6 -x '*.tmp' memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx presentation.pptx report.pdf
"Copy photo.png to projects_backup, ensuring that the user approves the overwrite.", cp -i photo.png projects_backup
Find files larger than 1 megabyte., find . -size +1M
"Package files report.pdf, spreadsheet.xlsx, document.docx into document.docx.zip, using compression level 3, storing symbolic links",zip -3 -y document.docx.zip report.pdf spreadsheet.xlsx document.docx
"Display contract.pdf, squeezing multiple adjacent empty lines",cat -s contract.pdf
"Make ""temp"" the directory and zip the files ""memo.txt, ""memo.txt, and ""report.pdf"" into it.",mkdir temp && zip temp.zip memo.txt memo.txt report.pdf
Change directory to music_library and extract files from image.jpg.zip, unzip -C music_library image.jpg.zip
Create directory music and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p music
Display presentation.pptx with the error messages hidden, cat -q presentation.pptx
Display files in reverse alphabetical order,ls -r
Avoid replacing report.pdf with temp.,mv -n report.pdf temp
"Transfer audio.mp3 to reports_archive and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -i audio.mp3 reports_archive
List each file on a separate line,ls -1
"When extracting files from report.pdf.zip, ignore paths.", unzip -j report.pdf.zip
Find files larger than a given size by sorting files according to size and displaying file sizes in a way that is legible by humans.,ls -lSh | awk '$5 > 1000000 {print $0}'
Force copy script.py to reports_archive without prompting, cp -f script.py reports_archive
Show files listed with colors,ls -G
Files are sorted by date of modification.,ls -t
Find the usual files., find . -type f
"Retrieve script.py.zip, overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.jpg' to directory music_library",unzip -o -j -d music_library script.py.zip '*.jpg'
"Create a directory named 'images', copy a file named 'report.pdf' into it, and then remove the original file.",mkdir /images/ | cp /report.pdf /images/ | rm /report.pdf
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
Output the last 20 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | tail -n 20
Copy the file named 'video.mp4' to the directory 'reports_archive'.,cp /video.mp4 /reports_archive/
Display hidden files and folders in a lengthy format with detailed information and coloured output.,ls -alG
Files from memo.txt.zip should be extracted into scripts_backup., unzip -d scripts_backup memo.txt.zip
"Replicate spreadsheet.xlsx to music_library while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
Extract files with verbose mode enabled from image.jpg.zip, unzip -v image.jpg.zip
Display verbose output while extracting contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
"List directories first, followed by files",ls --group-directories-first
Display directories themselves with comprehensive details.,ls -ld
Extraction of image.jpg.zip in full, unzip -v image.jpg.zip
Output the last 15 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | tail -n 15
Show all control characters for memo.txt, cat -A memo.txt
"Compress files presentation.pptx, audio.mp3, presentation.pptx into contract.pdf.zip, compressing with best compression, verbose output",zip -9 -v contract.pdf.zip presentation.pptx audio.mp3 presentation.pptx
Show database.sql with line breaks included, cat -E database.sql
Verify proposal.docx.zip's integrity., unzip -t proposal.docx.zip
Copy policy.pdf to output and make sure to have permission before deleting old files., cp -i policy.pdf output
Show directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
"List all files, including hidden files",ls -a
Update existing files with newer versions from database.sql.zip, unzip -U database.sql.zip
Examine configuration.ini.zip for mistakes., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
"While extracting files, extract image.jpg.zip", unzip -q image.jpg.zip
Take out only the most recent files from proposal.docx.zip., unzip -U proposal.docx.zip
Recursively list folders and their contents,ls -R
Duplicate executable.exe to images_backup and retain all attributes,cp -a executable.exe images_backup
List all files in the current directory,ls -a
List directories rather than the contents therein.,ls -d
Locate files exactly 50 bytes in size, find . -size 50c
Copy files modified in the last 7 days from backups to backup,find backups -type f -mtime -7 -exec mv {} backup \;
Display files in order of their sizes,ls -S
"Replicate executable.exe to templates_backup while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b executable.exe templates_backup
List the files that include comprehensive information.,ls -l
List contents of video.mp4 with line numbers, cat -n video.mp4
"Forcefully move presentation.pptx to photos, overwriting if necessary",mv -f presentation.pptx photos
List files one per line,ls -1
Pack spreadsheet.xlsx without paths into archive, zip -j photo.png.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Print document.docx while preventing the display of several blank lines., cat -s document.docx
Find the report.pdf files., find . -name report.pdf
"Before replacing current files, copy report.pdf to music_library and be sure to ask.",cp -i report.pdf music_library
Search for directories named *.pdf in the current directory,"find . -type d -name ""*.pdf"""
Zip backups repeatedly, zip -r backups backups
Replicate document.docx to logs_archive and create backups if files exist,cp -b document.docx logs_archive
Make a directory called scripts and output verbosely,mkdir -v scripts
Extract only newer files from report.pdf.zip, unzip -U report.pdf.zip
Extract files without directory structure from image.jpg.zip, unzip -j image.jpg.zip
Print the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Transfer contract.pdf to reports while keeping all current files.,mv -n contract.pdf reports
Transfer the files to reports, find . -name proposal.docx -execdir mv {} reports \
Copy files to archives, find . -name configuration.ini -execdir cp {} archives \
Sort files in a list according to size.,ls -S
"When extracting files from proposal.docx.zip, ignore the directory structure.", unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
List each file on a separate line,ls -1
Remove photo.png from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip photo.png
Show buffered output suppressed for policy.pdf, cat -u policy.pdf
Recursively copy music to documents_archive, cp -r music documents_archive
Mirror configuration.ini to images_backup with attributes intact and creating a hard link, cp -p -l configuration.ini images_backup
Output the last 20 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | tail -n 20
List subdirectories in a recursive manner and show the directory structure.,ls -Rd
"Create the directory ""videos"" and provide a list of its contents.",mkdir videos && ls videos
Refresh memo.txt in the zip file script.py., zip -f script.py.zip memo.txt
Refresh document.docx in the zip file executable.exe., zip -f executable.exe.zip document.docx
"Copy downloads in its entirety, including all subdirectories, to documents_archive.", cp -r downloads documents_archive
List all files in the current directory with detailed information,ls -al
Make a backup of the current files and force copy photo.png to downloads_archive., cp -b -f photo.png downloads_archive
Move executable.exe to archives if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u executable.exe archives
"Create a new directory called ""backups"" and create symbolic link named ""pointer"" pointing to ""backup"".",mkdir backups && ln -s backup pointer
Files from script.py.zip should be extracted into output., unzip -d output script.py.zip
"Push proposal.docx firmly into projects, but ask to be asked before overwriting",mv -fi proposal.docx projects
Display video.mp4 with all control characters, cat -A video.mp4
"While maintaining its properties, copy configuration.ini to logs_archive and establish a hard link.", cp -p -l configuration.ini logs_archive
"If policy.pdf is more recent or does not already exist in photos, move it there.",mv -u policy.pdf photos
Show files in a format with colour.,ls -G
Show document.docx with error messages suppressed, cat -q document.docx
Files can be sorted by size.,ls -S
"Package files audio.mp3, photo.png, presentation.pptx into policy.pdf.zip, saving extended attributes",zip -X policy.pdf.zip audio.mp3 photo.png presentation.pptx
Transfer photo.png to documents as if it were a regular file,mv -T photo.png documents
"Output photo.png, policy.pdf, and proposal.docx to contract.pdf, appending the output to the end of the file",cat photo.png policy.pdf proposal.docx >> contract.pdf
Ignore directory structure when extracting files from document.docx.zip, unzip -j document.docx.zip
Sort files in reverse order,ls -r
Display files sorted by modification time in reverse order,ls -ltr
Copy policy.pdf to videos_backup while maintaining its properties., cp -p policy.pdf videos_backup
Copy memo.txt to backup and erasing any files that are already there., cp -f memo.txt backup
Show line numbers for video.mp4, cat -n video.mp4
Remove configuration.ini.zip without showing the result, unzip -q configuration.ini.zip
Display report.pdf with non-blank line numbers, cat -b report.pdf
Output the last 15 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | tail -n 15
Clone scripts and all of its subdirectories to archive., cp -r scripts archive
Replicate proposal.docx to output and prompt for user confirmation,cp -i proposal.docx output
Files are sorted by modification time.,ls -t
Place configuration.ini.zip inside executable.exe., zip -m configuration.ini.zip executable.exe
Show tabs as ^I for contract.pdf, cat -T contract.pdf
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip into photos_backup, unzip -d photos_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Transfer contract.pdf to photos, then output verbosely",mv -v contract.pdf photos
Making a hard link and mirroring presentation.pptx to scripts_backup while preserving properties, cp -p -l presentation.pptx scripts_backup
Transfer script.py to downloads_archive and ask for user confirmation if files exist,cp -i script.py downloads_archive
Pack document.docx without any archive paths, zip -j contract.pdf.zip document.docx
"Display the contents of video.mp4, showing non-printing characters and tabs as '^I'",cat -vT video.mp4
Look for sockets, find . -type s
"List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order with detailed information, then display the first 15 lines",ls -Sltr | head -n 15
Display policy.pdf with all control characters, cat -A policy.pdf
Prioritise folders over files in the display,ls --group-directories-first
Display files with output in colour.,ls -G
Transfer documents to projects_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -r documents projects_backup
Duplicate images to downloads_archive including all subdirectories, cp -r images downloads_archive
Output the last 15 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | tail -n 15
Delete files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx -execdir rm {} \
Extract the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip without a directory structure., unzip -j spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Move files to databases, find . -name policy.pdf -execdir mv {} databases \
"Without asking, force copy audio.mp3 to archive", cp -f audio.mp3 archive
"Transfer the ""presentation.pptx"" and ""executable.exe"" files from ""logs"" to ""videos"".",mv /logs/presentation.pptx /videos/ | mv /logs/executable.exe /videos/
Display files with output in colour.,ls -G
Locate symbolic links, find . -type l
Locate regular files, find . -type f
Display inode numbers of files,ls -i
Mirror proposal.docx to temp_folder and prompt if files already exist,cp -i proposal.docx temp_folder
List each line ending in proposal.docx in the contents., cat -E proposal.docx
Find the presentation.pptx files., find . -name presentation.pptx
Duplicate memo.txt to music_library and request confirmation before overwriting,cp -i memo.txt music_library
Extract only updated files from video.mp4.zip, unzip -U video.mp4.zip
Make a backup of the current files and force copy photo.png to downloads_archive., cp -b -f photo.png downloads_archive
Find symbolic links in the current directory,find . -type l
Show file sizes in a readable manner,ls -h
Files are sorted by date of modification.,ls -t
"Make a ""music"" directory and add files to it.",mkdir music | ls music
Create directory reports with verbose output,mkdir -v reports
Display the line ends for memo.txt, cat -E memo.txt
Replace databases with spreadsheet.xlsx if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx databases
Create a backup and force move contract.pdf to photos,mv -fb contract.pdf photos
List directory names only,ls -d
List directories ahead of files,ls --group-directories-first
Delete files with name video.mp4, find . -name video.mp4 -delete
Clone report.pdf to reports_archive with attribute preservation and creating a hard link, cp -p -l report.pdf reports_archive
Transfer script.py to photos_backup and maintain its attributes, cp -p script.py photos_backup
Show image.jpg with suppressed buffered output, cat -u image.jpg
Show image.jpg with suppressed buffered output, cat -u image.jpg
"Before forcibly transferring photo.png to images, make a backup of it.",mv -bf photo.png images
Copy memo.txt to temp_folder while preserving its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l memo.txt temp_folder
"Make directory ""temp"" and list files in ""temp"".",mkdir temp && ls temp
Make directory images and output verbosely,mkdir -v images
Files should be shown in reverse sorted order.,ls -r
Mirror configuration.ini to images_backup with attributes intact and creating a hard link, cp -p -l configuration.ini images_backup
"Display files individually, one per line",ls -1
"Assume destination is a file, move only if it's newer, and ask before replacing audio.mp3 in templates.",mv -iTu audio.mp3 templates
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
"Create the directory ""logs"" and extract the contents of ""presentation.pptx.zip"" into it using Zipping.",mkdir logs && unzip presentation.pptx.zip -d logs
Look for directories., find . -type d
Extract files from photos.zip matching *.py and move to logs_archive,"tar -cvf - -C photos.zip . | tar xvf - -C logs_archive --wildcards ""*.py"""
"List subdirectories in a recursive manner with comprehensive details, and then look for a certain file.","ls -Rl | grep ""filename"""
Test image.jpg.zip for corruption, zip -T image.jpg.zip
Do not overwrite existing files in projects with photo.png,mv -n photo.png projects
Zip configuration.ini ignoring directory structure, zip -j presentation.pptx.zip configuration.ini
"List all files in long format that begin with ""report"".",ls -l report*
"Create a directory called ""templates"" and copy all of the contents from ""videos"" to ""templates"" after moving all of the files from ""presentations"" to ""videos"".",mv /presentations/* /videos/ | mkdir /templates/ | cp /videos/* /templates/
Print the contents of database.sql with line ends., cat -E database.sql
Search for files with names containing 'image' and with execute permissions for others,"find . -type f -name ""*image*"" -perm /o=x"
Display the line counts for executable.exe, cat -n executable.exe
Subdirectories are listed recursively,ls -R
"List all files with names ending in "".mp4"" sorted by modification time",ls -t *.mp4
Replace reports with video.mp4 only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u video.mp4 reports
Avoid replacing executable.exe with an already-existing file in images.,mv -n executable.exe images
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting photo.png.zip, unzip -o photo.png.zip
Sort files based on size,ls -S
"Move spreadsheet.xlsx to archive, then verify overwrite while maintaining attributes interactively.", cp -i -p spreadsheet.xlsx archive
List contents of spreadsheet.xlsx with line endings, cat -E spreadsheet.xlsx
Extract files from document.docx.zip into archive, unzip -d archive document.docx.zip
Ignore directory structure when extracting files from document.docx.zip, unzip -j document.docx.zip
"Request permission before changing photo.png to videos, treat the destination as a file, and provide detailed comments.",mv -TiV photo.png videos
List contents of memo.txt with all control characters displayed, cat -A memo.txt
Put script.py on silent display., cat -q script.py
List each line ending in proposal.docx in the contents., cat -E proposal.docx
Extract presentation.pptx.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py presentation.pptx.zip
Find the presentation.pptx files., find . -name presentation.pptx
Copy video.mp4 to templates_backup while preserving its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l video.mp4 templates_backup
List the contents of photo.png.zip., unzip -l photo.png.zip
"Make a backup copy of spreadsheet.xlsx and duplicate it to music_library with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
Print each file that is specified separately.,ls -1
Transfer documents to projects_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -r documents projects_backup
Move image.jpg to temp and handle it as a regular file,mv -T image.jpg temp
Provide a human-readable list of file sizes.,ls -h
Overwrite databases with document.docx without prompting,mv -f document.docx databases
Examine what's in image.jpg.zip., unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Ignore paths when extracting files from contract.pdf.zip, unzip -j contract.pdf.zip
Put configuration.ini inside image.jpg.zip and delete, zip -m image.jpg.zip configuration.ini
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
List directories themselves,ls -d
Create directory databases with verbose output and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -v -p databases
Print report.pdf contents with non-blank line numbering, cat -b report.pdf
"Move the files to documents_archive from documents, then delete them from the source.",rsync -av --remove-source-files documents/ documents_archive
Create report.pdf.zip containing video.mp4, zip -c report.pdf.zip video.mp4
Ignore paths when extracting files from memo.txt.zip, unzip -j memo.txt.zip
Transfer presentation.pptx to documents_backup and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx documents_backup
Mirror proposal.docx to music_library and overwrite existing files without seeking permission, cp -f proposal.docx music_library
Delete memo.txt from photo.png.zip, zip -d photo.png.zip memo.txt
"Display contract.pdf, squeezing multiple adjacent empty lines",cat -s contract.pdf
Print executable.exe contents with line endings, cat -E executable.exe
List the contents of photo.png.zip., unzip -l photo.png.zip
"If downloads is outdated or nonexistent, substitute spreadsheet.xlsx for it.",mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx downloads
Use hard links to replicate spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive., cp -l spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
Make a hard link by copying photo.png to images_backup and maintaining all of its properties., cp -p -l photo.png images_backup
Duplicate proposal.docx to photos_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, cp -i proposal.docx photos_backup
"List files having coloured output, sorted by size and modification time.",ls -SltG
Show tabs as ^I for database.sql, cat -T database.sql
"While maintaining its properties, copy configuration.ini to logs_archive and establish a hard link.", cp -p -l configuration.ini logs_archive
Duplicate policy.pdf to documents_backup and request confirmation before overwriting, cp -i policy.pdf documents_backup
"Move files from ""databases"" to ""reports_archive"" after creating the directory ""databases"".",mkdir databases && mv databases/* reports_archive
Find files with names containing 'report' and with permissions 644,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" -perm 644"
Print executable.exe while suppressing the output from the buffer., cat -u executable.exe
Take out only the most recent files from video.mp4.zip., unzip -U video.mp4.zip
"After providing a thorough description of every file in the current directory, remove directories.","ls -al | grep -v ""^d"""
Update existing files with newer versions from database.sql.zip, unzip -U database.sql.zip
Copy memo.txt to temp_folder while preserving its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l memo.txt temp_folder
Update contract.pdf if newer in document.docx.zip, zip -u document.docx.zip contract.pdf
Make script.py a hard link in documents_archive., cp -l script.py documents_archive
"Transfer reports to scripts_backup with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b reports scripts_backup
List all files in the current directory,ls -a
Refresh memo.txt in the zip file script.py., zip -f script.py.zip memo.txt
Display characters for video.mp4 that aren't printed, cat -v video.mp4
Move spreadsheet.xlsx into script.py.zip, zip -m script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"Take the files out of executable.exe.Zip the file, then select documents_archive.", unzip -C documents_archive executable.exe.zip
"Provide a detailed list of every file in the current directory, and then arrange the list according to file extension.",ls -al | awk -F. '{print $NF}' | sort
"Package files report.pdf, spreadsheet.xlsx, document.docx into document.docx.zip, using compression level 3, storing symbolic links",zip -3 -y document.docx.zip report.pdf spreadsheet.xlsx document.docx
"Move spreadsheet.xlsx to archive, then verify overwrite while maintaining attributes interactively.", cp -i -p spreadsheet.xlsx archive
Recursively list directory contents,ls -R
"Sort files in a list according to when they were last modified, and provide file sizes in a legible manner.",ls -lt -h
Zip executable.exe without any hierarchy, zip -j database.sql.zip executable.exe
Take out only the most recent files from proposal.docx.zip., unzip -U proposal.docx.zip
List the contents of report.pdf while displaying each control character., cat -A report.pdf
"Unarchive spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, quietly and extracting to standard output to directory temp_folder",unzip -q -p -d temp_folder spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Display image.jpg with buffered output suppressed, cat -u image.jpg
Show directories themselves along with detailed information,ls -ld
Recursive copying is used to transfer databases to photos_backup while maintaining attributes., cp -r -p databases photos_backup
Recursively list directory contents,ls -R
Display every character in the control set for policy.pdf, cat -A policy.pdf
"Move spreadsheet.xlsx to downloads_archive in duplicate, then replace it.", cp -f spreadsheet.xlsx downloads_archive
Transfer document.docx to music_library while keeping all of its properties., cp -p document.docx music_library
Create a backup by recursively copying photos to music_library while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b photos music_library
"Move configuration.ini to documents, prompting for confirmation",mv -i configuration.ini documents
List files with detailed information,ls -l
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, colors, and human-readable sizes",ls -RdlhG
Extract files without paths from photo.png.zip, unzip -j photo.png.zip
Search for files named *.doc* in the current directory,"find . -name ""*.doc*"""
"Duplicate database.sql to logs_archive and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b database.sql logs_archive
Transfer databases to reports_archive with recursive copying and preserving attributes, cp -r -p databases reports_archive
Recursively list subdirectories,ls -R
Extract script.py.zip without displaying output, unzip -q script.py.zip
List contents of spreadsheet.xlsx quietly, cat -q spreadsheet.xlsx
Verbose mode: Move image.jpg to documents,mv -v image.jpg documents
"Extract policy.pdf.zip, but only the most recent files.", unzip -U policy.pdf.zip
"Extract document.docx.zip with password 'newpass123', extracting files matching pattern '*.txt', quietly, and testing archive integrity only to directory scripts_backup",unzip -P newpass123 -j -q -t -d scripts_backup document.docx.zip '*.txt'
Display audio.mp3.zip contents., unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
"List files having coloured output, sorted by size and modification time.",ls -SltG
"To transfer all of the files from 'videos' to 'archive', first create a directory called 'videos'.",mkdir /videos/ | cp /videos/* /videos/ | mv /videos/* /archive/
Display hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information and human-readable sizes,ls -alh
Display all files and directories recursively,ls -R
Look for files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
Show non-printing characters for video.mp4, cat -v video.mp4
Display database.sql with non-printing characters, cat -v database.sql
Search for files between 1GB and 2GB in size., find . -size +1G -size -2G
Duplicate image.jpg to temp_folder and overwrite existing files forcibly, cp -f image.jpg temp_folder
Show each file on a separate line,ls -1
Output the last 50 lines of proposal.docx,cat proposal.docx | tail -n 50
"Ignoring the directory structure, extract the files from report.pdf.zip", unzip -j report.pdf.zip
"Move script.py forcefully to templates, ask for permission before overwriting, and treat the destination as a file.",mv -fiT script.py templates
Examine image.jpg.zip for consistency., zip -T image.jpg.zip
List the lines that don't include a blank in executable.exe, cat -b executable.exe
List the contents of proposal.docx while displaying each control character., cat -A proposal.docx
"Show directories themselves with detailed information, then calculate the total size",ls -ld */ | du -h --max-depth=0
Backup temp to backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, cp -r -p temp backup
Update existing files in database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip contract.pdf
Place configuration.ini.zip inside database.sql., zip -m configuration.ini.zip database.sql
Sort files in reverse order,ls -r
"If the parent directories and the directories videos, temp, and backups don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p videos && mkdir -p temp && mkdir -p backups
List files with hidden files included,ls -a
Erase spreadsheet.xlsx from presentation.pptx.zip, zip -d presentation.pptx.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"Make a backup of proposal.docx, relocate it only if it's more recent, and don't replace it.",mv -bnu proposal.docx archives
"Files are sorted in reverse order based on size and modification time, producing coloured output.",ls -SltrG
"Before overwriting, move proposal.docx to logs and prompt.",mv -i proposal.docx logs
Take out only the most recent files from video.mp4.zip., unzip -U video.mp4.zip
Files from memo.txt.zip should be extracted into scripts_backup., unzip -d scripts_backup memo.txt.zip
"Move report.pdf to temp, handling it like it wasn't a directory.",mv -T report.pdf temp
Display files in order of their sizes,ls -S
Show tabs as ^I for contract.pdf, cat -T contract.pdf
Transfer presentation.pptx to scripts_backup and conduct a force overwrite, cp -f presentation.pptx scripts_backup
Copy logs to projects_backup recursively, cp -r logs projects_backup
List directories ahead of files,ls --group-directories-first
Make directory images and output verbosely,mkdir -v images
"Display tabs as ~For video.mp4, I", cat -T video.mp4
List contents of spreadsheet.xlsx with line endings, cat -E spreadsheet.xlsx
Show memo.txt with every control character present., cat -A memo.txt
"Replicate contract.pdf to videos_backup while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
Verify integrity of spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Display directories only,ls -d
Files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip should be extracted into temp_folder., unzip -d temp_folder spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
"Make a copy of database.sql in downloads_archive, but before overwriting, get permission.",cp -i database.sql downloads_archive
"Create a backup of photo.png, regard the destination as a file, display detailed feedback, and refrain from overwriting.",mv -nbvT photo.png videos
Recursively compress backups, zip -r backups backups
Print memo.txt with suppression of buffered output, cat -u memo.txt
"Push photo.png firmly into templates, but ask to be asked before overwriting",mv -fi photo.png templates
Sort files by size,ls -S
Print image.jpg with all control characters visible, cat -A image.jpg
Display directory structure recursively,ls -R
Check contents of document.docx.zip, unzip -l document.docx.zip
Extract files from executable.exe.zip and switch to music_library, unzip -C music_library executable.exe.zip
Make backups of the current files and mirror proposal.docx to archive.,cp -b proposal.docx archive
Move policy.pdf to logs_archive and yank out the current files with force., cp -f policy.pdf logs_archive
Display hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information and human-readable sizes,ls -alh
photo.png should be moved to music and inquire before making changes.,mv -i photo.png music
Transfer the files that have been edited within the last seven days from projects to temp_folder.,find projects -type f -mtime -7 -exec mv {} temp_folder \;
Reverse the order of file listing,ls -r
Display audio.mp3.zip contents., unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
Move script.py to logs and provide verbose feedback,mv -v script.py logs
"Ask before replacing report.pdf in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iTu report.pdf backups
List the directories on their own.,ls -d
Search for files with names ending in '.jpg' or '.png',"find . -type f \( -name ""*.jpg"" -o -name ""*.png"" \)"
"Display tabs as ~For video.mp4, I", cat -T video.mp4
Copy files from presentations to music_library and remove them from source,rsync -av --remove-source-files presentations/ music_library
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
List directories instead of their contents,ls -d
Verbose mode: Move configuration.ini into the designated directory.,mv -v configuration.ini videos
Sort files alphabetically backwards,ls -r
List directories rather than the contents therein.,ls -d
"Create a directory named 'images', copy a file named 'report.pdf' into it, and then remove the original file.",mkdir /images/ | cp /report.pdf /images/ | rm /report.pdf
Transfer the files that have been edited within the last seven days from projects to temp_folder.,find projects -type f -mtime -7 -exec mv {} temp_folder \;
Show database.sql with line breaks included, cat -E database.sql
"List each subdirectory in detail recursively, then tally the total number of directories.","ls -Rd | grep ""/$"" | wc -l"
Extraction of document.docx.zip in full, unzip -v document.docx.zip
Sort files by date of modification in reverse order.,ls -r
"Display policy.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e policy.pdf
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, database.sql, script.py into presentation.pptx.zip",zip presentation.pptx.zip spreadsheet.xlsx database.sql script.py
"Move document.docx to logs_archive, and if the files are already there, create a backup.", cp -b -i document.docx logs_archive
"Using coloured output, comprehensive information, and human-readable sizes, sort files by size and modification time in reverse order.",ls -SltrhG
Only use configuration.ini in place of scripts if it is less than or equal to that directory.,mv -u configuration.ini scripts
Examine image.jpg.zip for consistency., zip -T image.jpg.zip
List files in order of file size,ls -S
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy executable.exe to templates_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b executable.exe templates_backup
Sort the files by name in reverse order.,ls -r
Display database.sql with non-printing characters, cat -v database.sql
Print presentation.pptx without error messages, cat -q presentation.pptx
Transfer databases to reports_archive with recursive copying and preserving attributes, cp -r -p databases reports_archive
Create audio.mp3.zip containing image.jpg, zip -c audio.mp3.zip image.jpg
Display database.sql with tabs as ^I, cat -T database.sql
Check for updates and add contract.pdf to report.pdf.zip, zip -f report.pdf.zip contract.pdf
List files inside presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -l presentation.pptx.zip
Display hidden files along with normal files,ls -a
"Unwrap report.pdf.zip, preserving permissions, quietly, and extracting to standard output to directory music_library",unzip -K -q -p -d music_library report.pdf.zip
Duplicate presentation.pptx to backup with preserved attributes, cp -p presentation.pptx backup
"While maintaining its properties, copy contract.pdf to projects_backup and establish a hard link.", cp -p -l contract.pdf projects_backup
Find files with names starting with 'log' and modified in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""log*"" -mtime -1"
Present comprehensive data: report.pdf should be moved to archives.,mv -v report.pdf archives
"Request permission before changing photo.png to videos, treat the destination as a file, and provide detailed comments.",mv -TiV photo.png videos
Look through directories., find . -type d
Print presentation.pptx with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s presentation.pptx
"Provide a complete list of every file in the current directory, then extract just the file names.",ls -al | awk '{print $9}'
Display video.mp4 with all control characters, cat -A video.mp4
Clone policy.pdf to logs_archive with attribute preservation, cp -p policy.pdf logs_archive
Find files named spreadsheet.xlsx, find . -name spreadsheet.xlsx
Look for files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
Show policy.pdf as ^ with tabsI, cat -T policy.pdf
"Create a backup of document.docx, regard the destination as a file, display detailed feedback, and refrain from overwriting.",mv -nbvT document.docx templates
Ask for confirmation before overwriting spreadsheet.xlsx with archives,mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
List files in order of last modification time,ls -t
Display audio.mp3.zip contents., unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
Show non-blank line numbers for proposal.docx, cat -b proposal.docx
Print audio.mp3 without any warning errors, cat -q audio.mp3
"Move presentation.pptx to scripts, preserving existing files",mv -n presentation.pptx scripts
Make a hard link and clone memo.txt to documents_backup while preserving attributes., cp -p -l memo.txt documents_backup
Move video.mp4 into database.sql.zip, zip -m database.sql.zip video.mp4
Display each file on its own line,ls -1
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip into photos_backup, unzip -d photos_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Check integrity of spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Add and move executable.exe to report.pdf.zip, zip -m report.pdf.zip executable.exe
"Move presentation.pptx to projects_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx projects_backup
"Duplicate presentation.pptx to images_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx images_backup
"Prompt before overwriting memo.txt in scripts, treat destination as file, and display verbose output",mv -iTv memo.txt scripts
List directories rather than the contents therein.,ls -d
Print configuration.ini with non-printing characters visible, cat -v configuration.ini
Print proposal.docx using the symbol ^ for the tabs.I, cat -T proposal.docx
Extract files with verbose mode enabled from database.sql.zip, unzip -v database.sql.zip
Force copy presentation.pptx to archive and create a backup of existing files, cp -b -f presentation.pptx archive
Place configuration.ini.zip inside executable.exe., zip -m configuration.ini.zip executable.exe
Print the contents of image.jpg with line numbers., cat -n image.jpg
"Prompt before overwriting database.sql in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iuT database.sql backups
List directory names only,ls -d
Display hidden directories and files in a lengthy format with output that is coloured.,ls -alG
Look for metaphorical connections., find . -type l
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
Transfer memo.txt as a normal file to music.,mv -T memo.txt music
Search for files with names containing 'backup' and created in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""*backup*"" -ctime -7"
Display files listed according to when they were modified.,ls -t
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then remove the owner information","ls -al | awk '{$2=$3=$4=""""; print $0}'"
Place document.docx in the configuration.ini.zip archive., zip -m configuration.ini.zip document.docx
"List the files, one for each line.",ls -1
Extract the files from report.pdf.zip by changing the directory to downloads_archive., unzip -C downloads_archive report.pdf.zip
List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output,ls -SltrG
Put script.py on silent display., cat -q script.py
"Save a backup of script.py, do not overwrite, and show verbose feedback",mv -nbv script.py photos
List files in long format with colored output,ls -lG
Move files from scripts to backup and append timestamp to filename,"find scripts -type f -exec sh -c 'mv ""$1"" ""$2/$(basename ""$1"")_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)""' sh {} backup \;"
Update existing files with newer versions from audio.mp3.zip, unzip -U audio.mp3.zip
Recursively list folders and their contents,ls -R
"Transfer database.sql firmly to videos, ask permission before overwriting, and only move if a newer version is available.",mv -fiu database.sql videos
Find directories with names starting with 'dir',"find . -type d -name ""dir*"""
Verbose output: Move photo.png to databases,mv -v photo.png databases
Copy report.pdf to logs_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -i report.pdf logs_archive
"Using coloured output, comprehensive information, and human-readable sizes, sort files by size and modification time in reverse order.",ls -SltrhG
"If video.mp4 is outdated or doesn't exist, move it to databases.",mv -u video.mp4 databases
Locate files exactly 50 bytes in size, find . -size 50c
File compression with gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
Into photo.png put photo.png.Zip and remove, zip -u photo.png.zip photo.png
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting audio.mp3.zip, unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
Display report.pdf with the error messages hidden, cat -q report.pdf
Print executable.exe making visible all control characters., cat -A executable.exe
"Force copy audio.mp3 to output without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 output
Transfer script.py to downloads_archive and ask for user confirmation if files exist,cp -i script.py downloads_archive
"Concatenate executable.exe and policy.pdf, numbering all output lines",cat -n executable.exe policy.pdf
Show report.pdf contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s report.pdf
Display files in contract.pdf.zip, unzip -l contract.pdf.zip
Show inode numbers of each file,ls -i
Display directories themselves with comprehensive details.,ls -ld
Extract files with verbose mode enabled from image.jpg.zip, unzip -v image.jpg.zip
Display every character in the control set for script.py, cat -A script.py
"List the files in descending order of size, show the file sizes in a comprehensible way, and then show the first ten lines.",ls -lSh | head -n 10
"Recursive copying is used to move projects to scripts_backup, maintaining attributes, and making a backup.", cp -r -p -b projects scripts_backup
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip into images_backup, unzip -d images_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Put database.sql inside configuration.ini.zip and delete, zip -m configuration.ini.zip database.sql
Display hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information and human-readable sizes,ls -alh
List each line ending in proposal.docx in the contents., cat -E proposal.docx
Search for empty directories, find . -type d -empty
"Forcefully move image.jpg to presentations, prompt before overwriting, and move only if newer",mv -fiu image.jpg presentations
List contents of proposal.docx with line endings, cat -E proposal.docx
"Zip files executable.exe, contract.pdf, video.mp4 into report.pdf.zip, using compression level 6, verbose output",zip -6 -v report.pdf.zip executable.exe contract.pdf video.mp4
Ignore the directory structure and extract the files from contract.pdf.zip., unzip -j contract.pdf.zip
Show directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
Find empty directories, find . -type d -empty
"Create directory ""scripts"" and find files matching pattern ""*.exe"" in it.","mkdir scripts && find scripts -name ""**.exe*"""
Zip memo.txt ignoring directory structure, zip -j configuration.ini.zip memo.txt
Files should be shown in reverse sorted order.,ls -r
Make a hard link after copying policy.pdf to documents_backup., cp -l policy.pdf documents_backup
Enter '*.jpg' as the password to extract contract.pdf.zip., unzip -P *.jpg contract.pdf.zip
Examine audio.mp3.zip for mistakes., unzip -t audio.mp3.zip
Freshen policy.pdf in spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, zip -f spreadsheet.xlsx.zip policy.pdf
"Files can be sorted based on when they were last modified, and the output can be coloured and presented in a legible fashion.",ls -lt -hG
Display directory structure recursively,ls -R
"Create directory ""videos"" and zip files ""database.sql"", ""image.jpg"", ""image.jpg"" in it.",mkdir videos && zip videos.zip database.sql image.jpg image.jpg
Do not overwrite videos with video.mp4,mv -n video.mp4 videos
Move configuration.ini to photos_backup while preserving its properties., cp -p configuration.ini photos_backup
Copy script.py to documents_archive while preserving characteristics., cp -p script.py documents_archive
Mirror image.jpg to templates_backup with attributes intact and creating a hard link, cp -p -l image.jpg templates_backup
"Request permission before changing audio.mp3 to templates, treat the destination as a file, and provide detailed comments.",mv -TiV audio.mp3 templates
Generate a hard link of report.pdf in photos_backup, cp -l report.pdf photos_backup
Create a backup by recursively copying images to images_backup while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b images images_backup
Zip databases including all subdirectories, zip -r databases databases
Replace spreadsheet.xlsx in archives without asking,mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Display verbose output while extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -v policy.pdf.zip
List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order,ls -Sltr
Display executable.exe with buffered output suppressed, cat -u executable.exe
"Zip files presentation.pptx, executable.exe, photo.png into audio.mp3.zip, compressing with best compression, excluding '*.log' files",zip -9 -x '*.log' audio.mp3.zip presentation.pptx executable.exe photo.png
Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to music_library and create a backup of existing files, cp -b -f spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
Pack logs and its files into archive, zip -r logs logs
"Copy configuration.ini to documents_backup while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b configuration.ini documents_backup
Move spreadsheet.xlsx into archives in the same way that you would any other file.,mv -T spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format with colored output,ls -lt -hG
Output the last 50 lines of proposal.docx,cat proposal.docx | tail -n 50
Making a hard link and mirroring presentation.pptx to reports_archive while preserving properties, cp -p -l presentation.pptx reports_archive
List files sorted by their sizes,ls -S
Update existing files with newer versions from photo.png.zip, unzip -U photo.png.zip
"Make ""photos"" the directory and remove ""ignore2.png"" from it.",mkdir photos && ls | grep -v ignore2.png
Move the files to scripts_backup after searching templates for *.ini.,"grep -rl ""*.ini"" templates | xargs -I {} mv {} scripts_backup"
Talkative: memo.txt should be moved to templates.,mv -v memo.txt templates
Display the line counts for script.py, cat -n script.py
"Transfer report.pdf to downloads_archive and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp --interactive report.pdf downloads_archive
"List all files containing ""log"" in their names, including hidden ones",ls -a *log*
Provide password '*.py' to extract memo.txt.zip, unzip -P *.py memo.txt.zip
"Copy contract.pdf to logs_archive while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf logs_archive
"Take the files out of executable.exe.Zip the file, then select documents_archive.", unzip -C documents_archive executable.exe.zip
List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output,ls -SltrG
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy audio.mp3 to reports_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 reports_archive
Display characters for spreadsheet.xlsx that aren't printed, cat -v spreadsheet.xlsx
Print report.pdf with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s report.pdf
Look for files with name policy.pdf, find . -name policy.pdf
"Make a backup of photo.png, don't replace it, and only move it if it's more recent.",mv -nbu photo.png videos
List the lines that don't include a blank in executable.exe, cat -b executable.exe
Make documents a directory with verbose output.,mkdir -v documents
Reverse the file listing's order.,ls -r
Change the default order of sorting.,ls -r
"Before replacing proposal.docx in reports, prompt, treating destination as file",mv -iT proposal.docx reports
Copy document.docx to output while preserving its attributes, cp -p document.docx output
"Files are sorted by size, file sizes are shown in a format that is understandable by humans, and the final five lines are shown.",ls -lSh | tail -n 5
Confirm before replacing contract.pdf with photos,mv -i contract.pdf photos
Ignore paths when zipping script.py, zip -j database.sql.zip script.py
"Concatenate audio.mp3 and spreadsheet.xlsx, numbering non-blank output lines",cat -b audio.mp3 spreadsheet.xlsx
"Decompress document.docx.zip with password 'newpass', overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.doc' to directory videos_backup",unzip -P newpass -o -j -d videos_backup document.docx.zip '*.doc'
"Recursive copying is used to move archives to music_library, maintaining attributes, and making a backup.", cp -r -p -b archives music_library
Copy report.pdf to videos_backup and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -i report.pdf videos_backup
"Before replacing presentation.pptx in projects, ask for confirmation.",mv -i presentation.pptx projects
Output memo.txt with visible non-printing characters., cat -v memo.txt
Display files in colorized format,ls -G
Find directories with names starting with 'project' and not modified in the last 90 days,"find . -type d -name ""project*"" -mtime +90"
Move spreadsheet.xlsx into script.py.zip, zip -m script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Subdirectories and Zip photos, zip -r photos photos
Print presentation.pptx contents with line numbering, cat -n presentation.pptx
Find directories, find . -type d
Into photo.png put photo.png.Zip and remove, zip -u photo.png.zip photo.png
Files from document.docx.zip should be extracted into images_backup., unzip -d images_backup document.docx.zip
Search for files named *.doc* in the current directory,"find . -name ""*.doc*"""
"Create a directory named 'images', copy a file named 'report.pdf' into it, and then remove the original file.",mkdir /images/ | cp /report.pdf /images/ | rm /report.pdf
"Unwrap configuration.ini.zip, extracting to standard output, to directory backup",unzip -p -d backup configuration.ini.zip
Ask before replacing presentation.pptx in videos and treat destination as a file,mv -Ti presentation.pptx videos
Sort the files according to their modification timestamp.,ls -t
"Arrange files according to when they were last modified, show the file sizes in a legible manner, and then tally the amount of lines.",ls -lt | awk '{print $5}' | wc -l
Extract files silently from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -q spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Create new archive policy.pdf.zip from contract.pdf, zip -c policy.pdf.zip contract.pdf
Make a fresh archive with video.mp4.zip from photo.png, zip -c video.mp4.zip photo.png
"Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format, then count the number of lines",ls -lt | awk '{print $5}' | wc -l
Remove photo.png from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip photo.png
Display verbose output while extracting executable.exe.zip, unzip -v executable.exe.zip
Recursively copy music to documents_archive, cp -r music documents_archive
List files in reports and move them to archive preserving directory structure,find reports -type f -exec mv -t archive -- {} +
Sort the files according to their sizes.,ls -S
Display the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
Ignore paths when zipping photo.png, zip -j document.docx.zip photo.png
List directories before files,ls --group-directories-first
Just show directories.,ls -d
Duplicate image.jpg to archive with user confirmation for overwrite and preserving attributes, cp -i -p image.jpg archive
"Move audio.mp3 to photos_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b audio.mp3 photos_backup
Sort files by date of modification in reverse order.,ls -r
Create a backup by recursively copying photos to music_library while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b photos music_library
Duplicate document.docx to archive keeping all attributes,cp -a document.docx archive
Incorporate report.pdf into document.docx.zip then remove, zip -m document.docx.zip report.pdf
Examine image.jpg.zip for consistency., zip -T image.jpg.zip
Print presentation.pptx with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s presentation.pptx
Show subdirectories recursively,ls -R
Display verbose output while extracting contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
"Display directory names only, without their contents",ls -d
Transfer audio.mp3 to videos without erasing any formerly stored files.,mv -n audio.mp3 videos
Extract encrypted database.sql.zip with password '*.doc*', unzip -P *.doc* database.sql.zip
Prompt before overwriting archives with spreadsheet.xlsx,mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Copy logs to projects_backup recursively, cp -r logs projects_backup
Examine image.jpg.zip for consistency., unzip -t image.jpg.zip
Show file information in long listing format,ls -l
Replicate proposal.docx to backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p proposal.docx backup
Print inode number of each file,ls -i
"compel Without asking, copy presentation.pptx to archive.", cp -f presentation.pptx archive
Display hidden files and directories with extensive information in a lengthy manner.,ls -al
Find files with a size of precisely 50 bytes., find . -size 50c
Copy database.sql to documents_backup and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp --interactive database.sql documents_backup
Create a backup and force move contract.pdf to photos,mv -fb contract.pdf photos
"Duplicate spreadsheet.xlsx to logs_archive and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx logs_archive
Duplicate proposal.docx to archive with interactive confirmation required,cp -i proposal.docx archive
Display photo.png with line numbers, cat -n photo.png
Show directories without listing their contents,ls -d
"Free document.docx.zip, listing files only, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -l -d downloads_archive document.docx.zip
"Ask before replacing report.pdf in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iTu report.pdf backups
Search for files with names ending in '.doc' and larger than 500KB,"find . -type f -name ""*.doc"" -size +500k"
List contents of spreadsheet.xlsx with line endings, cat -E spreadsheet.xlsx
Replicate document.docx to videos_backup and forcefully overwrite existing files, cp -f document.docx videos_backup
"Make ""photos"" and purge files that correspond to ""*.png"".",mkdir photos && rm **.png*
"Without asking, forcefully copy report.pdf to scripts_backup while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p report.pdf scripts_backup
Provide a complete informational list of every file in the current directory.,ls -al
"Display contract.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I', with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e contract.pdf
"Make a backup of photo.png, don't replace it, and only move it if it's more recent.",mv -nbu photo.png videos
"Make a copy of contract.pdf, don't replace it, and output verbosely",mv -bnv contract.pdf videos
Mirror spreadsheet.xlsx to backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p spreadsheet.xlsx backup
"When zipping, disregard paths proposal.docx.", zip -j video.mp4.zip proposal.docx
"Sort files by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then display the last 5 lines",ls -lSh | tail -n 5
"Before replacing executable.exe in temp, prompt, treating destination as file",mv -iT executable.exe temp
Transfer document.docx to images and see the output in verbose,mv -v document.docx images
Show directory names without contents,ls -d
"Make directory ""projects"" and unzip contents of ""executable.exe.zip"" into it.",mkdir projects && unzip executable.exe.zip -d projects
"Using attribute preservation, clone image.jpg to projects_backup, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b image.jpg projects_backup
Display document.docx with suppressed empty lines, cat -s document.docx
"Copy executable.exe to photos_backup, overwriting and retaining attributes with user consent.", cp -i -p executable.exe photos_backup
Search for files larger than 1MB , find . -size +1M
Pack memo.txt without paths into archive, zip -j script.py.zip memo.txt
Silently extract the files from document.docx.zip., unzip -q document.docx.zip
Make a verbose output directory called photos.,mkdir -v photos
Check integrity of spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Treat the destination as a file, prompt before overwriting database.sql in temp, and print verbose information.",mv -iTv database.sql temp
Update database.sql in proposal.docx.zip if newer, zip -f proposal.docx.zip database.sql
Find the specified pipes., find . -type p
"Extract image.jpg.zip, then update your files with the latest versions.", unzip -U image.jpg.zip
Enable output with colors,ls -G
"Zip files document.docx, presentation.pptx, executable.exe into executable.exe.zip, including empty directories",zip -r0 executable.exe.zip document.docx presentation.pptx executable.exe
Replace archives with audio.mp3 if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u audio.mp3 archives
Files should be listed according to size.,ls -S
Move files to videos, find . -name spreadsheet.xlsx -exec mv {} videos \
Create a backup by recursively copying downloads to archive while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b downloads archive
"Concatenate report.pdf and image.jpg, numbering all output lines and showing non-printing characters and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT report.pdf image.jpg
Mirror document.docx to temp_folder with attributes intact, cp -p document.docx temp_folder
Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information and colors,ls -RdlG
Put script.py on silent display., cat -q script.py
Erase policy.pdf from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip policy.pdf
"Move music to archive, making a backup of all currently stored files.", cp -b -r music archive
"Transfer database.sql firmly to projects, ask permission before overwriting, and only move if a newer version is available.",mv -fiu database.sql projects
Clone spreadsheet.xlsx to reports_archive with attribute preservation,cp -a spreadsheet.xlsx reports_archive
List contents of audio.mp3.zip, unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
Copy script.py to reports_archive and interactively prompt for overwrite, cp -i script.py reports_archive
Put backups and its contents in an archive., zip -r backups backups
Take files out of policy.pdf.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
Put script.py on silent display., cat -q script.py
Display file inode numbers,ls -i
Show files with more information,ls -l
Sort files based on modification time,ls -t
Locate the contract.pdf files., find . -name contract.pdf
"Make 'archives', copy 'photo.png' into it, and then make 'shortcut', a symbolic link, to the file.",mkdir /archives/ | cp /photo.png /archives/ | ln -s /archives/ /shortcut/
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy report.pdf to logs_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b report.pdf logs_archive
Files can be sorted by size.,ls -S
Examine what's in image.jpg.zip., unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Display configuration.ini with suppressed empty lines, cat -s configuration.ini
Contents of executable.exe.zip are listed., unzip -l executable.exe.zip
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then sort them by modification time in reverse order","ls -al | sort -k6,6r"
Overwrite databases with document.docx without prompting,mv -f document.docx databases
"Without verifying, switch videos for spreadsheet.xlsx.",mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx videos
Take the files out of video.mp4.into archive using zip, unzip -d archive video.mp4.zip
Show directories themselves along with detailed information,ls -ld
"Extract executable.exe.zip, but only the most recent files.", unzip -U executable.exe.zip
Clone music to archive along with its subdirectories, cp -r music archive
"List all files, arranged by size, with the word ""notes"" in their names.",ls -S *notes*
Print the contents of database.sql with non-blank line numbering., cat -b database.sql
Move database.sql to executable.exe.zip and add it., zip -m executable.exe.zip database.sql
Show configuration.ini with error messages suppressed, cat -q configuration.ini
Enable colored listing,ls -G
Delete files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx -execdir rm {} \
"Out of report.pdf.zip, remove proposal.docx.", zip -d report.pdf.zip proposal.docx
Duplicate database.sql to downloads_archive by creating hard links, cp -l database.sql downloads_archive
Silently extract the files from contract.pdf.zip., unzip -q contract.pdf.zip
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting audio.mp3.zip, unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
"Create directory ""scripts"" and find files matching pattern ""*.exe"" in it.","mkdir scripts && find scripts -name ""**.exe*"""
"Save a backup of spreadsheet.xlsx, do not overwrite, and show verbose feedback",mv -nbv spreadsheet.xlsx reports
Create directory images and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p images
Move contract.pdf to music only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u contract.pdf music
Zip databases including all subdirectories, zip -r databases databases
"If policy.pdf is more recent or does not already exist in photos, move it there.",mv -u policy.pdf photos
Display audio.mp3 with line numbers, cat -n audio.mp3
Extract only newer files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -U spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Transfer memo.txt to output and make a backup if files already exist, cp -b -i memo.txt output
Display the line ends for memo.txt, cat -E memo.txt
"Open configuration.ini and extract encrypted.zip using the ""*.txt"" password", unzip -P *.txt configuration.ini.zip
Recursively list the contents and subdirectories of a directory,ls -R
Transfer audio.mp3 to videos without erasing any formerly stored files.,mv -n audio.mp3 videos
Transform document.docx into music and handle it like any other file.,mv -T document.docx music
"Create directory ""templates"" and remove files matching pattern ""*.mp3"".",mkdir templates && rm **.mp3*
Show non-printing characters for video.mp4, cat -v video.mp4
Show line numbers for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -n spreadsheet.xlsx
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, database.sql, script.py into presentation.pptx.zip",zip presentation.pptx.zip spreadsheet.xlsx database.sql script.py
Search for symbolic links, find . -type l
Find files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
"Request permission before changing photo.png to videos, treat the destination as a file, and provide detailed comments.",mv -TiV photo.png videos
Move configuration.ini to photos_backup while preserving its properties., cp -p configuration.ini photos_backup
"Make a backup of document.docx, regard the destination as a file, don't overwrite, and show verbose output.",mv -bnvT document.docx logs
Ask before overwriting backups with image.jpg,mv -i image.jpg backups
Look for files with name policy.pdf, find . -name policy.pdf
Force copy presentation.pptx to archive and create a backup of existing files, cp -b -f presentation.pptx archive
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
"Provide a detailed list of every file in the current directory, and then arrange the list according to file extension.",ls -al | awk -F. '{print $NF}' | sort
"Archive files video.mp4, video.mp4, audio.mp3 into policy.pdf.zip, excluding '*.log' files, storing symbolic links",zip -x '*.log' -y policy.pdf.zip video.mp4 video.mp4 audio.mp3
Transfer configuration.ini to logs_archive and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b configuration.ini logs_archive
Output the last 100 lines of presentation.pptx,cat presentation.pptx | tail -n 100
Create directory images with verbose output,mkdir -v images
Verbose mode: Move configuration.ini into the designated directory.,mv -v configuration.ini videos
Mirror photos_backup to scripts recursively, cp -r scripts photos_backup
Verify configuration.ini.zip's integrity., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
Verify the image.jpg.zip's integrity., zip -T image.jpg.zip
Move database.sql to videos and ask before overwriting,mv -i database.sql videos
"List all files containing ""log"" in their names, including hidden ones",ls -a *log*
Look for files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx
Fill executable.exe with audio.mp3.zip, zip -c executable.exe.zip audio.mp3
Print the contents of policy.pdf with line ends., cat -E policy.pdf
Place document.docx.zip inside report.pdf., zip -m document.docx.zip report.pdf
List each file on a single line.,ls -1
Update existing files with newer versions from database.sql.zip, unzip -U database.sql.zip
Find files with names starting with 'log' and modified in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""log*"" -mtime -1"
Sort files by modification time,ls -t
Recursively list subdirectories,ls -R
Show directories prioritized over files,ls --group-directories-first
Present comprehensive data: report.pdf should be moved to archives.,mv -v report.pdf archives
Enumerate folders empty of contents.,ls -d
Move policy.pdf to databases without overwriting,mv -n policy.pdf databases
List the lines that don't include a blank in policy.pdf, cat -b policy.pdf
Sort files by the date they were last modified.,ls -t
"List all files with names starting with ""file"" in long format recursively",ls -lR file*
Find files named spreadsheet.xlsx, find . -name spreadsheet.xlsx
Change directory to projects_backup and extract files from script.py.zip, unzip -C projects_backup script.py.zip
Show non-blank line numbers for document.docx, cat -b document.docx
Transfer audio.mp3 to videos without erasing any formerly stored files.,mv -n audio.mp3 videos
List files with extended attributes,ls -l
Zip memo.txt without directory structure, zip -j audio.mp3.zip memo.txt
Extract the files from memo.txt.zip by navigating to projects_backup., unzip -C projects_backup memo.txt.zip
Copy policy.pdf to videos_backup while maintaining its properties., cp -p policy.pdf videos_backup
Locate files named image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg
"Backup documents to documents_backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b documents documents_backup
Show line numbers for policy.pdf, cat -n policy.pdf
Display files with extended information,ls -l
Look for sockets, find . -type s
Show line numbers for contract.pdf, cat -n contract.pdf
"Move music to archive, making a backup of all currently stored files.", cp -b -r music archive
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then show only the permissions",ls -al | awk '{print $1}'
Create directory photos and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p photos
Files in backups should be sorted by size before being moved to photos_backup.,ls -S backups | xargs -I {} mv backups/{} photos_backup
Use recursive copying to move reports to images_backup, cp -r reports images_backup
Add and move document.docx to video.mp4.zip, zip -m video.mp4.zip document.docx
Locate files smaller than 100KB, find . -size -100k
Show directories without listing their contents,ls -d
"Create a backup of proposal.docx, do not overwrite, display verbose output, and treat destination as file",mv -bnvT proposal.docx presentations
"Create directory ""videos"" and zip files ""database.sql"", ""image.jpg"", ""image.jpg"" in it.",mkdir videos && zip videos.zip database.sql image.jpg image.jpg
Extract the files from configuration.ini.zip by changing the directory to archive., unzip -C archive configuration.ini.zip
Maintain directory structure and backup projects to photos_backup, cp -r projects photos_backup
Copy database.sql and perform a force overwrite in backup, cp -f database.sql backup
Display file inode numbers,ls -i
"After displaying hidden files and folders in extended format, just the permissions are visible.",ls -al | awk '{print $1}'
Transfer audio.mp3 to output and make a backup if files already exist, cp -b -i audio.mp3 output
Extract encrypted document.docx.zip with password '*.doc*', unzip -P *.doc* document.docx.zip
Show the inode numbers for files.,ls -i
List the amount of files in each directory after displaying the directories themselves with comprehensive information.,ls -ld */ | xargs -I {} sh -c 'echo {}; ls -l {} | wc -l'
Force copy script.py to reports_archive without prompting, cp -f script.py reports_archive
"Out of presentation.pptx.zip, remove proposal.docx.", zip -d presentation.pptx.zip proposal.docx
Duplicate executable.exe to images_backup and retain all attributes,cp -a executable.exe images_backup
Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -ltSh
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then remove the owner information","ls -al | awk '{$2=$3=$4=""""; print $0}'"
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and owned by the user 'user',"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -user user"
Show report.pdf with characters that don't print, cat -v report.pdf
Replace archives with audio.mp3 if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u audio.mp3 archives
Find files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
Change directory to music_library and extract files from image.jpg.zip, unzip -C music_library image.jpg.zip
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, colors, and human-readable sizes",ls -RdlhG
Clone database.sql to photos_backup and make backups of existing files,cp -b database.sql photos_backup
List files sorted by size and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -Sh
Refresh report.pdf in the zip file proposal.docx., zip -f proposal.docx.zip report.pdf
"Forcefully move document.docx to templates, but prompt before overwriting",mv -fi document.docx templates
"When extracting files from report.pdf.zip, ignore paths.", unzip -j report.pdf.zip
Update report.pdf in presentation.pptx.zip if newer, zip -f presentation.pptx.zip report.pdf
Check that spreadsheet.xlsx.zip is intact., unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Find files with names containing 'test' and with read and write permissions for the user,"find . -type f -name ""*test*"" -perm -u=rw"
Show hidden files and directories with descriptive text and colourful images.,ls -alG
Create a backup and force move photo.png to downloads,mv -fb photo.png downloads
"Subdirectories are listed recursively, and the directory structure is displayed with coloured output.",ls -RdG
Mirror configuration.ini to images_backup with attributes intact and creating a hard link, cp -p -l configuration.ini images_backup
Backup current files and mirror document.docx to templates_backup., cp -b -p document.docx templates_backup
Print the contents of executable.exe with line numbers., cat -n executable.exe
Replicate memo.txt to videos_backup while retaining its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l memo.txt videos_backup
Unzip files from video.mp4.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j video.mp4.zip
"Compress files executable.exe, image.jpg, configuration.ini into contract.pdf.zip, storing file attributes",zip -X contract.pdf.zip executable.exe image.jpg configuration.ini
Copy the file named 'video.mp4' to the directory 'reports_archive'.,cp /video.mp4 /reports_archive/
Display files with additional details,ls -l
Put video.mp4 on silent display., cat -q video.mp4
Transfer backups to temp_folder with recursive copying, cp -r backups temp_folder
Display files sorted by last modified time,ls -t
Clone database.sql with preserving attributes to temp_folder, cp -p database.sql temp_folder
Ask before replacing script.py in temp and treat destination as a file,mv -Ti script.py temp
Find files with names containing 'test' and with read and write permissions for the user,"find . -type f -name ""*test*"" -perm -u=rw"
Synchronize contents of photos with archive using rsync and move files,rsync -av --remove-source-files photos/ archive
Copy files from presentations to music_library and remove them from source,rsync -av --remove-source-files presentations/ music_library
Extract the files from configuration.ini.zip by changing the directory to archive., unzip -C archive configuration.ini.zip
"Transfer configuration.ini to output and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp --interactive configuration.ini output
Clone spreadsheet.xlsx to reports_archive with attribute preservation,cp -a spreadsheet.xlsx reports_archive
Search for character devices, find . -type c
Search for files named *.doc* in the current directory,"find . -name ""*.doc*"""
Show hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information,ls -al
Search for files between 1GB and 2GB in size, find . -size +1G -size -2G
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and owned by the user 'user',"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -user user"
Show files with more information,ls -l
Silently unzip the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip., unzip -q spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Show document.docx with error messages suppressed, cat -q document.docx
Update document.docx if newer in memo.txt.zip, zip -u memo.txt.zip document.docx
"List all files in long format that begin with ""report"".",ls -l report*
Extract files from photos.zip matching *.py and move to logs_archive,"tar -cvf - -C photos.zip . | tar xvf - -C logs_archive --wildcards ""*.py"""
"Make a backup of document.docx, relocate it only if it's more recent, and don't replace it.",mv -bnu document.docx photos
Show directory contents recursively,ls -R
Display the contents of report.pdf,cat report.pdf
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then show only the permissions",ls -al | awk '{print $1}'
Transfer the files that have been edited within the last seven days from projects to temp_folder.,find projects -type f -mtime -7 -exec mv {} temp_folder \;
Extract image.jpg.zip with password '*.pdf', unzip -P *.pdf image.jpg.zip
"Output executable.exe, configuration.ini, and image.jpg to proposal.docx",cat executable.exe configuration.ini image.jpg > proposal.docx
Display subfolders iteratively,ls -R
Make a hard link and clone policy.pdf to music_library while preserving attributes., cp -p -l policy.pdf music_library
Take configuration.ini out of the memo.txt.zip., zip -d memo.txt.zip configuration.ini
Copy database.sql to videos_backup and backup existing files,cp -b database.sql videos_backup
Duplicate image.jpg to archive with user confirmation for overwrite and preserving attributes, cp -i -p image.jpg archive
Show inode numbers of files,ls -i
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b database.sql photos_backup
Show the contents of executable.exe with line numbers,cat -n executable.exe
"When transferring to archives, avoid overwriting executable.exe.",mv -n executable.exe archives
Pack logs and its files into archive, zip -r logs logs
"Create a backup of document.docx, regard the destination as a file, display detailed feedback, and refrain from overwriting.",mv -nbvT document.docx templates
"Open audio.mp3.zip, extract the contents, and replace any existing files.", unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
Incorporate report.pdf into document.docx.zip then remove, zip -m document.docx.zip report.pdf
"Make a copy of executable.exe, don't replace it, and output verbosely",mv -bnv executable.exe music
Display file sizes in a legible manner,ls -h
Display hidden files and folders in a lengthy format with detailed information and coloured output.,ls -alG
"Prior to replacing image.jpg in projects, get permission. Treat the destination file.",mv -Ti image.jpg projects
Print files listed individually,ls -1
Look for regular files, find . -type f
Display the line ends for memo.txt, cat -E memo.txt
Folders within Zip archives, zip -r archives archives
"Extract executable.exe.zip, but only the most recent files.", unzip -U executable.exe.zip
Find files larger than a given size by sorting files according to size and displaying file sizes in a way that is legible by humans.,ls -lSh | awk '$5 > 1000000 {print $0}'
List contents of policy.pdf with tabs shown as ^I, cat -T policy.pdf
"Before replacing, copy audio.mp3 to images_backup and ask for approval.",cp -i audio.mp3 images_backup
Output the first 10 lines of executable.exe,cat executable.exe | head
Check for updates and add document.docx to image.jpg.zip, zip -f image.jpg.zip document.docx
Transfer audio.mp3 to reports_archive and forcefully replace existing files, cp -f audio.mp3 reports_archive
Test spreadsheet.xlsx.zip for corruption, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Look through directories., find . -type d
Move memo.txt to the backup and perform a force overwrite there., cp -f memo.txt backup
"Create directory named ""databases"" and list files in it.",mkdir databases | ls databases
"Uncompress proposal.docx.zip, extracting symbolic links, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -l -d downloads_archive proposal.docx.zip
Look for files with name policy.pdf, find . -name policy.pdf
Create directory music and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p music
Place all of the files in archives into an archive., zip -r archives archives
Show image.jpg with line numbers that aren't blank., cat -b image.jpg
Locate named pipes, find . -type p
"If the parent directories and directory temp don't already exist, create them with verbose output.",mkdir -p -v temp
Add and move executable.exe to report.pdf.zip, zip -m report.pdf.zip executable.exe
"Create directory ""templates"" and move files matching pattern ""*.py"" to it.",mkdir templates && mv **.py* templates
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then sort by file extension",ls -al | awk -F. '{print $NF}' | sort
Print each file separately,ls -1
"Make a backup copy of presentation.pptx and duplicate it to output with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx output
Find files with a size of precisely 50 bytes., find . -size 50c
Ask before overwriting backups with image.jpg,mv -i image.jpg backups
"Keep a copy of policy.pdf, avoid overwriting, and provide detailed feedback.",mv -nbv policy.pdf logs
Print image.jpg with all control characters visible, cat -A image.jpg
Extract encrypted database.sql.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py database.sql.zip
Recursively copy music to documents_archive, cp -r music documents_archive
Display file details in the format of a long listing.,ls -l
"Zip the contents of the newly created directory ""backups"" into the file ""spreadsheet.xlsx.zip"".",mkdir backups && zip spreadsheet.xlsx.zip backups/*
"Before forcibly transferring photo.png to images, make a backup of it.",mv -bf photo.png images
"Save a backup of memo.txt, do not overwrite, show verbose feedback, and treat destination as file",mv -nbvT memo.txt videos
Create directory presentations with verbose output,mkdir -v presentations
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip into images_backup, unzip -d images_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Take image.jpg out of the proposal.docx.zip., zip -d proposal.docx.zip image.jpg
"Archive files policy.pdf, photo.png, image.jpg into image.jpg.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, storing symbolic links",zip -n '*.txt' -y image.jpg.zip policy.pdf photo.png image.jpg
Create report.pdf.zip containing video.mp4, zip -c report.pdf.zip video.mp4
"Transfer memo.txt to archives, asking for approval",mv -i memo.txt archives
"Zip files photo.png, proposal.docx, executable.exe into audio.mp3.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, verbose output",zip -n '*.txt' -v audio.mp3.zip photo.png proposal.docx executable.exe
Show document.docx with line breaks included, cat -E document.docx
List the files that include comprehensive information.,ls -l
Create zip of backups and its contents, zip -r backups backups
Enter '*.jpg' as the password to extract contract.pdf.zip., unzip -P *.jpg contract.pdf.zip
Insert spreadsheet.xlsx inside the configuration.ini.zip archive., zip -u configuration.ini.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"List all files in long format whose names begin with ""file"" recursively.",ls -lR file*
Copy document.docx to photos_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p document.docx photos_backup
Make backup copies of database.sql and duplicate it to backup.,cp -b database.sql backup
"Concatenate video.mp4 and presentation.pptx, numbering non-empty output lines",cat -b video.mp4 presentation.pptx
"Before changing policy.pdf to presentations, make sure.",mv -i policy.pdf presentations
Present file sizes in an understandable format for humans.,ls -h
Give file sizes in an easy-to-read format.,ls -h
Examine image.jpg.zip for consistency., zip -T image.jpg.zip
Pack document.docx without any archive paths, zip -j contract.pdf.zip document.docx
Show directories in the beginning of the list,ls --group-directories-first
Shift video.mp4 to videos treating it like a normal file,mv -T video.mp4 videos
Verbose extraction of report.pdf.zip, unzip -v report.pdf.zip
"List subdirectories recursively, providing coloured output and comprehensive details.",ls -Rdl
"Search for files with read, write, and execute permissions for the user",find . -type f -perm -700
Place image.jpg in music without considering it as a directory,mv -T image.jpg music
Print inode numbers of files,ls -i
Update image.jpg in configuration.ini.zip if newer, zip -f configuration.ini.zip image.jpg
Do not overwrite videos with video.mp4,mv -n video.mp4 videos
Do not overwrite existing files in projects with photo.png,mv -n photo.png projects
Fill database.sql with executable.exe.zip, zip -c database.sql.zip executable.exe
Locate symbolic links, find . -type l
Copy report.pdf to videos_backup and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -i report.pdf videos_backup
Transfer script.py to photos_backup while keeping all properties intact.,cp -a script.py photos_backup
Establish a hard link to move proposal.docx to photos_backup., cp -l proposal.docx photos_backup
Copy database.sql to images_backup and preserve all attributes,cp -a database.sql images_backup
Unarchive image.jpg.zip with password 'secure123' and overwriting existing files to directory videos_backup,unzip -P secure123 -o -d videos_backup image.jpg.zip
List files sorted by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -lt -h
Move database.sql to executable.exe.zip and add it., zip -m executable.exe.zip database.sql
Search for standard files., find . -type f
Search for empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Show directories in the beginning of the list,ls --group-directories-first
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate photo.png to scripts_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b photo.png scripts_backup
Display the contents of document.docx with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s document.docx
Display detailed information about files,ls -l
Take image.jpg out of the proposal.docx.zip., zip -d proposal.docx.zip image.jpg
Shrink templates and everything in it., zip -r templates templates
Display audio.mp3 with line numbers, cat -n audio.mp3
"Move audio.mp3 to templates with force, prompt for confirmation, and move only if newer",mv -ifu audio.mp3 templates
"Move image.jpg to documents with force, prompt for confirmation, and move only if newer",mv -ifu image.jpg documents
Look for files bigger than one megabyte., find . -size +1M
"Move presentation.pptx to projects_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx projects_backup
Transfer backups to temp_folder with recursive copying, cp -r backups temp_folder
Test integrity of presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -t presentation.pptx.zip
Extract memo.txt that is encrypted.Zip file protected with '*.mp3', unzip -P *.mp3 memo.txt.zip
Unpack policy.pdf.zip with password 'pass123' and preserving permissions to directory scripts_backup,unzip -P pass123 -K -d scripts_backup policy.pdf.zip
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then show only the permissions",ls -al | awk '{print $1}'
Retrieve script.py encrypted.'*.doc*' as the password for zip, unzip -P *.doc* script.py.zip
Move audio.mp3 to archive and verify overwriting interactively., cp -i audio.mp3 archive
Display inode numbers of files,ls -i
Extract only newer files from report.pdf.zip, unzip -U report.pdf.zip
Transferring report.pdf to downloads will replace any preexisting files.,mv -f report.pdf downloads
Extract configuration.ini.zip with password '*.mp4', unzip -P *.mp4 configuration.ini.zip
Copy files to downloads, find . -name database.sql -execdir cp {} downloads \
"Zip files spreadsheet.xlsx, document.docx, report.pdf into script.py.zip, using compression level 6, verbose output, including empty directories",zip -6 -v -r0 script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx document.docx report.pdf
"In executable.exe, update configuration.ini.zip If more recent", zip -f executable.exe.zip configuration.ini
Replicate downloads to templates_backup recursively, cp -r downloads templates_backup
Show file sizes in a readable manner,ls -h
Make a copy of document.docx in projects_backup and forcefully replace any existing files., cp -f document.docx projects_backup
Find files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
Seek out outlets, find . -type s
Files should be displayed in coloured lists.,ls -G
"From database.sql.zip, remove database.sql.", zip -d database.sql.zip database.sql
Extract files from configuration.ini.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j configuration.ini.zip
Move policy.pdf to logs_archive and yank out the current files with force., cp -f policy.pdf logs_archive
Ask before overwriting backups with image.jpg,mv -i image.jpg backups
"If files already exist, replicate document.docx to logs_archive and make backups.",cp -b document.docx logs_archive
Output the first 30 lines of proposal.docx,cat proposal.docx | head -n 30
Delete files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx -execdir rm {} \
Clone proposal.docx to projects_backup with hard linking, cp -l proposal.docx projects_backup
Extract the files from configuration.ini.zip by changing the directory to archive., unzip -C archive configuration.ini.zip
Display the contents of document.docx with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s document.docx
"If templates is outdated or nonexistent, only substitute video.mp4 for it.",mv -u video.mp4 templates
Show executable.exe as ^ with tabsI, cat -T executable.exe
"Copy proposal.docx to music_library, making a backup copy of the original files.", cp -b -p proposal.docx music_library
Clone script.py to images_backup and forcefully substitute existing files, cp -f script.py images_backup
List directory tree recursively,ls -R
Unprompted overwrite files when extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
"Out of database.sql.zip, remove database.sql.", zip -d database.sql.zip database.sql
Search for files with names containing 'document' and created in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""*document*"" -ctime -1"
Modify the file permissions., find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
Check for corruption with configuration.ini.zip., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
Show suppressed buffered output for configuration.ini, cat -u configuration.ini
Replace reports with video.mp4 only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u video.mp4 reports
"Zip files configuration.ini, proposal.docx, policy.pdf into memo.txt.zip, displaying verbose output",zip -v memo.txt.zip configuration.ini proposal.docx policy.pdf
Move image.jpg into archive executable.exe.zip, zip -m executable.exe.zip image.jpg
Files should be sorted descendingly.,ls -r
Check report.pdf.zip for errors, unzip -t report.pdf.zip
"List all files, including hidden files",ls -a
"Display tabs as ~For video.mp4, I", cat -T video.mp4
"Free document.docx.zip, listing files only, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -l -d downloads_archive document.docx.zip
"Extract executable.exe.zip, then update your files with the latest versions.", unzip -U executable.exe.zip
Display file sizes in a format that is easy to read,ls -h
Display audio.mp3 with line numbers, cat -n audio.mp3
Move spreadsheet.xlsx into archives in the same way that you would any other file.,mv -T spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Place the files from photos into an archive., zip -r photos photos
Place photo.png inside of report.pdf.zip., zip -u report.pdf.zip photo.png
"Make a backup copy of presentation.pptx and duplicate it to output with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx output
Place the files in projects., find . -name report.pdf -exec mv {} projects \
"Mirror policy.pdf to output with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b policy.pdf output
Print the contents of database.sql with non-blank line numbering., cat -b database.sql
Archive policy.pdf into new audio.mp3.zip, zip -c audio.mp3.zip policy.pdf
Unzip files from presentation.pptx.zip quietly, unzip -q presentation.pptx.zip
Show contents of image.jpg.zip, unzip -l image.jpg.zip
List all files in the current directory with detailed information,ls -al
"Without asking, force copy audio.mp3 to archive", cp -f audio.mp3 archive
Extract files from executable.exe.zip and switch to music_library, unzip -C music_library executable.exe.zip
"List all files having ""notes"" in their names, sorted by size",ls -S *notes*
"Zip files presentation.pptx, policy.pdf, database.sql into configuration.ini.zip, excluding '*.log' files, verbose output",zip -x '*.log' -v configuration.ini.zip presentation.pptx policy.pdf database.sql
Place all of scripts's files in an archive.s, zip -r scripts scripts
Look for files with name image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg
Place document.docx.zip inside report.pdf., zip -m document.docx.zip report.pdf
Transfer script.py to photos_backup and maintain its attributes, cp -p script.py photos_backup
"Display the contents of video.mp4, showing non-printing characters and tabs as '^I'",cat -vT video.mp4
Delete files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx -execdir rm {} \
Sort files in a list according to size.,ls -S
Move executable.exe to music without asking to overwrite,mv -n executable.exe music
Transfer script.py to photos and include detailed comments.,mv -v script.py photos
"Transfer presentation.pptx firmly to databases, overwriting if required.",mv -f presentation.pptx databases
"After placing configuration.ini inside policy.pdf.zip, remove it.", zip -u policy.pdf.zip configuration.ini
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -mtime -7"
"Display files individually, one per line",ls -1
Print each file's inode number.,ls -i
Recursive copying is used to transfer databases to photos_backup while maintaining attributes., cp -r -p databases photos_backup
Print photo.png without any warning errors, cat -q photo.png
Show comprehensive file information,ls -l
Test integrity of contract.pdf.zip, zip -T contract.pdf.zip
Clone spreadsheet.xlsx to reports_archive with attribute preservation,cp -a spreadsheet.xlsx reports_archive
"Forcefully move image.jpg to downloads, prompt before overwriting, and move only if newer",mv -fiu image.jpg downloads
Extract configuration.ini.zip with password '*.mp4', unzip -P *.mp4 configuration.ini.zip
Find files larger than 1 megabyte., find . -size +1M
"Make a backup of photo.png, don't replace it, and only move it if it's more recent.",mv -nbu photo.png videos
Display policy.pdf with all control characters, cat -A policy.pdf
"Force copy executable.exe to scripts_backup without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b executable.exe scripts_backup
Freshen video.mp4 in audio.mp3.zip, zip -f audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
"If files already exist, duplicate spreadsheet.xlsx to projects_backup using a backup.", cp -b -i spreadsheet.xlsx projects_backup
Print a new line for every file.,ls -1
Sort files in descending order,ls -r
Extract contract.pdf.zip with password 'pass321' and verbose output to directory music_library,unzip -P pass321 -v -d music_library contract.pdf.zip
"Subdirectories are listed recursively, and the directory structure is displayed with coloured output.",ls -RdG
"Copy all files from 'temp' to 'images', then compress them into a zip file named 'script.py.zip'.",cp /temp/* /images/ | zip -r /images/script.py.zip /images/*
"Display tabs as ~For memo.txt, I", cat -T memo.txt
Create audio.mp3.zip containing image.jpg, zip -c audio.mp3.zip image.jpg
List file sizes in a manner that is comprehensible to people.,ls -h
Replicate video.mp4 to backup preserving attributes,cp -a video.mp4 backup
"Force copy audio.mp3 to output without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 output
Show report.pdf with characters that don't print, cat -v report.pdf
"Duplicate spreadsheet.xlsx to logs_archive and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx logs_archive
Display directories without a content list.,ls -d
Show hidden files and directories in long format with colored output,ls -alG
Copy templates to downloads_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -ir templates downloads_archive
"If the parent directories do not already exist, create the directory scripts with verbose output.",mkdir -v -p scripts
"Without showing the results, extract video.mp4.zip", unzip -q video.mp4.zip
Transfer files larger than 1 MB from projects_backup to music,find music -type f -size +1M -exec mv {} projects_backup \;
Print proposal.docx with tabs represented as ^I, cat -T proposal.docx
"Copy all files from 'videos' to 'presentations', then compress them into a zip file named 'audio.mp3.zip'.",cp /videos/* /presentations/ | zip -r /presentations/audio.mp3.zip /presentations/*
List directories rather than the contents therein.,ls -d
Overwrite existing files in projects with policy.pdf,mv -f policy.pdf projects
"Concatenate video.mp4 and presentation.pptx, numbering non-empty output lines",cat -b video.mp4 presentation.pptx
"Transfer audio.mp3 to reports_archive and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -i audio.mp3 reports_archive
Use hard links to replicate spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive., cp -l spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
Look for directories., find . -type d
"Mirror policy.pdf to output with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b policy.pdf output
Copy document.docx to photos_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p document.docx photos_backup
Display the line counts for memo.txt, cat -n memo.txt
Extract files from database.sql.zip into projects_backup, unzip -d projects_backup database.sql.zip
Display files in order of size.,ls -S
Print document.docx while preventing the display of several blank lines., cat -s document.docx
"Move script.py to downloads, handling it as though it were a regular file.",mv -T script.py downloads
Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output,ls -SltrG
Silently extract the files from contract.pdf.zip., unzip -q contract.pdf.zip
Copy memo.txt to temp_folder while preserving its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l memo.txt temp_folder
Display directory names instead of their contents,ls -d
Look for gaming devices., find . -type c
"When zipping, disregard paths presentation.pptx.", zip -j report.pdf.zip presentation.pptx
"Recursive copying is used to move projects to scripts_backup, maintaining attributes, and making a backup.", cp -r -p -b projects scripts_backup
Display photo.png with line numbers, cat -n photo.png
Transfer executable.exe to projects_backup while maintaining attributes,cp -a executable.exe projects_backup
Clone report.pdf to reports_archive with attribute preservation and creating a hard link, cp -p -l report.pdf reports_archive
"Transfer report.pdf to downloads_archive and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp --interactive report.pdf downloads_archive
Mirror image.jpg to templates_backup with attributes intact and creating a hard link, cp -p -l image.jpg templates_backup
Transfer files to output from temp and add a timestamp to the filename,"find temp -type f -exec sh -c 'mv ""$1"" ""$2/$(basename ""$1"")_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)""' sh {} output \;"
Sort files in descending order,ls -r
Place proposal.docx inside of contract.pdf.zip, zip -u contract.pdf.zip proposal.docx
Search for files modified more than 30 days ago and smaller than 10KB,find . -type f -mtime +30 -size -10k
Examine database.sql.zip for consistency., zip -T database.sql.zip
"Create a backup of proposal.docx, do not overwrite, display verbose output, and treat destination as file",mv -bnvT proposal.docx presentations
Copy logs to projects_backup recursively, cp -r logs projects_backup
Files from document.docx.zip should be extracted into images_backup., unzip -d images_backup document.docx.zip
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
Extract encrypted database.sql.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py database.sql.zip
"Zip files configuration.ini, presentation.pptx, spreadsheet.xlsx into executable.exe.zip, using password 'pass123', excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -P pass123 -x '*.tmp' executable.exe.zip configuration.ini presentation.pptx spreadsheet.xlsx
Zip database.sql without directory structure, zip -j audio.mp3.zip database.sql
List files with detailed information,ls -l
Copy database.sql and save its properties in documents_backup., cp -p database.sql documents_backup
Recursively list folders and their contents,ls -R
Display files in reverse sorted order,ls -r
List contents of spreadsheet.xlsx with line endings, cat -E spreadsheet.xlsx
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then count the number of lines",ls -al | wc -l
Verify database.sql.zip for integrity, unzip -t database.sql.zip
"Without extracting, list the contents of presentation.pptx.zip.", unzip -l presentation.pptx.zip
Copy files from presentations to music_library and remove them from source,rsync -av --remove-source-files presentations/ music_library
"Save a backup of memo.txt, do not overwrite, show verbose feedback, and treat destination as file",mv -nbvT memo.txt videos
"Copy contract.pdf to logs_archive while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf logs_archive
"When extracting files from proposal.docx.zip, ignore the directory structure.", unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
Extract files from audio.mp3.zip into projects_backup, unzip -d projects_backup audio.mp3.zip
"Retrieve image.jpg.zip, quietly (no output) to directory documents_archive",unzip -q -d documents_archive image.jpg.zip
Duplicate presentation.pptx to backup with preserved attributes, cp -p presentation.pptx backup
"Duplicate database.sql to logs_archive and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b database.sql logs_archive
Make new archive script.py.zip with spreadsheet.xlsx, zip -c script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"List all files with names starting with ""image"" showing inode numbers",ls -i image*
"Using coloured output, comprehensive information, and human-readable sizes, sort files by size and modification time in reverse order.",ls -SltrhG
Show audio.mp3 contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s audio.mp3
Show hidden folders and files in extended format,ls -al
Extract the files from script.py.zip by changing the directory to output., unzip -C output script.py.zip
"Keep a copy of memo.txt, avoid overwriting, and provide detailed feedback.",mv -nbv memo.txt backups
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -mtime -7"
Create zip of presentations and its contents, zip -r presentations presentations
"Move policy.pdf to templates_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b policy.pdf templates_backup
Turn on coloured listing.,ls -G
Look for files between 1GB and 2GB in size, find . -size +1G -size -2G
Zip databases including all subdirectories, zip -r databases databases
Move database.sql to videos and ask before overwriting,mv -i database.sql videos
Find any files with less than 100 KB., find . -size -100k
Make new archive script.py.zip with spreadsheet.xlsx, zip -c script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Display files sorted by modification time,ls -t
"Before transferring spreadsheet.xlsx to archives, ask for confirmation.",mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Display hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information and colors,ls -alG
"Place audio.mp3 within image.jpg.zip, then remove it.", zip -m image.jpg.zip audio.mp3
"Create a backup of policy.pdf, do not overwrite, and display verbose output",mv -bnv policy.pdf videos
"List all ""important"" files with sizes that can be read by humans.",ls -h *important*
Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive and interactively confirm overwrite, cp -i spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
Transferring report.pdf to downloads will replace any preexisting files.,mv -f report.pdf downloads
Mirror report.pdf to music_library and interactively prompt before replacing files, cp -i report.pdf music_library
"Create directory ""documents"" and zip its contents into file ""memo.txt.zip"".",mkdir documents && zip memo.txt.zip documents/*
Subdirectories and Zip photos, zip -r photos photos
"Place report.pdf in music considering it as a file, not a directory",mv -T report.pdf music
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
Show audio.mp3 with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s audio.mp3
List files in long listing format,ls -l
Verify document.docx.zip for integrity, unzip -t document.docx.zip
Never use policy.pdf in place of downloads.,mv -n policy.pdf downloads
Files should be sorted in reverse order.,ls -r
Find directories, find . -type d
"List subdirectories recursively, providing coloured output and comprehensive details.",ls -Rdl
"Copy document.docx to reports_archive, ensuring that the user approves the overwrite.", cp -i document.docx reports_archive
Pack document.docx into photo.png.zip, zip -c photo.png.zip document.docx
"Move policy.pdf to databases, prompt before overwriting",mv -i policy.pdf databases
Print files listed individually,ls -1
Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with human-readable sizes,ls -Sltrh
Search for empty directories, find . -type d -empty
"If the parent directories and directory logs don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p logs
"Make a backup of video.mp4, don't replace it, and only move it if it's more recent.",mv -nbu video.mp4 presentations
Move audio.mp3 to archive and verify overwriting interactively., cp -i audio.mp3 archive
Show document.docx with line breaks included, cat -E document.docx
"Provide a complete list of every file in the current directory, then extract just the file names.",ls -al | awk '{print $9}'
Put every file on a separate line.,ls -1
List the contents of photo.png.zip., unzip -l photo.png.zip
Into photo.png put photo.png.Zip and remove, zip -u photo.png.zip photo.png
Extract files and overwrite existing files from document.docx.zip, unzip -o document.docx.zip
Decompress script.py.zip with password 'password123' to directory scripts_backup,unzip -P password123 -d scripts_backup script.py.zip
Provide password '*.jpg' to unzip image.jpg.zip, unzip -P *.jpg image.jpg.zip
"Sort the files in the list according to size, and show the file sizes in a legible manner.",ls -Sh
Do not overwrite existing files in projects with photo.png,mv -n photo.png projects
Print script.py with non-printing characters visible, cat -v script.py
Show all control characters for presentation.pptx, cat -A presentation.pptx
"Forcefully move document.docx to reports, prompt before overwriting, and treat destination as file",mv -fiT document.docx reports
Show files arranged by modification time,ls -t
Duplicate proposal.docx to archive with interactive confirmation required,cp -i proposal.docx archive
Display proposal.docx with buffered output suppressed, cat -u proposal.docx
"List all files containing ""important"" with human-readable sizes",ls -h *important*
Enumerate every file in the active directory.,ls -a
Verify configuration.ini.zip's integrity., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
Verify the image.jpg.zip's integrity., zip -T image.jpg.zip
List files in long format,ls -l
List the contents of the directories after displaying them with coloured output.,ls -dG */ | xargs ls -lG
"Sort the files in the list according to size, and show the file sizes in a legible manner.",ls -Sh
Clone image.jpg to images_backup with attribute preservation and creating a hard link, cp -p -l image.jpg images_backup
"In image.jpg.zip, add contract.pdf and check for updates.", zip -f image.jpg.zip contract.pdf
Zip database.sql without directory structure, zip -j audio.mp3.zip database.sql
"Create directories presentations, images, images and parent directories if they do not exist with verbose output",mkdir -p -v presentations && mkdir -p -v images && mkdir -p -v images
"The files ""photo.png, ""video.mp4"", and ""executable.exe"" should be concatenated into the directory ""logs"".",mkdir logs && cat photo.png video.mp4 executable.exe > logs/concatenated_file.txt
"Duplicate contract.pdf to documents_archive with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b contract.pdf documents_archive
Examine image.jpg.zip for consistency., zip -T image.jpg.zip
Update existing files in image.jpg.zip, zip -u image.jpg.zip proposal.docx
Give file sizes in an easy-to-read format.,ls -h
"Place audio.mp3 within image.jpg.zip, then remove it.", zip -m image.jpg.zip audio.mp3
"Take the files out of script.py.Zip the file, then select reports_archive.", unzip -C reports_archive script.py.zip
Display proposal.docx with buffered output suppressed, cat -u proposal.docx
Provide password '*.jpg' to unzip image.jpg.zip, unzip -P *.jpg image.jpg.zip
Show non-printing characters for report.pdf, cat -v report.pdf
Display script.py with tabs as ^I, cat -T script.py
"Extend the format of hidden files and folders, then delete the owner data.","ls -al | awk '{$2=$3=$4=""""; print $0}'"
Copy executable.exe to documents_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp --interactive executable.exe documents_archive
"Move document.docx to videos_backup, and if the files are already there, create a backup.", cp -b -i document.docx videos_backup
"Ignoring the directory structure, extract the files from configuration.ini.zip", unzip -j configuration.ini.zip
Remove spreadsheet.xlsx from database.sql.zip, zip -d database.sql.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Make a clone of contract.pdf in downloads_archive and ask for approval before overwriting, cp -i contract.pdf downloads_archive
Verbose mode: Move configuration.ini into the designated directory.,mv -v configuration.ini videos
Search for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Clone database.sql with preserving attributes to temp_folder, cp -p database.sql temp_folder
"Create a directory named ""projects"" and list the files in it.",mkdir projects && ls projects
Duplicate documents to output and include all subdirectories, cp -r documents output
"Filter files in databases based on *.exe, then move them to archive","grep -lR ""*.exe"" databases | xargs -I {} mv {} archive"
List the amount of files in each directory after displaying the directories themselves with comprehensive information.,ls -ld */ | xargs -I {} sh -c 'echo {}; ls -l {} | wc -l'
Take the files out of presentation.pptx.into downloads_archive using zip, unzip -d downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
Move image.jpg to presentations and replace existing files without asking,mv -f image.jpg presentations
List the contents of presentation.pptx using the ^tabsI, cat -T presentation.pptx
Forcefully move audio.mp3 to photos without prompting,mv -f audio.mp3 photos
Show spreadsheet.xlsx in tabbed mode as \I, cat -T spreadsheet.xlsx
Move photo.png to videos if it's newer or doesn't already exist there,mv -u photo.png videos
Find files with names containing 'report' and not executable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" ! -perm -o=x"
"Clone image.jpg to images_backup with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b image.jpg images_backup
"Replicate executable.exe to templates_backup while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b executable.exe templates_backup
Output the first 100 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | head -n 100
Zip contract.pdf without any folder organization, zip -j script.py.zip contract.pdf
Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with human-readable sizes,ls -Sltrh
Verify proposal.docx.zip's integrity., unzip -t proposal.docx.zip
Files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip should be extracted into temp_folder., unzip -d temp_folder spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Extract image.jpg.zip with password '*.pdf', unzip -P *.pdf image.jpg.zip
"Using attribute preservation, clone proposal.docx to templates_backup, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx templates_backup
"Forcefully move document.docx to reports, prompt before overwriting, and treat destination as file",mv -fiT document.docx reports
Search for files modified exactly 30 days ago, find . -mtime 30
Move photo.png to videos if it's newer or doesn't already exist there,mv -u photo.png videos
Recursively display the directory structure,ls -R
"Extract report.pdf.zip, only extracting files matching pattern '*.txt', to directory scripts_backup",unzip -j -d scripts_backup report.pdf.zip '*.txt'
Display files in reverse alphabetical order,ls -r
"Move configuration.ini to photos_backup, and if the files are already there, create a backup.",cp -b configuration.ini photos_backup
"Zip files presentation.pptx, executable.exe, photo.png into audio.mp3.zip, compressing with best compression, excluding '*.log' files",zip -9 -x '*.log' audio.mp3.zip presentation.pptx executable.exe photo.png
"In document.docx.zip, add database.sql and check for updates.", zip -f document.docx.zip database.sql
List file sizes in a format suitable for humans,ls -h
Copy files modified in the last 7 days from backups to backup,find backups -type f -mtime -7 -exec mv {} backup \;
Ignore paths when zipping photo.png, zip -j document.docx.zip photo.png
Show line endings for policy.pdf, cat -E policy.pdf
Overwrite existing files when extracting spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -o spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Sort files alphabetically backwards,ls -r
Print the contents of presentation.pptx with non-blank line numbering., cat -b presentation.pptx
Show inode numbers of files,ls -i
Create backups of the current files and clone photo.png to temp_folder.,cp -b photo.png temp_folder
Search for files named report.pdf, find . -name report.pdf
List subdirectories in a recursive manner and show the directory structure.,ls -Rd
Look for empty files, find . -type f -empty
"When extracting files from presentation.pptx.zip, ignore paths.", unzip -j presentation.pptx.zip
Transfer document.docx to images and see the output in verbose,mv -v document.docx images
"Package files executable.exe, document.docx, report.pdf into configuration.ini.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, preserving paths",zip -x '*.tmp' -r configuration.ini.zip executable.exe document.docx report.pdf
"Transfer audio.mp3 forcefully to reports, asking for confirmation, and treating destination as a file",mv -ifT audio.mp3 reports
Transfer backups to temp_folder with recursive copying, cp -r backups temp_folder
Move files modified in the last 24 hours from templates to reports_archive,find templates -type f -mtime -1 -exec mv {} reports_archive \;
Display document.docx with all control characters, cat -A document.docx
"Save a backup of image.jpg, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -nbu image.jpg reports
Move files modified in the last 24 hours from templates to reports_archive,find templates -type f -mtime -1 -exec mv {} reports_archive \;
"Compress files executable.exe, image.jpg, configuration.ini into contract.pdf.zip, storing file attributes",zip -X contract.pdf.zip executable.exe image.jpg configuration.ini
List files sorted by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -lt -h
Print configuration.ini without error messages, cat -q configuration.ini
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
Unzip files from proposal.docx.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
"Compress files document.docx, presentation.pptx, executable.exe into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files",zip -n '*.txt' spreadsheet.xlsx.zip document.docx presentation.pptx executable.exe
"Open database.sql.zip, extract the contents, and replace any existing files.", unzip -o database.sql.zip
Rename image.jpg to temp using force.,mv -f image.jpg temp
Mirror memo.txt to projects_backup with attributes intact,cp -a memo.txt projects_backup
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
Put database.sql inside configuration.ini.zip and delete, zip -m configuration.ini.zip database.sql
Check report.pdf.zip for errors, unzip -t report.pdf.zip
Display hidden directories and files in a lengthy format with output that is coloured.,ls -alG
Extract files with verbose output from memo.txt.zip, unzip -v memo.txt.zip
"Mirror photo.png to templates_backup with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b photo.png templates_backup
Take the files out of video.mp4.into archive using zip, unzip -d archive video.mp4.zip
Display hidden folders and files,ls -a
Transfer proposal.docx to temp without making any changes.,mv -n proposal.docx temp
Recursively list subdirectories and display directory structure,ls -Rd
Sort files by modification time,ls -t
Display non-printing characters while listing the contents of policy.pdf, cat -v policy.pdf
Find files with names containing 'report' and not executable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" ! -perm -o=x"
"Before replacing files, mirror contract.pdf to documents_archive and ask questions interactively.", cp -i contract.pdf documents_archive
Modify the file permissions, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
Show non-printing characters for report.pdf, cat -v report.pdf
Check integrity of audio.mp3.zip, zip -T audio.mp3.zip
Transfer image.jpg to backup with attribute preservation, cp -p image.jpg backup
Transfer photo.png to reports solely in cases where it is not in use or is more recent.,mv -u photo.png reports
Display verbose output while extracting executable.exe.zip, unzip -v executable.exe.zip
Mirror spreadsheet.xlsx to backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p spreadsheet.xlsx backup
Copy script.py to reports_archive and interactively prompt for overwrite, cp -i script.py reports_archive
Display files sorted by file size,ls -S
Transfer temp and its contents to logs_archive recursively, cp -r temp logs_archive
"Extract presentation.pptx.zip with password 'secretpass', verbose output, excluding temp_file2.txt, and extracting to standard output to directory downloads_archive",unzip -P secretpass -v -x temp_file2.txt -p -d downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
"List all files with names starting with ""file"" in long format recursively",ls -lR file*
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, audio.mp3, script.py into memo.txt.zip, storing file attributes, excluding '*.tmp' files, silently",zip -X -x '*.tmp' -q memo.txt.zip spreadsheet.xlsx audio.mp3 script.py
Move image.jpg to temp treating it as a normal file,mv -T image.jpg temp
"Display tabs as ~For memo.txt, I", cat -T memo.txt
Copy report.pdf to downloads_archive and ask before replacing existing files,cp -i report.pdf downloads_archive
Show file details in long format,ls -l
Seek for files bearing the document.docx name., find . -name document.docx
"Move presentation.pptx to scripts, preserving existing files",mv -n presentation.pptx scripts
Display presentation.pptx with line endings, cat -E presentation.pptx
Provide password '*.txt' to extract proposal.docx.zip, unzip -P *.txt proposal.docx.zip
"Show directories themselves with detailed information, then list the number of files in each directory",ls -ld */ | xargs -I {} sh -c 'echo {}; ls -l {} | wc -l'
"Unwrap report.pdf.zip, preserving permissions, quietly, and extracting to standard output to directory music_library",unzip -K -q -p -d music_library report.pdf.zip
"Create directory ""documents"" and zip its contents into file ""memo.txt.zip"".",mkdir documents && zip memo.txt.zip documents/*
"Using hard links, mirror presentation.pptx to backup", cp -l presentation.pptx backup
"Show each file separately, one on a line.",ls -1
"Retrieve image.jpg.zip, quietly (no output) to directory documents_archive",unzip -q -d documents_archive image.jpg.zip
Display policy.pdf with suppressed empty lines, cat -s policy.pdf
Show inode numbers of each file,ls -i
Replicate document.docx to logs_archive and create backups if files exist,cp -b document.docx logs_archive
Take out only the most recent files from proposal.docx.zip., unzip -U proposal.docx.zip
Mirror documents to templates_backup recursively, cp -r documents templates_backup
"Forcefully move document.docx to reports, prompt before overwriting, and treat destination as file",mv -fiT document.docx reports
"If files already exist, replicate document.docx to logs_archive and make backups.",cp -b document.docx logs_archive
Take files out of policy.pdf.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
"Show directories themselves with detailed information, then calculate the total size",ls -ld */ | du -h --max-depth=0
Check for updates and add presentation.pptx to proposal.docx.zip, zip -u proposal.docx.zip presentation.pptx
Show buffered output suppressed for report.pdf, cat -u report.pdf
"Create a backup of script.py, do not overwrite, display verbose output, and treat destination as file",mv -bnvT script.py archives
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
Contents of executable.exe.zip are listed., unzip -l executable.exe.zip
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, presentation.pptx, video.mp4 into audio.mp3.zip, silently",zip -q audio.mp3.zip spreadsheet.xlsx presentation.pptx video.mp4
"Create a backup of audio.mp3, do not overwrite, and display verbose output",mv -bnv audio.mp3 presentations
"Move configuration.ini to documents, prompting for confirmation",mv -i configuration.ini documents
Files from script.py.zip should be extracted into output., unzip -d output script.py.zip
Backup current files and move downloads to templates_backup., cp -b -r downloads templates_backup
Transfer photo.png to reports solely in cases where it is not in use or is more recent.,mv -u photo.png reports
"Free document.docx.zip, listing files only, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -l -d downloads_archive document.docx.zip
"Clone policy.pdf to music_library with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b policy.pdf music_library
Update existing files with newer versions from photo.png.zip, unzip -U photo.png.zip
Transfer document.docx to music_library while keeping all of its properties., cp -p document.docx music_library
Find files named spreadsheet.xlsx, find . -name spreadsheet.xlsx
"Copy images in its entirety, including all subdirectories, to archive.", cp -r images archive
Display memo.txt with non-printing characters, cat -v memo.txt
"If templates is outdated or nonexistent, only substitute video.mp4 for it.",mv -u video.mp4 templates
Place proposal.docx inside of contract.pdf.zip, zip -u contract.pdf.zip proposal.docx
List directory tree recursively,ls -R
"Generate directory ""music"" and exclude file ""exclude2.pdf"" from it.",mkdir music && ls | grep -v exclude2.pdf
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Place all of the files in archives into an archive., zip -r archives archives
"Archive files contract.pdf, photo.png, configuration.ini into memo.txt.zip, using password 'secure123'",zip -P secure123 memo.txt.zip contract.pdf photo.png configuration.ini
Search for files between 1GB and 2GB in size., find . -size +1G -size -2G
"Treat the destination as a file, prompt before overwriting database.sql in temp, and print verbose information.",mv -iTv database.sql temp
"Take the files out of configuration.ini.Zip the file, then select documents_archive.", unzip -C documents_archive configuration.ini.zip
"In executable.exe, update configuration.ini.zip If more recent", zip -f executable.exe.zip configuration.ini
Force copy database.sql to documents_backup without prompting, cp -f database.sql documents_backup
"Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output, detailed information, and human-readable sizes",ls -SltrhG
Duplicate memo.txt to music_library and request confirmation before overwriting,cp -i memo.txt music_library
Put contract.pdf into a new report.pdf.zip archive., zip -c report.pdf.zip contract.pdf
Clone image.jpg to images_backup with attribute preservation and creating a hard link, cp -p -l image.jpg images_backup
Locate files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
"List every file and folder, hidden ones included.",ls -a
Find files with names containing 'report' and not executable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" ! -perm -o=x"
Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive and interactively confirm overwrite, cp -i spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
Check that spreadsheet.xlsx.zip is intact., unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Print image.jpg with all control characters visible, cat -A image.jpg
"Out of database.sql.zip, remove database.sql.", zip -d database.sql.zip database.sql
Search for files named report.pdf, find . -name report.pdf
List files in reports and move them to archive preserving directory structure,find reports -type f -exec mv -t archive -- {} +
"If the parent directories and directory downloads don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p downloads
Extract files silently from proposal.docx.zip, unzip -q proposal.docx.zip
Move executable.exe to music without asking to overwrite,mv -n executable.exe music
Clone report.pdf to reports_archive with attribute preservation and creating a hard link, cp -p -l report.pdf reports_archive
Extract proposal.docx.zip's non-pathable files., unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
"Display executable.exe, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT executable.exe
"Make a backup, then transfer report.pdf forcibly to documents.",mv -fb report.pdf documents
Copy script.py to reports_archive and interactively prompt for overwrite, cp -i script.py reports_archive
Duplicate document.docx to templates_backup using hard links, cp -l document.docx templates_backup
"Move policy.pdf to templates_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b policy.pdf templates_backup
Print database.sql contents with line numbering, cat -n database.sql
Transfer script.py to photos and include detailed comments.,mv -v script.py photos
"Treat the destination as a file, prompt before overwriting database.sql in temp, and print verbose information.",mv -iTv database.sql temp
Maintain executable.exe properties while copying to documents_archive, cp -p executable.exe documents_archive
Transfer script.py to photos and include detailed comments.,mv -v script.py photos
"Move memo.txt to reports_archive, then prompt for a file replacement.", cp -i memo.txt reports_archive
"Display contract.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I', with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e contract.pdf
Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -ltSh
"Create directories scripts, downloads, music and parent directories if they do not exist",mkdir -p scripts && mkdir -p downloads && mkdir -p music
Move database.sql to report.pdf.zip and add it., zip -m report.pdf.zip database.sql
Find symbolic links in the current directory,find . -type l
Extract newer files from contract.pdf.zip, unzip -U contract.pdf.zip
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate photo.png to scripts_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b photo.png scripts_backup
"The files ""photo.png, ""video.mp4"", and ""executable.exe"" should be concatenated into the directory ""logs"".",mkdir logs && cat photo.png video.mp4 executable.exe > logs/concatenated_file.txt
Show files in reverse order based on the modification time.,ls -ltr
Files in contract.pdf.zip are displayed., unzip -l contract.pdf.zip
"List all files starting with ""report"" in long format",ls -l report*
Display contract.pdf in quiet mode, cat -q contract.pdf
Unzip files from executable.exe.zip quietly, unzip -q executable.exe.zip
Show line numbers for contract.pdf, cat -n contract.pdf
List contents of video.mp4 with line numbers, cat -n video.mp4
Move database.sql to videos and ask before overwriting,mv -i database.sql videos
Create directory databases with verbose output and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -v -p databases
Display files with colorized output,ls -G
"Output photo.png, policy.pdf, and proposal.docx to contract.pdf, appending the output to the end of the file",cat photo.png policy.pdf proposal.docx >> contract.pdf
Files from memo.txt.zip should be extracted into scripts_backup., unzip -d scripts_backup memo.txt.zip
Create directory presentations with verbose output,mkdir -v presentations
Create audio.mp3.zip containing image.jpg, zip -c audio.mp3.zip image.jpg
Remove all files with the name executable.exe., find . -name executable.exe -exec rm {} \
"Place audio.mp3 within image.jpg.zip, then remove it.", zip -m image.jpg.zip audio.mp3
Show files with colored output,ls -G
Move image.jpg to archives and show verbose output,mv -v image.jpg archives
Copy database.sql to documents_backup and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp --interactive database.sql documents_backup
Test integrity of presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -t presentation.pptx.zip
"Extract spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, verbose output, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -v -d downloads_archive spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Print each file on a new line,ls -1
Establish a hard link to move proposal.docx to photos_backup., cp -l proposal.docx photos_backup
Provide a complete informational list of every file in the current directory.,ls -al
Copy script.py to reports_archive while keeping all of its properties.,cp -a script.py reports_archive
Display files in colorized format,ls -G
"Archive files contract.pdf, photo.png, configuration.ini into memo.txt.zip, using password 'secure123'",zip -P secure123 memo.txt.zip contract.pdf photo.png configuration.ini
Transfer the 'presentation.pptx' file to the 'output' directory.,cp /presentation.pptx /output/
Copy files modified in the last 7 days from backups to backup,find backups -type f -mtime -7 -exec mv {} backup \;
Transfer document.docx to images and see the output in verbose,mv -v document.docx images
"Open database.sql.zip, extract the contents, and replace any existing files.", unzip -o database.sql.zip
Provide password '*.txt' to unzip policy.pdf.zip, unzip -P *.txt policy.pdf.zip
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy executable.exe to videos_backup while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b executable.exe videos_backup
Subdirectories and Zip photos, zip -r photos photos
Verbose output should be displayed while extracting photo.png.zip., unzip -v photo.png.zip
Output video.mp4 with visible non-printing characters., cat -v video.mp4
Check database.sql.zip to maintain integrity, zip -T database.sql.zip
"List all files and directories, including hidden ones",ls -a
Show non-printing characters for memo.txt, cat -v memo.txt
Search for standard files., find . -type f
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, presentation.pptx, video.mp4 into audio.mp3.zip, silently",zip -q audio.mp3.zip spreadsheet.xlsx presentation.pptx video.mp4
Replace archives with audio.mp3 if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u audio.mp3 archives
Verify proposal.docx.zip's integrity., unzip -t proposal.docx.zip
Place the files in projects., find . -name report.pdf -exec mv {} projects \
"Move spreadsheet.xlsx to archive, then verify overwrite while maintaining attributes interactively.", cp -i -p spreadsheet.xlsx archive
Take out only the most recent files from video.mp4.zip., unzip -U video.mp4.zip
Transfer proposal.docx to images_backup and prompt before replacing files, cp -i proposal.docx images_backup
Replicate document.docx to projects_backup with hard links, cp -l document.docx projects_backup
Output the first 20 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | head -n 20
"List every file whose name begins with ""image"" and displays the inode numbers.",ls -i image*
Files are sorted by date of modification.,ls -t
Retrieve script.py encrypted.'*.doc*' as the password for zip, unzip -P *.doc* script.py.zip
Take presentation.pptx out of the document.docx.zip., zip -d document.docx.zip presentation.pptx
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then exclude directories","ls -al | grep -v ""^d"""
"Display tabs as ~For memo.txt, I", cat -T memo.txt
Recursively list the directory tree,ls -R
Create a backup and force move contract.pdf to photos,mv -fb contract.pdf photos
Copy database.sql to documents_backup and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp --interactive database.sql documents_backup
List every file's inode numbers.,ls -i
"Ask before replacing configuration.ini in downloads, treat destination as file, and show verbose feedback",mv -TiV configuration.ini downloads
"Zip files photo.png, proposal.docx, executable.exe into audio.mp3.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, verbose output",zip -n '*.txt' -v audio.mp3.zip photo.png proposal.docx executable.exe
Unzip files from video.mp4.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j video.mp4.zip
View contents of photo.png.zip, unzip -l photo.png.zip
Delete files with name memo.txt, find . -name memo.txt -exec rm {} \
"Move spreadsheet.xlsx to downloads_archive in duplicate, then replace it.", cp -f spreadsheet.xlsx downloads_archive
List directories instead of their contents,ls -d
"Backup scripts to output and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b scripts output
Make a hard link by copying photo.png to images_backup and maintaining all of its properties., cp -p -l photo.png images_backup
Concatenate contract.pdf and audio.mp3,cat contract.pdf audio.mp3
Put script.py in the designated directory. thinking about it as a file rather than a directory,mv -T script.py temp
Display video.mp4 with line endings, cat -E video.mp4
List contents of policy.pdf with non-printing characters displayed, cat -v policy.pdf
Zip presentation.pptx disregards the directory hierarchy, zip -j audio.mp3.zip presentation.pptx
List files sorted by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -lt -h
List every file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Change directory to projects_backup and extract files from script.py.zip, unzip -C projects_backup script.py.zip
Check for updates and add proposal.docx to presentation.pptx.zip, zip -u presentation.pptx.zip proposal.docx
"List all ""important"" files with sizes that can be read by humans.",ls -h *important*
Show directories in the beginning of the list,ls --group-directories-first
"To documents_archive, copy logs. recursively", cp -r logs documents_archive
Transfer downloads to archive with recursive copying and preserving attributes, cp -r -p downloads archive
Search for files larger than 1MB , find . -size +1M
List all files in the current directory with detailed information,ls -al
Locate files exactly 50 bytes in size, find . -size 50c
Extract files from database.sql.zip quietly, unzip -q database.sql.zip
Forcefully rename image.jpg to presentations,mv -f image.jpg presentations
"Compress files report.pdf, audio.mp3, configuration.ini into audio.mp3.zip, storing symbolic links, silently",zip -y -q audio.mp3.zip report.pdf audio.mp3 configuration.ini
Check for updates and add video.mp4 to audio.mp3.zip, zip -u audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
Extraction of database.sql.zip in full, unzip -v database.sql.zip
Show presentation.pptx with characters that don't print, cat -v presentation.pptx
"Copy image.jpg to logs_archive, making a backup copy of the current files.", cp -b -p image.jpg logs_archive
"Make the directory ""downloads"" and search its contents for files that match the pattern ""*.sql"".","mkdir downloads && find downloads -name ""**.sql*"""
List the contents of report.pdf while displaying each control character., cat -A report.pdf
Show hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information,ls -al
Show directories prioritized over files,ls --group-directories-first
Make a backup of the current files and copy proposal.docx to logs_archive.,cp -b proposal.docx logs_archive
Display files with output in colour.,ls -G
"Create a backup of document.docx, regard the destination as a file, display detailed feedback, and refrain from overwriting.",mv -nbvT document.docx templates
"List subdirectories recursively, with human-readable sizes, colours, and extensive information.",ls -RdlhG
"Out of report.pdf.zip, remove proposal.docx.", zip -d report.pdf.zip proposal.docx
Turn on coloured listing.,ls -G
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting image.jpg.zip, unzip -o image.jpg.zip
First-listed show directories,ls --group-directories-first
Duplicate document.docx to templates_backup using hard links, cp -l document.docx templates_backup
"List all files beginning with ""data"" in reverse order",ls -r data*
Move policy.pdf to databases without overwriting,mv -n policy.pdf databases
"Push image.jpg hard to presentations, ask for confirmation, and only transfer if there's a newer version available.",mv -ifu image.jpg presentations
List files in reverse order of modification time,ls -r
Recursively display the directory structure,ls -R
Copy policy.pdf to output and make sure to have permission before deleting old files., cp -i policy.pdf output
Extract files from audio.mp3.zip into projects_backup, unzip -d projects_backup audio.mp3.zip
Mirror executable.exe with properties preserved to temp_folder,cp -a executable.exe temp_folder
Find directories with names containing 'backup' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type d -name ""*backup*"" -mtime -7"
Show line numbers for video.mp4, cat -n video.mp4
Extract the files from memo.txt.zip by navigating to projects_backup., unzip -C projects_backup memo.txt.zip
Display each file on its own line,ls -1
Show subdirectories recursively,ls -R
"Package files presentation.pptx, document.docx, spreadsheet.xlsx into configuration.ini.zip, preserving paths, using password 'secure123'",zip -r -P secure123 configuration.ini.zip presentation.pptx document.docx spreadsheet.xlsx
Print the contents of database.sql with line ends., cat -E database.sql
Confirm before replacing contract.pdf with photos,mv -i contract.pdf photos
Move video.mp4 into database.sql.zip, zip -m database.sql.zip video.mp4
Search for files modified exactly 30 days ago, find . -mtime 30
Take presentation.pptx out of the document.docx.zip., zip -d document.docx.zip presentation.pptx
Verbose result: proposal.docx should be moved to templates.,mv -v proposal.docx templates
"To images, copy the files.", find . -name script.py -exec cp {} images \
Refresh report.pdf in the zip file proposal.docx., zip -f proposal.docx.zip report.pdf
"Unpack configuration.ini.zip, verbose output, excluding backup_old2.docx, and testing archive integrity only to directory templates_backup",unzip -v -x backup_old2.docx -t -d templates_backup configuration.ini.zip
Sort files based on size,ls -S
"Archive files policy.pdf, photo.png, image.jpg into image.jpg.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, storing symbolic links",zip -n '*.txt' -y image.jpg.zip policy.pdf photo.png image.jpg
"Make a symbolic link named ""pointer"" pointing to ""archive"" and establish a new directory called ""projects"".",mkdir projects && ln -s archive pointer
Display document.docx with suppressed empty lines, cat -s document.docx
List the lines that don't include a blank in executable.exe, cat -b executable.exe
List files with extended attributes,ls -l
Place image.jpg in music without considering it as a directory,mv -T image.jpg music
Display every character in the control set for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -A spreadsheet.xlsx
"List every file with the word ""backup"" in its name, together with all relevant details.",ls -l *backup*
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then show only the permissions",ls -al | awk '{print $1}'
Copy templates to downloads_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -ir templates downloads_archive
"Create directories presentations, images, images and parent directories if they do not exist with verbose output",mkdir -p -v presentations && mkdir -p -v images && mkdir -p -v images
Search for files modified more than 30 days ago and smaller than 10KB,find . -type f -mtime +30 -size -10k
Subdirectories and Zip photos, zip -r photos photos
Replicate audio.mp3 to temp_folder while retaining its attributes, cp -p audio.mp3 temp_folder
"Compress files database.sql, audio.mp3, document.docx into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip with compression level 9",zip -9 spreadsheet.xlsx.zip database.sql audio.mp3 document.docx
Search for files with names containing 'image' and with execute permissions for others,"find . -type f -name ""*image*"" -perm /o=x"
Replace scripts with configuration.ini without confirmation,mv -f configuration.ini scripts
Move image.jpg to presentations and replace existing files without asking,mv -f image.jpg presentations
List files in reports and move them to archive preserving directory structure,find reports -type f -exec mv -t archive -- {} +
Display directories only,ls -d
"Make a backup of database.sql, regard the destination as a file, don't overwrite, and show verbose output.",mv -bnvT database.sql presentations
Transfer script.py to downloads without requesting a copy.,mv -n script.py downloads
Check that spreadsheet.xlsx.zip is intact., unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
List files sorted by their sizes,ls -S
"Prior to replacing executable.exe in databases, get permission. Treat the destination file.",mv -Ti executable.exe databases
Display directories prior to files,ls --group-directories-first
"Copy all files from 'videos' to 'presentations', then compress them into a zip file named 'audio.mp3.zip'.",cp /videos/* /presentations/ | zip -r /presentations/audio.mp3.zip /presentations/*
Verify integrity of spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Move files to databases, find . -name policy.pdf -execdir mv {} databases \
"Archive files script.py, memo.txt, database.sql into script.py.zip, displaying verbose output, including empty directories",zip -v -r0 script.py.zip script.py memo.txt database.sql
"Make directory ""videos"" and unzip contents of ""report.pdf.zip"" into it.",mkdir videos && unzip report.pdf.zip -d videos
Replace outdated files from policy.pdf.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U policy.pdf.zip
Extract the files from report.pdf.zip by changing the directory to downloads_archive., unzip -C downloads_archive report.pdf.zip
Show line numbers for video.mp4, cat -n video.mp4
Look for empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Display script.py with tabs as ^I, cat -T script.py
Duplicate audio.mp3 to logs_archive and back up existing files,cp -b audio.mp3 logs_archive
"Package files script.py, image.jpg, database.sql into presentation.pptx.zip, using compression level 3, silently",zip -3 -q presentation.pptx.zip script.py image.jpg database.sql
"Create a directory named 'presentations', copy a file named 'audio.mp3' into it, and then create a symbolic link named 'link' to the file.",mkdir /presentations/ | cp /audio.mp3 /presentations/ | ln -s /presentations/ /link/
Backup current files and mirror document.docx to templates_backup., cp -b -p document.docx templates_backup
"Zip files proposal.docx, database.sql, memo.txt into report.pdf.zip, storing file attributes, displaying verbose output",zip -X -v report.pdf.zip proposal.docx database.sql memo.txt
Files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip should be extracted into temp_folder., unzip -d temp_folder spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Show directories themselves with detailed information, then calculate the total size",ls -ld */ | du -h --max-depth=0
Remove image.jpg.zip without showing the result, unzip -q image.jpg.zip
Show files listed in order of modification time,ls -t
Transfer data to music, find . -name report.pdf -execdir cp {} music \
"Duplicate contract.pdf to documents_archive with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b contract.pdf documents_archive
Update report.pdf in presentation.pptx.zip if newer, zip -f presentation.pptx.zip report.pdf
Extract video.mp4.zip without displaying output, unzip -q video.mp4.zip
"Create a directory named 'presentations', copy a file named 'audio.mp3' into it, and then create a symbolic link named 'link' to the file.",mkdir /presentations/ | cp /audio.mp3 /presentations/ | ln -s /presentations/ /link/
"Move files from ""databases"" to ""reports_archive"" after creating the directory ""databases"".",mkdir databases && mv databases/* reports_archive
Move the files to scripts_backup after searching templates for *.ini.,"grep -rl ""*.ini"" templates | xargs -I {} mv {} scripts_backup"
"Transfer all of the files from ""archives"" to ""logs,"" then zip them all together into a file called ""file_name].zip.""",cp /archives/* /logs/ | zip -r /logs/executable.exe.zip /logs/*
Count the number of directories after listing the files in reverse order based on size and modification time.,"ls -Sltr | grep ""^d"" | wc -l"
Move report.pdf to logs only if it's newer or doesn't already exist,mv -u report.pdf logs
Copy image.jpg and forcefully replace existing files in music_library, cp -f image.jpg music_library
"Create a backup of video.mp4, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -bnu video.mp4 documents
Change directory to videos_backup and extract files from photo.png.zip, unzip -C videos_backup photo.png.zip
"Compress files video.mp4, audio.mp3, policy.pdf into memo.txt.zip, quietly, preserving paths, including empty directories",zip -q -r0 memo.txt.zip video.mp4 audio.mp3 policy.pdf
Search for character devices, find . -type c
Show files containing more details,ls -l
List contents of proposal.docx quietly, cat -q proposal.docx
Transfer photo.png to reports solely in cases where it is not in use or is more recent.,mv -u photo.png reports
Print report.pdf contents with non-blank line numbering, cat -b report.pdf
Synchronize contents of photos with archive using rsync and move files,rsync -av --remove-source-files photos/ archive
Do not replace existing files in presentations with script.py,mv -n script.py presentations
Backup spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive and maintain its attributes, cp -p spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
List the files in reverse order based on size and modification time.,ls -Sltr
Copy memo.txt to backup and erasing any files that are already there., cp -f memo.txt backup
"If downloads is outdated or nonexistent, substitute spreadsheet.xlsx for it.",mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx downloads
Extract encrypted document.docx.zip with password '*.doc*', unzip -P *.doc* document.docx.zip
Display directories prior to files,ls --group-directories-first
"Make a backup, then transfer report.pdf forcibly to documents.",mv -fb report.pdf documents
Copy policy.pdf to videos_backup while maintaining its properties., cp -p policy.pdf videos_backup
"Prompt before overwriting spreadsheet.xlsx in downloads, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iuT spreadsheet.xlsx downloads
Locate files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
"Move report.pdf to temp, handling it like it wasn't a directory.",mv -T report.pdf temp
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy report.pdf to logs_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b report.pdf logs_archive
Verify the document.docx.zip's integrity., unzip -t document.docx.zip
Duplicate database.sql to downloads_archive by creating hard links, cp -l database.sql downloads_archive
Extract contract.pdf.zip with password 'pass321' and verbose output to directory music_library,unzip -P pass321 -v -d music_library contract.pdf.zip
"List all files starting with ""report"" in long format",ls -l report*
"List all files beginning with ""data"" in reverse order",ls -r data*
Forcefully rename image.jpg to presentations,mv -f image.jpg presentations
Rename image.jpg to temp using force.,mv -f image.jpg temp
Extraction of files from report.pdf.zip enabling verbose mode, unzip -v report.pdf.zip
Clone policy.pdf to logs_archive with attribute preservation, cp -p policy.pdf logs_archive
Locate empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Look for files with name policy.pdf, find . -name policy.pdf
Make a hard link duplicate of executable.exe in images_backup., cp -l executable.exe images_backup
Sync the contents of music_library with archives. moving files and utilising rsync,rsync -av --remove-source-files archives/ music_library
Locate files named photo.png, find . -name photo.png
Extract files from database.sql.zip quietly, unzip -q database.sql.zip
Output the last 30 lines of database.sql,cat database.sql | tail -n 30
List directories and their contents recursively,ls -R
Mirror contract.pdf to images_backup and replace any files that already exist without authorization, cp -f contract.pdf images_backup
Compile and transfer policy.pdf to presentation.pptx.zip., zip -u presentation.pptx.zip policy.pdf
"List every file and folder, hidden ones included.",ls -a
"Archive files policy.pdf, proposal.docx, spreadsheet.xlsx into report.pdf.zip, storing symbolic links",zip -y report.pdf.zip policy.pdf proposal.docx spreadsheet.xlsx
Search for files modified in the last 24 hours and larger than 100KB,find . -type f -mtime -1 -size +100k
"If video.mp4 is outdated or doesn't exist, move it to databases.",mv -u video.mp4 databases
Remove configuration.ini.zip without showing the result, unzip -q configuration.ini.zip
Extract files and overwrite existing files from configuration.ini.zip, unzip -o configuration.ini.zip
Look for empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Transfer contract.pdf to reports while keeping all current files.,mv -n contract.pdf reports
Show image.jpg with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s image.jpg
"List directories themselves, along with full information and coloured output.",ls -dGl
"Display contract.pdf, squeezing multiple adjacent empty lines",cat -s contract.pdf
"Display presentation.pptx, showing the dollar at the end of each line",cat -e presentation.pptx
Check configuration.ini.zip for errors, zip -T configuration.ini.zip
Make spreadsheet.xlsx a hard link in documents_backup., cp -l spreadsheet.xlsx documents_backup
"Display spreadsheet.xlsx, showing tabs as '^I'",cat -T spreadsheet.xlsx
Take the files out of presentation.pptx.into downloads_archive using zip, unzip -d downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
Extract files without paths from photo.png.zip, unzip -j photo.png.zip
Extract and update files with newer versions from presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -U presentation.pptx.zip
Enable color output,ls -G
Transfer audio.mp3 to reports_archive and forcefully replace existing files, cp -f audio.mp3 reports_archive
List the directories on their own.,ls -d
List contents of video.mp4 with buffered output suppression, cat -u video.mp4
Mirror memo.txt to reports_archive and create backups of existing files,cp -b memo.txt reports_archive
Backup executable.exe before forcefully moving it to downloads,mv -bf executable.exe downloads
"If scripts is outdated or nonexistent, only substitute contract.pdf for it.",mv -u contract.pdf scripts
Display directories prior to files,ls --group-directories-first
Display characters for video.mp4 that aren't printed, cat -v video.mp4
"Transfer memo.txt to archives, asking for approval",mv -i memo.txt archives
Move database.sql to documents and provide verbose output,mv -v database.sql documents
"Make the directory ""downloads"" and search its contents for files that match the pattern ""*.sql"".","mkdir downloads && find downloads -name ""**.sql*"""
Make a copy of document.docx in projects_backup and forcefully replace any existing files., cp -f document.docx projects_backup
Unzip files from script.py.zip quietly, unzip -q script.py.zip
Making a hard link and mirroring presentation.pptx to reports_archive while preserving properties, cp -p -l presentation.pptx reports_archive
Make a fresh archive with video.mp4.zip from photo.png, zip -c video.mp4.zip photo.png
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
"When extracting files from report.pdf.zip, ignore paths.", unzip -j report.pdf.zip
List the contents of image.jpg.zip., unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Test video.mp4.zip for errors, zip -T video.mp4.zip
Provide password '*.mp3' to extract image.jpg.zip, unzip -P *.mp3 image.jpg.zip
Show buffered output suppressed for document.docx, cat -u document.docx
List of files in extended format,ls -l
Replicate document.docx to videos_backup and forcefully overwrite existing files, cp -f document.docx videos_backup
Enumerate file sizes in a human-readable format.,ls -h
"When zipping contract.pdf, disregard the directory structure.", zip -j video.mp4.zip contract.pdf
"List files having coloured output, sorted in reverse order by size and modification time.",ls -SltrG
Display photo.png with the error messages hidden, cat -q photo.png
Make a hard link and clone policy.pdf to music_library while preserving attributes., cp -p -l policy.pdf music_library
Delete memo.txt from photo.png.zip, zip -d photo.png.zip memo.txt
"Display directories with comprehensive details, then determine the overall size.",ls -ld */ | du -h --max-depth=0
Create a backup and force move contract.pdf to photos,mv -fb contract.pdf photos
Sort the files by name in reverse order.,ls -r
Do not replace scripts with image.jpg,mv -n image.jpg scripts
Files from script.py.zip should be extracted into output., unzip -d output script.py.zip
"If the parent directories and directory documents don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p documents
"Copy all files from 'temp' to 'images', then compress them into a zip file named 'script.py.zip'.",cp /temp/* /images/ | zip -r /images/script.py.zip /images/*
Extract files from database.sql.zip into output, unzip -d output database.sql.zip
"List all files with names starting with ""file"" in long format recursively",ls -lR file*
"List subdirectories recursively, with human-readable sizes, colours, and extensive information.",ls -RdlhG
"Create directories videos, templates, backups with verbose output",mkdir -v videos && mkdir -v templates && mkdir -v backups
"Show directories themselves with colored output, then list their contents",ls -dG */ | xargs ls -lG
Create a hard link and replicate video.mp4 to archive while preserving its properties., cp -p -l video.mp4 archive
Search for files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
"Transfer videos to documents_archive with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b videos documents_archive
"List files sorted by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then display the first 10 lines",ls -lSh | head -n 10
"List subdirectories recursively, each with human-readable sizes and comprehensive information.",ls -Rdlh
Find files with names containing 'data' and not readable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*data*"" ! -perm -o=r"
Move report.pdf to logs only if it's newer or doesn't already exist,mv -u report.pdf logs
"Show directories themselves with detailed information, then calculate the total size",ls -ld */ | du -h --max-depth=0
Transfer data to music, find . -name report.pdf -execdir cp {} music \
"Unpack executable.exe.zip, preserving permissions, to directory documents_backup",unzip -K -d documents_backup executable.exe.zip
Replicate document.docx to projects_backup with hard links, cp -l document.docx projects_backup
Look for files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
Display files in order of size.,ls -S
"Transfer database.sql firmly to projects, ask permission before overwriting, and only move if a newer version is available.",mv -fiu database.sql projects
Sort files based on modification time,ls -t
Include hidden files in the list of files.,ls -a
"In music, prompt before overwriting proposal.docx, regard the destination as a file, and only move if it's more recent.",mv -iuT proposal.docx music
Move files to scripts, find . -name script.py -execdir mv {} scripts \
Display hidden folders and files,ls -a
"Zip files configuration.ini, presentation.pptx, spreadsheet.xlsx into executable.exe.zip, using password 'pass123', excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -P pass123 -x '*.tmp' executable.exe.zip configuration.ini presentation.pptx spreadsheet.xlsx
Extract files from audio.mp3.zip into projects_backup, unzip -d projects_backup audio.mp3.zip
Verbose output: Move photo.png to databases,mv -v photo.png databases
"Zip files presentation.pptx, executable.exe, photo.png into audio.mp3.zip, compressing with best compression, excluding '*.log' files",zip -9 -x '*.log' audio.mp3.zip presentation.pptx executable.exe photo.png
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
Replicate database.sql to documents_archive and ask before replacing existing files, cp -i database.sql documents_archive
Zip executable.exe without any hierarchy, zip -j database.sql.zip executable.exe
List directory contents recursively,ls -R
"Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to projects, replacing any files that are already there.",mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx projects
"Out of report.pdf.zip, remove proposal.docx.", zip -d report.pdf.zip proposal.docx
Duplicate documents to output and include all subdirectories, cp -r documents output
Locate empty directories, find . -type d -empty
"Copy photo.png to projects_backup, ensuring that the user approves the overwrite.", cp -i photo.png projects_backup
Print proposal.docx using the symbol ^ for the tabs.I, cat -T proposal.docx
Print memo.txt with tabs represented as ^I, cat -T memo.txt
Delete image.jpg from executable.exe.zip, zip -d executable.exe.zip image.jpg
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then calculate the total disk usage",ls -Rl | du -h
"Show each file separately, one on a line.",ls -1
"Before changing policy.pdf to presentations, make sure.",mv -i policy.pdf presentations
Look for files with name image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg
Pack spreadsheet.xlsx without paths into archive, zip -j photo.png.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Show line endings for contract.pdf, cat -E contract.pdf
Make a backup of the current files and copy memo.txt to downloads_archive.,cp -b memo.txt downloads_archive
"Unzip the contents of ""database.sql"" into the directory ""music"" that has been created.",mkdir music && unzip database.sql.zip -d music
Verify database.sql.zip for integrity, unzip -t database.sql.zip
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
"Transfer contract.pdf to photos, then output verbosely",mv -v contract.pdf photos
Make a verbose output directory called photos.,mkdir -v photos
Replace outdated files from video.mp4.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U video.mp4.zip
Files should be sorted with human-readable sizes in reverse order based on size and modification time.,ls -Sltrh
Verify policy.pdf.zip's integrity., zip -T policy.pdf.zip
"When extracting files from presentation.pptx.zip, ignore paths.", unzip -j presentation.pptx.zip
Make executable.exe.zip that includes report.pdf, zip -c executable.exe.zip report.pdf
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
Test integrity of presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -t presentation.pptx.zip
Display non-printing characters while listing the contents of policy.pdf, cat -v policy.pdf
Show memo.txt with every control character present., cat -A memo.txt
"When extracting memo.txt.zip, overwrite any existing files.", unzip -o memo.txt.zip
Display non-printing characters while listing the contents of database.sql, cat -v database.sql
Extract the files from script.py.zip by changing the directory to output., unzip -C output script.py.zip
Copy logs to projects_backup recursively, cp -r logs projects_backup
Seek for files bearing the document.docx name., find . -name document.docx
"Package files executable.exe, document.docx, report.pdf into configuration.ini.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, preserving paths",zip -x '*.tmp' -r configuration.ini.zip executable.exe document.docx report.pdf
Unzip files from script.py.zip quietly, unzip -q script.py.zip
Show inode numbers of files,ls -i
Check integrity of audio.mp3.zip, zip -T audio.mp3.zip
"Subdirectories are listed recursively, and the directory structure is displayed with coloured output.",ls -RdG
"Take the files out of configuration.ini.Zip the file, then select documents_archive.", unzip -C documents_archive configuration.ini.zip
Zip photo.png disregards the directory hierarchy, zip -j policy.pdf.zip photo.png
"Transfer image.jpg to archives, making any necessary destination overwrites.",mv -f image.jpg archives
Sort files in reverse order,ls -r
"Package files script.py, spreadsheet.xlsx, contract.pdf into proposal.docx.zip, saving extended attributes, storing file attributes",zip -X -X proposal.docx.zip script.py spreadsheet.xlsx contract.pdf
Display every character in the control set for script.py, cat -A script.py
"After providing a thorough description of every file in the current directory, remove directories.","ls -al | grep -v ""^d"""
Mirror proposal.docx to temp_folder and prompt if files already exist,cp -i proposal.docx temp_folder
List directories instead of their contents,ls -d
"Display the contents of video.mp4, showing non-printing characters and tabs as '^I'",cat -vT video.mp4
"Prompt before overwriting spreadsheet.xlsx in downloads, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iuT spreadsheet.xlsx downloads
Show files listed with colors,ls -G
Turn on output that is coloured.,ls -G
"Archive files script.py, executable.exe, video.mp4 into script.py.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -n '*.txt' -x '*.tmp' script.py.zip script.py executable.exe video.mp4
Compile and transfer policy.pdf to presentation.pptx.zip., zip -u presentation.pptx.zip policy.pdf
Show buffered output suppressed for document.docx, cat -u document.docx
Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to music_library and create a backup of existing files, cp -b -f spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
"Prior to replacing spreadsheet.xlsx with templates, get confirmation.",mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx templates
Only move spreadsheet.xlsx to projects if it is not yet in existence or is newer.,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx projects
Display file sizes in a legible manner,ls -h
"Save a backup of script.py, do not overwrite, and show verbose feedback",mv -nbv script.py photos
"Create a backup of proposal.docx, do not overwrite, display verbose output, and treat destination as file",mv -bnvT proposal.docx presentations
Zip presentation.pptx disregards the directory hierarchy, zip -j audio.mp3.zip presentation.pptx
Place all of scripts's files in an archive.s, zip -r scripts scripts
Extract script.py.zip without displaying output, unzip -q script.py.zip
Show files in report.pdf.zip, unzip -l report.pdf.zip
Display hidden folders and files,ls -a
"If the parent directories and directory logs don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p logs
Transform document.docx into music and handle it like any other file.,mv -T document.docx music
Show hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information,ls -al
Find files larger than 1 megabyte., find . -size +1M
Ask for confirmation before overwriting spreadsheet.xlsx with archives,mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
Display files in reverse sorted order,ls -r
Enumerate file sizes in a human-readable format.,ls -h
Overwrite files without prompting when extracting memo.txt.zip, unzip -o memo.txt.zip
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b photo.png documents_backup
Display all files and directories recursively,ls -R
Unpack policy.pdf.zip with password 'pass123' and preserving permissions to directory scripts_backup,unzip -P pass123 -K -d scripts_backup policy.pdf.zip
"Sort the files in the list according to size, and show the file sizes in a legible manner.",ls -Sh
"Create a backup of video.mp4, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -bnu video.mp4 documents
Move configuration.ini to templates as a regular file,mv -T configuration.ini templates
"Make a backup, then transfer report.pdf forcibly to documents.",mv -fb report.pdf documents
"Display directories with comprehensive details, then determine the overall size.",ls -ld */ | du -h --max-depth=0
Display directories without a content list.,ls -d
Files from configuration.ini.zip should be extracted into documents_backup., unzip -d documents_backup configuration.ini.zip
Files should be displayed in coloured lists.,ls -G
Place video.mp4 inside of database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip video.mp4
"Move audio.mp3 to photos_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b audio.mp3 photos_backup
"List all files with names ending in "".mp4"" sorted by modification time",ls -t *.mp4
"List subdirectories recursively, each with human-readable sizes and comprehensive information.",ls -Rdlh
"Prompt before overwriting database.sql in downloads, treat destination as file, and display verbose output",mv -iTv database.sql downloads
List contents of script.py with non-blank line numbers, cat -b script.py
"Open audio.mp3.zip, extract the contents, and replace any existing files.", unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
Test image.jpg.zip for corruption, zip -T image.jpg.zip
Zip photo.png disregards the directory hierarchy, zip -j policy.pdf.zip photo.png
Sort files based on modification time,ls -t
Zip memo.txt without directory structure, zip -j audio.mp3.zip memo.txt
Recursively list subdirectories and display directory structure,ls -Rd
List directory contents including hidden files and directories,ls -a
File inode numbers are displayed,ls -i
Make a copy of report.pdf in logs_archive and make a backup of the current files.,cp -b report.pdf logs_archive
Mirror documents to templates_backup recursively, cp -r documents templates_backup
List file sizes in a manner that is comprehensible to people.,ls -h
Display file details in the format of a long listing.,ls -l
Move executable.exe to archives if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u executable.exe archives
"Make a backup of database.sql, regard the destination as a file, don't overwrite, and show verbose output.",mv -bnvT database.sql presentations
Move audio.mp3 to archive and verify overwriting interactively., cp -i audio.mp3 archive
"List all files, including hidden files",ls -a
Move script.py to documents and replace existing files,mv -f script.py documents
"Move memo.txt to reports_archive, then prompt for a file replacement.", cp -i memo.txt reports_archive
"Display configuration.ini, showing tabs as spaces",cat -T configuration.ini
Test integrity of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -t contract.pdf.zip
Move files named 'spreadsheet.xlsx' and 'proposal.docx' from 'reports' to 'photos'.,mv /reports/spreadsheet.xlsx /photos/ | mv /reports/proposal.docx /photos/
"Push photo.png firmly into templates, but ask to be asked before overwriting",mv -fi photo.png templates
List directory names only,ls -d
"Display executable.exe, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT executable.exe
Display the names of directories but not their contents.,ls -d
Change directory to music_library and extract files from image.jpg.zip, unzip -C music_library image.jpg.zip
Ignore directory structure when extracting files from document.docx.zip, unzip -j document.docx.zip
Delete memo.txt from photo.png.zip, zip -d photo.png.zip memo.txt
Ask before replacing script.py in temp and treat destination as a file,mv -Ti script.py temp
Sort files by date of modification in reverse order.,ls -r
"Before changing policy.pdf to presentations, make sure.",mv -i policy.pdf presentations
"Package files audio.mp3, photo.png, presentation.pptx into policy.pdf.zip, saving extended attributes",zip -X policy.pdf.zip audio.mp3 photo.png presentation.pptx
Extract and update files with newer versions from presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -U presentation.pptx.zip
List the lines that don't include a blank in policy.pdf, cat -b policy.pdf
Transfer document.docx to archive and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b document.docx archive
Print database.sql contents with line endings, cat -E database.sql
"Compress files report.pdf, audio.mp3, configuration.ini into audio.mp3.zip, storing symbolic links, silently",zip -y -q audio.mp3.zip report.pdf audio.mp3 configuration.ini
Make a clone of contract.pdf in downloads_archive and ask for approval before overwriting, cp -i contract.pdf downloads_archive
Verbose extraction of report.pdf.zip, unzip -v report.pdf.zip
Display detailed information about files,ls -l
Archive policy.pdf into new audio.mp3.zip, zip -c audio.mp3.zip policy.pdf
"Ignoring the directory structure, extract the files from report.pdf.zip", unzip -j report.pdf.zip
Ignore directory structure when zipping configuration.ini, zip -j photo.png.zip configuration.ini
Look for regular files, find . -type f
Make backups of the current files and mirror proposal.docx to archive.,cp -b proposal.docx archive
Create a hard link and replicate image.jpg to output while preserving its properties., cp -p -l image.jpg output
"Display every file, even those that are hidden.",ls -a
"From audio.mp3.zip, remove video.mp4.", zip -d audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
"Make a backup copy of spreadsheet.xlsx and duplicate it to templates_backup with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx templates_backup
Create a hard link by moving configuration.ini to documents_archive., cp -l configuration.ini documents_archive
Print each file that is specified separately.,ls -1
Show suppressed buffered output for image.jpg, cat -u image.jpg
"After displaying hidden files and folders in extended format, just the permissions are visible.",ls -al | awk '{print $1}'
List contents of photo.png with non-blank line numbers, cat -b photo.png
List contents of policy.pdf with tabs shown as ^I, cat -T policy.pdf
Mirror document.docx to temp_folder with attributes intact, cp -p document.docx temp_folder
Force copy database.sql to documents_backup without prompting, cp -f database.sql documents_backup
Move database.sql to videos and ask before overwriting,mv -i database.sql videos
Move files with size greater than 1MB from templates to music_library,find templates -type f -size +1M -exec mv {} music_library \;
Find files larger than 1MB,find . -type f -size +1M
Zip reports and subdirectories, zip -r reports reports
Enter '*.jpg' as the password to extract contract.pdf.zip., unzip -P *.jpg contract.pdf.zip
Print each file separately,ls -1
Transfer configuration.ini to documents in an unaltered manner,mv -n configuration.ini documents
Print executable.exe making visible all control characters., cat -A executable.exe
"Place audio.mp3 within image.jpg.zip, then remove it.", zip -m image.jpg.zip audio.mp3
Show directories themselves along with detailed information,ls -ld
Transfer proposal.docx to reports_archive and interactively confirm overwrite, cp -i proposal.docx reports_archive
Ask for confirmation before overwriting spreadsheet.xlsx with archives,mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Prompt before overwriting script.py in videos_backup, cp -i script.py videos_backup
"Show every file, even those that are hidden.",ls -a
Extract the files from presentation.pptx.zip by navigating to downloads_archive., unzip -C downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
Examine database.sql.zip for consistency., zip -T database.sql.zip
Pack spreadsheet.xlsx without paths into archive, zip -j photo.png.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
Maintain executable.exe properties while copying to documents_archive, cp -p executable.exe documents_archive
Do not replace existing files in presentations with script.py,mv -n script.py presentations
Clone music to archive along with its subdirectories, cp -r music archive
List files in a lengthy format with output that is coloured.,ls -lG
Search for files owned by user *.png,"find . -type f -user ""*.png"""
Print database.sql while suppressing the output from the buffer., cat -u database.sql
photo.png should be moved to music and inquire before making changes.,mv -i photo.png music
"Zip files photo.png, proposal.docx, executable.exe into audio.mp3.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, verbose output",zip -n '*.txt' -v audio.mp3.zip photo.png proposal.docx executable.exe
List the contents of the directories after displaying them with coloured output.,ls -dG */ | xargs ls -lG
"Display executable.exe, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I', with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -v -T -e executable.exe
"Transfer report.pdf to downloads_archive and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp --interactive report.pdf downloads_archive
"Push image.jpg hard to presentations, ask for confirmation, and only transfer if there's a newer version available.",mv -ifu image.jpg presentations
Copy configuration.ini to scripts_backup maintaining all attributes,cp -a configuration.ini scripts_backup
Update existing files with newer versions from database.sql.zip, unzip -U database.sql.zip
Look for files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx
Duplicate configuration.ini to scripts_backup with a backup if files exist, cp -b -i configuration.ini scripts_backup
Move photo.png to videos if it's newer or doesn't already exist there,mv -u photo.png videos
Decompress script.py.zip with password 'password123' to directory scripts_backup,unzip -P password123 -d scripts_backup script.py.zip
Test integrity of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -t contract.pdf.zip
Move executable.exe to music without asking to overwrite,mv -n executable.exe music
Ask before replacing script.py in music,mv -i script.py music
List the contents of document.docx while suppressing buffered output., cat -u document.docx
"Enumerate all files, even hidden ones, with the word ""log"" in their names.",ls -a *log*
"Move database.sql to projects_backup, then ask to overwrite interactively.", cp -i database.sql projects_backup
Move script.py to presentations and display verbose output,mv -v script.py presentations
"Files from image.jpg.zip should be extracted, then changed to videos_backup.", unzip -C videos_backup image.jpg.zip
Show every file and folder recursively,ls -R
Display contract.pdf in quiet mode, cat -q contract.pdf
"Save a backup of image.jpg, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -nbu image.jpg reports
Create directory downloads and parent directories if they do not exist with verbose output,mkdir -p -v downloads
Locate files named image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg
Delete files with name image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg -delete
Backup logs to images_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -r logs images_backup
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
Use hard links to replicate spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive., cp -l spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
Output the last 100 lines of presentation.pptx,cat presentation.pptx | tail -n 100
Show non-printing characters for memo.txt, cat -v memo.txt
Zip database.sql without directory structure, zip -j audio.mp3.zip database.sql
Move the contents of scripts to backup. recursively, cp -r scripts backup
Make a clone of contract.pdf in downloads_archive and ask for approval before overwriting, cp -i contract.pdf downloads_archive
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate contract.pdf to videos_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
First-listed show directories,ls --group-directories-first
"Make a symbolic link named ""pointer"" pointing to ""archive"" and establish a new directory called ""projects"".",mkdir projects && ln -s archive pointer
Overwrite existing files when extracting spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -o spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Show hidden files and directories in long format with colored output and detailed information,ls -alG
Make a hard link and clone policy.pdf to music_library while preserving attributes., cp -p -l policy.pdf music_library
Organise files according to when they were last modified and provide file sizes in a legible manner.,ls -ltSh
Move contract.pdf to music only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u contract.pdf music
Modify the file permissions, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
Move files modified in the last 24 hours from templates to reports_archive,find templates -type f -mtime -1 -exec mv {} reports_archive \;
"Files from image.jpg.zip should be extracted, then changed to videos_backup.", unzip -C videos_backup image.jpg.zip
"Create directory ""videos"" and zip files ""database.sql"", ""image.jpg"", ""image.jpg"" in it.",mkdir videos && zip videos.zip database.sql image.jpg image.jpg
"Make a symbolic link named ""pointer"" pointing to ""archive"" and establish a new directory called ""projects"".",mkdir projects && ln -s archive pointer
"Before changing policy.pdf to presentations, make sure.",mv -i policy.pdf presentations
"Uncompress configuration.ini.zip, testing archive integrity only, verbose output, and listing files only to directory templates_backup",unzip -t -v -l -d templates_backup configuration.ini.zip
Find files with names ending in '.log' and larger than 1MB,"find . -type f -name ""*.log"" -size +1M"
"Forcefully move database.sql to temp, prompt before overwriting, and treat destination as file",mv -fiT database.sql temp
"List all files having ""backup"" in their names with detailed information",ls -l *backup*
"Take the files out of configuration.ini.Zip the file, then select documents_archive.", unzip -C documents_archive configuration.ini.zip
Provide password '*.mp3' to unzip audio.mp3.zip, unzip -P *.mp3 audio.mp3.zip
List contents of document.docx with buffered output suppression, cat -u document.docx
"List all files having a coloured output that finish in "".png"".",ls -G *.png
Display memo.txt with non-printing characters, cat -v memo.txt
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy executable.exe to templates_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b executable.exe templates_backup
Files in report.pdf.zip are shown., unzip -l report.pdf.zip
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
Locate the contract.pdf files., find . -name contract.pdf
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting photo.png.zip, unzip -o photo.png.zip
Files will be shown sorted by size.,ls -S
Search for files with names containing 'document' and not writable by the group,"find . -type f -name ""*document*"" ! -perm -g=w"
List contents of policy.pdf with non-printing characters displayed, cat -v policy.pdf
Locate files exactly 50 bytes in size, find . -size 50c
Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -ltSh
List files inside presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -l presentation.pptx.zip
Modify the file permissions, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
Search for files modified in the last 24 hours and larger than 100KB,find . -type f -mtime -1 -size +100k
Move database.sql to executable.exe.zip and add it., zip -m executable.exe.zip database.sql
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b photo.png documents_backup
Sort files in a list according to size.,ls -S
Display contract.pdf in quiet mode, cat -q contract.pdf
Examine policy.pdf.zip for mistakes., zip -T policy.pdf.zip
Files are shown in order of file size.,ls -S
Print the contents of policy.pdf with line ends., cat -E policy.pdf
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
Force copy database.sql to documents_backup without prompting, cp -f database.sql documents_backup
"Ask before replacing database.sql in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iTu database.sql backups
List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output,ls -SltrG
"Create a directory named 'photos', copy all files from 'music' to it, then move them to 'presentations', and finally find files matching the pattern '*.sql'.","mkdir /photos/ | cp /music/* /photos/ | mv /photos/* /presentations/ | find /presentations/ -name ""*.*.sql"""
Incorporate report.pdf into document.docx.zip then remove, zip -m document.docx.zip report.pdf
Print each file's inode number.,ls -i
Verbose output should be displayed while extracting audio.mp3.zip., unzip -v audio.mp3.zip
Look for files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
"Using attribute preservation, clone video.mp4 to temp_folder, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b video.mp4 temp_folder
"List all files having ""backup"" in their names with detailed information",ls -l *backup*
"Save a backup of photo.png, do not overwrite, show verbose feedback, and treat destination as file",mv -nbvT photo.png logs
Create archive of photos and its contents, zip -r photos photos
"List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order with detailed information, then display the first 15 lines",ls -Sltr | head -n 15
"Out of presentation.pptx.zip, remove proposal.docx.", zip -d presentation.pptx.zip proposal.docx
List the contents of video.mp4 while suppressing buffered output., cat -u video.mp4
Transfer proposal.docx to reports_archive and interactively confirm overwrite, cp -i proposal.docx reports_archive
Ignore paths when extracting files from memo.txt.zip, unzip -j memo.txt.zip
Display subfolders iteratively,ls -R
"Force copy audio.mp3 to output without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 output
"Without asking, forcefully copy report.pdf to scripts_backup while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p report.pdf scripts_backup
Display photo.png with the error messages hidden, cat -q photo.png
Display script.py with tabs as ^I, cat -T script.py
Duplicate image.jpg to temp_folder and overwrite existing files forcibly, cp -f image.jpg temp_folder
Create directory music and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p music
"If the parent directories and the directories scripts, presentations, and reports don't already exist, create them with verbose output.",mkdir -p -v scripts && mkdir -p -v presentations && mkdir -p -v reports
"Copy document.docx to reports_archive, ensuring that the user approves the overwrite.", cp -i document.docx reports_archive
"Transfer logs to logs_archive with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b logs logs_archive
"Sort files in logs by size, then move them to logs_archive",ls -S logs | xargs -I {} mv logs/{} logs_archive
Print audio.mp3 using the symbol ^ for the tabs.I, cat -T audio.mp3
Compile and transfer configuration.ini to configuration.ini.zip., zip -u configuration.ini.zip configuration.ini
"Extract spreadsheet.xlsx.zip with password '123pass', preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and extracting symbolic links to directory music_library",unzip -P 123pass -K -o -l -d music_library spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Show files having output that is colourized.,ls -G
Extract encrypted document.docx.zip with password '*.doc*', unzip -P *.doc* document.docx.zip
Copy policy.pdf to output and make sure to have permission before deleting old files., cp -i policy.pdf output
List files with each on a new line,ls -1
Transfer the files to projects, find . -name report.pdf -exec mv {} projects \
Create archive of photos and its contents, zip -r photos photos
"Display database.sql, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I'",cat -n -v -T database.sql
"Compress files presentation.pptx, proposal.docx, proposal.docx into document.docx.zip, compressing with best compression, preserving paths",zip -9 -r document.docx.zip presentation.pptx proposal.docx proposal.docx
Display file information in extended format,ls -l
Show files with more information,ls -l
Remove script.py from presentation.pptx.zip, zip -d presentation.pptx.zip script.py
Display the contents of script.py with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s script.py
List the lines that make up report.pdf in the list., cat -n report.pdf
Output the last 10 lines of database.sql,cat database.sql | tail
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy configuration.ini to downloads_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b configuration.ini downloads_archive
Use hard links to replicate spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive., cp -l spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
List proposal.docx contents with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s proposal.docx
"Transfer configuration.ini to output and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp --interactive configuration.ini output
"Save a backup of spreadsheet.xlsx, do not overwrite, and show verbose feedback",mv -nbv spreadsheet.xlsx reports
Search for files modified exactly 30 days ago, find . -mtime 30
Search for files larger than 1MB , find . -size +1M
List subdirectories in a recursive manner and show the directory structure.,ls -Rd
Create a backup by recursively copying downloads to archive while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b downloads archive
List contents of policy.pdf with non-printing characters displayed, cat -v policy.pdf
Display presentation.pptx with line endings, cat -E presentation.pptx
Seek out blocking gadgets, find . -type b
Verbose mode: Move image.jpg to documents,mv -v image.jpg documents
Display the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Show suppressed buffered output for audio.mp3, cat -u audio.mp3
Move files to videos, find . -name spreadsheet.xlsx -exec mv {} videos \
Zip proposal.docx without any folder organization, zip -j configuration.ini.zip proposal.docx
Ask before replacing script.py in temp and treat destination as a file,mv -Ti script.py temp
Show line numbers for contract.pdf, cat -n contract.pdf
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and not modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -mtime +7"
Show all control characters for audio.mp3, cat -A audio.mp3
Talkative: memo.txt should be moved to templates.,mv -v memo.txt templates
Extract the files from report.pdf.zip by changing the directory to downloads_archive., unzip -C downloads_archive report.pdf.zip
Transfer files from temp to temp_folder that have been modified in the last 24 hours.,find temp -type f -mtime -1 -exec mv {} temp_folder \;
List the contents of presentation.pptx while suppressing the repetitive blank lines., cat -s presentation.pptx
Recursive copying is used to preserve the properties of backups after a backup to downloads_archive., cp -r -p backups downloads_archive
Remove presentation.pptx from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip presentation.pptx
"Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output, detailed information, and human-readable sizes",ls -SltrhG
Extract files and overwrite existing files from configuration.ini.zip, unzip -o configuration.ini.zip
Show memo.txt with every control character present., cat -A memo.txt
Zip report.pdf without directory structure, zip -j report.pdf.zip report.pdf
Display hidden files and directories in long format,ls -al
"If the parent directories and directory documents don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p documents
List contents of photo.png with line numbers, cat -n photo.png
Use recursive copying to move reports to images_backup, cp -r reports images_backup
"If the parent directories and the directories videos, temp, and backups don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p videos && mkdir -p temp && mkdir -p backups
Replicate policy.pdf to temp_folder while retaining its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l policy.pdf temp_folder
photo.png should be moved to music and inquire before making changes.,mv -i photo.png music
Fill executable.exe with audio.mp3.zip, zip -c executable.exe.zip audio.mp3
Verify presentation.pptx.zip for integrity, zip -T presentation.pptx.zip
Move the contents of scripts to backup. recursively, cp -r scripts backup
Backup spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive and maintain its attributes, cp -p spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
"Move script.py forcefully to templates, ask for permission before overwriting, and treat the destination as a file.",mv -fiT script.py templates
Silently unzip the files from image.jpg.zip., unzip -q image.jpg.zip
Copy database.sql to images_backup and preserve all attributes,cp -a database.sql images_backup
Make a hard link by copying photo.png to images_backup and maintaining all of its properties., cp -p -l photo.png images_backup
Files should be displayed in reverse order.,ls -r
Look for files exactly 50 bytes in size, find . -size 50c
Verbose mode: Transfer image.jpg to backups,mv -v image.jpg backups
Change directory to output and extract files from database.sql.zip, unzip -C output database.sql.zip
Do not overwrite existing files in projects with photo.png,mv -n photo.png projects
"Transfer database.sql firmly to videos, ask permission before overwriting, and only move if a newer version is available.",mv -fiu database.sql videos
Recursively list subdirectories,ls -R
Output the last 15 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | tail -n 15
"Create directories videos, templates, backups with verbose output",mkdir -v videos && mkdir -v templates && mkdir -v backups
"Request permission before changing photo.png to videos, treat the destination as a file, and provide detailed comments.",mv -TiV photo.png videos
Locate files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
"Backup backups to images_backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b backups images_backup
Print the contents of executable.exe with line numbers., cat -n executable.exe
"To images, copy the files.", find . -name script.py -exec cp {} images \
List directories and their contents recursively,ls -R
Duplicate documents to output and include all subdirectories, cp -r documents output
Make documents a directory with verbose output.,mkdir -v documents
List files with detailed information,ls -l
Move presentation.pptx into archive report.pdf.zip, zip -m report.pdf.zip presentation.pptx
Update document.docx if newer in memo.txt.zip, zip -u memo.txt.zip document.docx
Files are shown in order of file size.,ls -S
Take files out of audio.mp3.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy executable.exe to templates_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b executable.exe templates_backup
Replicate document.docx to videos_backup and forcefully overwrite existing files, cp -f document.docx videos_backup
"Move the files that match the pattern ""*.doc*"" to the newly created directory ""reports"".",mkdir reports && mv **.doc** reports
Print the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Search for files with the extension '.txt',"find . -type f -name ""*.txt"""
Replicate photos to photos of destination recursively, cp -r photos archive
Mirror proposal.docx to temp_folder and prompt if files already exist,cp -i proposal.docx temp_folder
Show line numbers for memo.txt, cat -n memo.txt
Copy the file named 'video.mp4' to the directory 'reports_archive'.,cp /video.mp4 /reports_archive/
"Output photo.png, policy.pdf, and proposal.docx to contract.pdf, appending the output to the end of the file",cat photo.png policy.pdf proposal.docx >> contract.pdf
Rename image.jpg to temp using force.,mv -f image.jpg temp
Sort the files by name in reverse order.,ls -r
See what's in image.jpg.zip, unzip -l image.jpg.zip
"Extract presentation.pptx.zip with password 'secretpass', verbose output, excluding temp_file2.txt, and extracting to standard output to directory downloads_archive",unzip -P secretpass -v -x temp_file2.txt -p -d downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
"Before replacing files, mirror contract.pdf to documents_archive and ask questions interactively.", cp -i contract.pdf documents_archive
Show line numbers for contract.pdf, cat -n contract.pdf
"Display database.sql, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e database.sql
Fill database.sql with executable.exe.zip, zip -c database.sql.zip executable.exe
Show line numbers for database.sql that are not blank., cat -b database.sql
Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to music_library and create a backup of existing files, cp -b -f spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
"Generate directory ""music"" and exclude file ""exclude2.pdf"" from it.",mkdir music && ls | grep -v exclude2.pdf
"Sort files in a list according to when they were last modified, and provide file sizes in a legible manner.",ls -lt -h
"Decompress document.docx.zip with password 'newpass', overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.doc' to directory videos_backup",unzip -P newpass -o -j -d videos_backup document.docx.zip '*.doc'
"Move memo.txt to projects with force, but prompt for confirmation",mv -if memo.txt projects
Replicate policy.pdf to temp_folder while retaining its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l policy.pdf temp_folder
List files in long listing format,ls -l
"Backup scripts to output and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b scripts output
Transfer photo.png to scripts_backup by creating a hard link, cp -l photo.png scripts_backup
Display the line ends for memo.txt, cat -E memo.txt
"In music, prompt before overwriting proposal.docx, regard the destination as a file, and only move if it's more recent.",mv -iuT proposal.docx music
List file sizes in a human-friendly format,ls -h
Create a hard link of document.docx in images_backup, cp -l document.docx images_backup
Display the line counts for executable.exe, cat -n executable.exe
"In photos, prompt before overwriting executable.exe, regard the destination as a file, and only move if it's more recent.",mv -iuT executable.exe photos
Output the last 30 lines of database.sql,cat database.sql | tail -n 30
Extract and update files with newer versions from presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -U presentation.pptx.zip
Search for files with names ending in '.doc' and larger than 500KB,"find . -type f -name ""*.doc"" -size +500k"
Count the number of directories after listing the files in reverse order based on size and modification time.,"ls -Sltr | grep ""^d"" | wc -l"
Files in backups should be sorted by size before being moved to photos_backup.,ls -S backups | xargs -I {} mv backups/{} photos_backup
Copy files from presentations to music_library and remove them from source,rsync -av --remove-source-files presentations/ music_library
"Subdirectories are listed recursively, and the directory structure is displayed with coloured output.",ls -RdG
"Show every file, even those that are hidden.",ls -a
Display the contents of document.docx with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s document.docx
"Make a backup, then transfer image.jpg forcibly to temp.",mv -fb image.jpg temp
Print a new line for every file.,ls -1
List the amount of files in each directory after displaying the directories themselves with comprehensive information.,ls -ld */ | xargs -I {} sh -c 'echo {}; ls -l {} | wc -l'
Remove image.jpg.zip without showing the result, unzip -q image.jpg.zip
Move executable.exe to archives if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u executable.exe archives
Copy templates to downloads_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -ir templates downloads_archive
Test video.mp4.zip for errors, zip -T video.mp4.zip
"Copy proposal.docx to music_library, making a backup copy of the original files.", cp -b -p proposal.docx music_library
Output the last 10 lines of database.sql,cat database.sql | tail
Show files arranged by size,ls -S
List each line ending in proposal.docx in the contents., cat -E proposal.docx
"While maintaining its properties, copy contract.pdf to projects_backup and establish a hard link.", cp -p -l contract.pdf projects_backup
Search for directories with names starting with 'backup' and not owned by the user 'admin',"find . -type d -name ""backup*"" ! -user admin"
Decompress script.py.zip with password 'password123' to directory scripts_backup,unzip -P password123 -d scripts_backup script.py.zip
Files should be listed in the lengthy listing format.,ls -l
"Provide a complete list of every file in the current directory, and then reverse-order the files based on their modification times.","ls -al | sort -k6,6r"
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy executable.exe to templates_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b executable.exe templates_backup
List the files that include comprehensive information.,ls -l
"Unpack configuration.ini.zip, verbose output, excluding backup_old2.docx, and testing archive integrity only to directory templates_backup",unzip -v -x backup_old2.docx -t -d templates_backup configuration.ini.zip
Transfer proposal.docx to temp without making any changes.,mv -n proposal.docx temp
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting video.mp4.zip, unzip -o video.mp4.zip
"Move configuration.ini to photos_backup, and if the files are already there, create a backup.",cp -b configuration.ini photos_backup
Print photo.png without any warning errors, cat -q photo.png
"When transferring to archives, avoid overwriting executable.exe.",mv -n executable.exe archives
Show buffered output suppressed for document.docx, cat -u document.docx
Find files with names containing 'report' and not writable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" ! -perm -o=w"
"Output photo.png, policy.pdf, and proposal.docx to contract.pdf, appending the output to the end of the file",cat photo.png policy.pdf proposal.docx >> contract.pdf
Copy archives recursively to templates_backup, cp -r archives templates_backup
Verify the image.jpg.zip's integrity., zip -T image.jpg.zip
Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information and colors,ls -RdlG
"While extracting files, extract executable.exe.zip", unzip -q executable.exe.zip
"List subdirectories recursively, each with human-readable sizes and comprehensive information.",ls -Rdlh
Sort the files according to their modification timestamp.,ls -t
"Create a directory named 'scripts', copy all files from 'scripts' to it, then move them to 'documents_archive'.",mkdir /scripts/ | cp /scripts/* /scripts/ | mv /scripts/* /documents_archive/
"Transfer contract.pdf to photos, then output verbosely",mv -v contract.pdf photos
Make a hard link to duplicate configuration.ini in projects_backup., cp -l configuration.ini projects_backup
Take out only the most recent files from video.mp4.zip., unzip -U video.mp4.zip
Recursively list subdirectories with colored output and detailed information,ls -Rdl
"List subdirectories in a recursive manner with comprehensive details, and then look for a certain file.","ls -Rl | grep ""filename"""
Look for files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx
Verbose: Move database.sql to logs,mv -v database.sql logs
Take files out of audio.mp3.zip and replace any files that already exist., unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
Archive policy.pdf into new audio.mp3.zip, zip -c audio.mp3.zip policy.pdf
Display directories themselves with comprehensive details.,ls -ld
"Include directories first, then files.",ls --group-directories-first
Files should be shown in reverse sorted order.,ls -r
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
"List files having coloured output, sorted by size and modification time.",ls -SltG
"Display executable.exe, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT executable.exe
Sort the files according to their sizes.,ls -S
Turn on output that is coloured.,ls -G
Display hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information and colors,ls -alG
Replace scripts with configuration.ini without confirmation,mv -f configuration.ini scripts
"Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
"Duplicate database.sql to logs_archive and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b database.sql logs_archive
Show policy.pdf as ^ with tabsI, cat -T policy.pdf
Copy policy.pdf to output and make sure to have permission before deleting old files., cp -i policy.pdf output
Show files in reverse order based on the modification time.,ls -ltr
Extract only updated files from video.mp4.zip, unzip -U video.mp4.zip
"Replicate spreadsheet.xlsx to music_library while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
Don't use presentation.pptx to replace any existing files in backups.,mv -n presentation.pptx backups
Seek for files bearing the contract.pdf name., find . -name contract.pdf
Enumerate every file in the active directory.,ls -a
Transfer audio.mp3 to output and make a backup if files already exist, cp -b -i audio.mp3 output
Make a hard link after copying policy.pdf to documents_backup., cp -l policy.pdf documents_backup
"Transfer configuration.ini to music_library and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -i configuration.ini music_library
Backup logs to images_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -r logs images_backup
List contents of executable.exe with all control characters displayed, cat -A executable.exe
Display file sizes in a legible manner,ls -h
Verify script.py.zip for integrity, zip -T script.py.zip
Seek for files bearing the contract.pdf name., find . -name contract.pdf
Show inode numbers for files,ls -i
"Sort files by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then find files larger than a certain size",ls -lSh | awk '$5 > 1000000 {print $0}'
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting audio.mp3.zip, unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
Print presentation.pptx without error messages, cat -q presentation.pptx
Verbose output should be displayed while extracting contract.pdf.zip., unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
Show file sizes in a readable format,ls -h
"Prompt before overwriting memo.txt in logs, treating destination as file",mv -iT memo.txt logs
Transfer proposal.docx to reports_archive and interactively confirm overwrite, cp -i proposal.docx reports_archive
Mirror image.jpg to templates_backup with attributes intact and creating a hard link, cp -p -l image.jpg templates_backup
List files inside presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -l presentation.pptx.zip
List contents of document.docx with buffered output suppression, cat -u document.docx
Print database.sql contents with line numbering, cat -n database.sql
Look for files with the name database.sql., find . -name database.sql
Move script.py to presentations and display verbose output,mv -v script.py presentations
Mirror spreadsheet.xlsx to videos_backup and inquire as to whether the files are already there.,cp -i spreadsheet.xlsx videos_backup
"Ignoring the directory structure, extract the files from configuration.ini.zip", unzip -j configuration.ini.zip
"Copy image.jpg to logs_archive, making a backup copy of the current files.", cp -b -p image.jpg logs_archive
List the contents of report.pdf while suppressing the repetitive blank lines., cat -s report.pdf
Duplicate memo.txt to music_library and request confirmation before overwriting,cp -i memo.txt music_library
Make a clone of proposal.docx in templates_backup and replace any existing files with force., cp -f proposal.docx templates_backup
"List all files with names starting with ""file"" in long format recursively",ls -lR file*
Search for files with the extension '.txt',"find . -type f -name ""*.txt"""
Show inode numbers of each file,ls -i
Prioritise folders over files in the display,ls --group-directories-first
"Copy images in its entirety, including all subdirectories, to archive.", cp -r images archive
Replicate proposal.docx to output and prompt for user confirmation,cp -i proposal.docx output
Sort files by size and display detailed information in long format,ls -Sl
"Recursive copying is used to move projects to scripts_backup, maintaining attributes, and making a backup.", cp -r -p -b projects scripts_backup
Make new archive photo.png.zip with audio.mp3, zip -c photo.png.zip audio.mp3
Print the contents of database.sql with line ends., cat -E database.sql
Copy memo.txt to temp_folder while preserving its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l memo.txt temp_folder
Look through directories., find . -type d
"Treat the destination as a file, prompt before overwriting executable.exe in photos, and print verbose information.",mv -iTv executable.exe photos
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate image.jpg to backup while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b image.jpg backup
"List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order with detailed information, then display the first 15 lines",ls -Sltr | head -n 15
Check video.mp4.zip for integrity, zip -T video.mp4.zip
Search for files with the extension '.txt',"find . -type f -name ""*.txt"""
"Save a backup of spreadsheet.xlsx, do not overwrite, and show verbose feedback",mv -nbv spreadsheet.xlsx reports
"Copy contract.pdf to videos_backup while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
Find files with names ending in '.txt' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""*.txt"" -mtime -7"
Show image.jpg with suppressed buffered output, cat -u image.jpg
"Before forcibly transferring spreadsheet.xlsx to backups, make a backup of it.",mv -bf spreadsheet.xlsx backups
List directories before files,ls --group-directories-first
Put backups and its contents in an archive., zip -r backups backups
"When extracting memo.txt.zip, overwrite any existing files.", unzip -o memo.txt.zip
Add and move presentation.pptx to memo.txt.zip, zip -m memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx
Make spreadsheet.xlsx a hard link in documents_backup., cp -l spreadsheet.xlsx documents_backup
"In image.jpg.zip, add contract.pdf and check for updates.", zip -f image.jpg.zip contract.pdf
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy configuration.ini to projects_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b configuration.ini projects_backup
"Make directory ""videos"" and unzip contents of ""report.pdf.zip"" into it.",mkdir videos && unzip report.pdf.zip -d videos
Show directory names without contents,ls -d
Files should be shown sorted by last modification time.,ls -t
Refresh video.mp4 in the zip file configuration.ini., zip -f configuration.ini.zip video.mp4
"Display tabs as ~For video.mp4, I", cat -T video.mp4
Find files with names containing 'important' and modified in the last 30 days,"find . -type f -name ""*important*"" -mtime -30"
List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order,ls -Sltr
"Search for files with read, write, and execute permissions for the user",find . -type f -perm -700
Make script.py a hard link in documents_archive., cp -l script.py documents_archive
Display the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
"Sort all files that start with ""data"" backwards.",ls -r data*
Copy the file named 'video.mp4' to the directory 'reports_archive'.,cp /video.mp4 /reports_archive/
Make a copy of document.docx to documents_archive and obtain consent before making any changes.,cp -i document.docx documents_archive
Zip templates recursively, zip -r templates templates
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then calculate the total disk usage",ls -Rl | du -h
Transfer the files to projects, find . -name report.pdf -exec mv {} projects \
Move files named 'spreadsheet.xlsx' and 'proposal.docx' from 'reports' to 'photos'.,mv /reports/spreadsheet.xlsx /photos/ | mv /reports/proposal.docx /photos/
"Duplicate presentation.pptx to images_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx images_backup
Seek out outlets, find . -type s
List files in long listing format,ls -l
"Make a backup of document.docx, regard the destination as a file, don't overwrite, and show verbose output.",mv -bnvT document.docx logs
Test spreadsheet.xlsx.zip for corruption, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Before forcibly transferring spreadsheet.xlsx to backups, make a backup of it.",mv -bf spreadsheet.xlsx backups
Extract video.mp4.zip without displaying output, unzip -q video.mp4.zip
Display files with additional details,ls -l
Take the files out of video.mp4.into archive using zip, unzip -d archive video.mp4.zip
Output the first 20 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | head -n 20
Files from document.docx.zip should be extracted into images_backup., unzip -d images_backup document.docx.zip
Extract files silently from photo.png.zip, unzip -q photo.png.zip
Check for corruption with configuration.ini.zip., unzip -t configuration.ini.zip
Transfer proposal.docx to reports_archive and interactively confirm overwrite, cp -i proposal.docx reports_archive
Move image.jpg into archive executable.exe.zip, zip -m executable.exe.zip image.jpg
Show comprehensive file information,ls -l
Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -ltSh
"List subdirectories in a recursive manner with comprehensive details, and then determine the overall disc consumption.",ls -Rl | du -h
Extract the files from configuration.ini.zip by changing the directory to archive., unzip -C archive configuration.ini.zip
Show buffered output suppressed for policy.pdf, cat -u policy.pdf
"List files sorted by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then display the first 10 lines",ls -lSh | head -n 10
"Without treating it as a directory, put policy.pdf in videos.",mv -T policy.pdf videos
"List all ""important"" files with sizes that can be read by humans.",ls -h *important*
"Compress files video.mp4, audio.mp3, policy.pdf into memo.txt.zip, quietly, preserving paths, including empty directories",zip -q -r0 memo.txt.zip video.mp4 audio.mp3 policy.pdf
"Make a backup of database.sql, regard the destination as a file, don't overwrite, and show verbose output.",mv -bnvT database.sql presentations
Extract files without directory structure from database.sql.zip, unzip -j database.sql.zip
Find files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
"Sort files by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then find files larger than a certain size",ls -lSh | awk '$5 > 1000000 {print $0}'
"List every file and folder, hidden ones included.",ls -a
"List all files with names starting with ""image"" showing inode numbers",ls -i image*
Move presentation.pptx into archive report.pdf.zip, zip -m report.pdf.zip presentation.pptx
Display document.docx with all control characters, cat -A document.docx
Place executable.exe in the policy.pdf archive.zip, zip -m policy.pdf.zip executable.exe
"Save a backup of database.sql, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -nbu database.sql archives
Search files in databases for *.jpg and move them to templates_backup,"grep -rl ""*.jpg"" databases | xargs -I {} mv {} templates_backup"
"Search for files with read, write, and execute permissions for the user",find . -type f -perm -700
"If the parent directories do not already exist, create the directory scripts with verbose output.",mkdir -v -p scripts
Create a hard link of document.docx in images_backup, cp -l document.docx images_backup
"Sort the files in the list according to size, and show the file sizes in a legible manner.",ls -Sh
Find directories with names starting with 'project' and not modified in the last 90 days,"find . -type d -name ""project*"" -mtime +90"
Print every file individually.,ls -1
Test integrity of contract.pdf.zip, zip -T contract.pdf.zip
Extract and update files with newer versions from presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -U presentation.pptx.zip
Print inode numbers for each file,ls -i
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
"Create a backup of report.pdf, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -bnu report.pdf scripts
"Transfer memo.txt to archives, asking for approval",mv -i memo.txt archives
List file sizes in a way understandable to humans,ls -h
Compile and transfer policy.pdf to presentation.pptx.zip., zip -u presentation.pptx.zip policy.pdf
"Retrieve script.py.zip, overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.jpg' to directory music_library",unzip -o -j -d music_library script.py.zip '*.jpg'
Show memo.txt with every control character present., cat -A memo.txt
Mirror memo.txt to reports_archive and create backups of existing files,cp -b memo.txt reports_archive
"Without asking, force copy audio.mp3 to archive", cp -f audio.mp3 archive
Present file sizes in an understandable format for humans.,ls -h
"Extract image.jpg.zip, then update your files with the latest versions.", unzip -U image.jpg.zip
Refresh document.docx in the zip file executable.exe., zip -f executable.exe.zip document.docx
Check for updates and add video.mp4 to audio.mp3.zip, zip -u audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
Transfer script.py to photos_backup while keeping all properties intact.,cp -a script.py photos_backup
"Without verifying, switch videos for spreadsheet.xlsx.",mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx videos
Freshen video.mp4 in script.py.zip, zip -f script.py.zip video.mp4
Make a fresh archive with executable.exe.zip from executable.exe, zip -c executable.exe.zip executable.exe
Create a hard link and replicate image.jpg to output while preserving its properties., cp -p -l image.jpg output
Output the first 15 lines of report.pdf,cat report.pdf | head -n 15
Search for files with names containing 'document' and not writable by the group,"find . -type f -name ""*document*"" ! -perm -g=w"
"Force copy audio.mp3 to output without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 output
"Make directory ""projects"" and unzip contents of ""executable.exe.zip"" into it.",mkdir projects && unzip executable.exe.zip -d projects
Remove all files with the name executable.exe., find . -name executable.exe -exec rm {} \
Verbose mode: proposal.docx should be moved to presentations.,mv -v proposal.docx presentations
"Arrange files according to when they were last modified, show the file sizes in a legible manner, and then tally the amount of lines.",ls -lt | awk '{print $5}' | wc -l
"Backup documents to documents_backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b documents documents_backup
"Transfer the ""presentation.pptx"" and ""executable.exe"" files from ""logs"" to ""videos"".",mv /logs/presentation.pptx /videos/ | mv /logs/executable.exe /videos/
Show inode numbers for files,ls -i
List video.mp4 contents with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s video.mp4
Print presentation.pptx contents with line numbering, cat -n presentation.pptx
"Create a backup of policy.pdf, do not overwrite, and display verbose output",mv -bnv policy.pdf videos
Move policy.pdf to logs_archive and yank out the current files with force., cp -f policy.pdf logs_archive
List files with hidden files included,ls -a
Update existing files in document.docx.zip, zip -u document.docx.zip report.pdf
"Duplicate presentation.pptx to images_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx images_backup
Zip executable.exe without any hierarchy, zip -j database.sql.zip executable.exe
"Create directory ""documents"" and zip its contents into file ""memo.txt.zip"".",mkdir documents && zip memo.txt.zip documents/*
List files with hidden files included,ls -a
Show document.docx with line breaks included, cat -E document.docx
Shift script.py to projects treating it as a non-directory,mv -T script.py projects
"List all files starting with ""report"" in long format",ls -l report*
"Forcefully move photo.png to photos, but ask for approval",mv -if photo.png photos
Filter files in templates based on *.mp3 and move them to downloads_archive,"grep ""*.mp3"" templates/* | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
"From audio.mp3.zip, remove video.mp4.", zip -d audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
Place image.jpg in music without considering it as a directory,mv -T image.jpg music
"Create a directory named 'scripts', copy all files from 'scripts' to it, then move them to 'documents_archive'.",mkdir /scripts/ | cp /scripts/* /scripts/ | mv /scripts/* /documents_archive/
Extract configuration.ini.zip with password '*.mp4', unzip -P *.mp4 configuration.ini.zip
Compile and transfer configuration.ini to configuration.ini.zip., zip -u configuration.ini.zip configuration.ini
"From database.sql.zip, remove database.sql.", zip -d database.sql.zip database.sql
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b database.sql photos_backup
Provide password '*.jpg' to unzip image.jpg.zip, unzip -P *.jpg image.jpg.zip
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then remove the owner information","ls -al | awk '{$2=$3=$4=""""; print $0}'"
Create a hard link and replicate video.mp4 to archive while preserving its properties., cp -p -l video.mp4 archive
Locate files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
Mirror spreadsheet.xlsx to videos_backup and inquire as to whether the files are already there.,cp -i spreadsheet.xlsx videos_backup
"Package files database.sql, video.mp4, presentation.pptx into policy.pdf.zip, excluding '*.log' files, silently",zip -x '*.log' -q policy.pdf.zip database.sql video.mp4 presentation.pptx
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, presentation.pptx, video.mp4 into audio.mp3.zip, silently",zip -q audio.mp3.zip spreadsheet.xlsx presentation.pptx video.mp4
List directories before files in the display,ls --group-directories-first
Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information and colors,ls -RdlG
Recursive copying is used to preserve the properties of backups after a backup to downloads_archive., cp -r -p backups downloads_archive
Show the inode numbers for files.,ls -i
Backup executable.exe before forcefully moving it to downloads,mv -bf executable.exe downloads
"Prior to replacing image.jpg in projects, get permission. Treat the destination file.",mv -Ti image.jpg projects
Replace reports with video.mp4 only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u video.mp4 reports
Duplicate presentation.pptx to backup with preserved attributes, cp -p presentation.pptx backup
Extract configuration.ini.zip without displaying output, unzip -q configuration.ini.zip
Display files in order of size.,ls -S
Verify integrity of audio.mp3.zip, zip -T audio.mp3.zip
List contents of executable.exe with all control characters displayed, cat -A executable.exe
Use hard linking to clone script.py to music_library, cp -l script.py music_library
"Prior to files, list folders.",ls --group-directories-first
Archive report.pdf into new proposal.docx.zip, zip -c proposal.docx.zip report.pdf
Display detailed information: Move script.py to scripts,mv -v script.py scripts
"Using hard links, mirror presentation.pptx to backup", cp -l presentation.pptx backup
"Copy executable.exe to photos_backup, overwriting and retaining attributes with user consent.", cp -i -p executable.exe photos_backup
"Move video.mp4 to documents with force, prompt for confirmation, and treat destination as file",mv -ifT video.mp4 documents
Check script.py.zip to maintain integrity, unzip -t script.py.zip
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
"Make a backup, then transfer report.pdf forcibly to documents.",mv -fb report.pdf documents
"Extend the format of hidden files and folders, then delete the owner data.","ls -al | awk '{$2=$3=$4=""""; print $0}'"
"Make a copy of presentation.pptx in images_backup, but before overwriting, get permission.", cp -i presentation.pptx images_backup
"Move memo.txt to projects with force, but prompt for confirmation",mv -if memo.txt projects
Maintain directory structure and backup projects to photos_backup, cp -r projects photos_backup
Transfer memo.txt to output and make a backup if files already exist, cp -b -i memo.txt output
Create directory databases with verbose output and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -v -p databases
"Display files individually, one per line",ls -1
"Keep a copy of memo.txt, avoid overwriting, and provide detailed feedback.",mv -nbv memo.txt backups
List contents of memo.txt with non-printing characters displayed, cat -v memo.txt
Copy report.pdf to logs_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -i report.pdf logs_archive
Verbose extraction of report.pdf.zip, unzip -v report.pdf.zip
List directories without their contents,ls -d
Provide password '*.jpg' to unzip image.jpg.zip, unzip -P *.jpg image.jpg.zip
Seek for files bearing the document.docx name., find . -name document.docx
"Create directory named ""databases"" and list files in it.",mkdir databases | ls databases
"Display configuration.ini, showing line numbers and non-printing characters",cat -n -v configuration.ini
List contents of proposal.docx with line endings, cat -E proposal.docx
Display hidden folders and files with a coloured output.,ls -aG
"Provide a complete list of every file in the current directory, and then reverse-order the files based on their modification times.","ls -al | sort -k6,6r"
"If the parent directories and directory temp don't already exist, create them with verbose output.",mkdir -p -v temp
"While extracting files, extract executable.exe.zip", unzip -q executable.exe.zip
Print inode numbers for each file,ls -i
Mirror configuration.ini to archive using hard links, cp -l configuration.ini archive
"List files having coloured output, sorted in reverse order by size and modification time.",ls -SltrG
Extract files without directory structure from database.sql.zip, unzip -j database.sql.zip
"If scripts is outdated or nonexistent, only substitute contract.pdf for it.",mv -u contract.pdf scripts
Show directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
Subdirectories and Zip photos, zip -r photos photos
Show non-printing characters for video.mp4, cat -v video.mp4
"Move audio.mp3 to templates with force, prompt for confirmation, and move only if newer",mv -ifu audio.mp3 templates
Verbose: Move database.sql to logs,mv -v database.sql logs
Extract files and overwrite existing files from document.docx.zip, unzip -o document.docx.zip
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
"Mirror proposal.docx to videos_backup with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx videos_backup
Check for corruption with configuration.ini.zip., unzip -t configuration.ini.zip
"Save a backup of image.jpg, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -nbu image.jpg reports
Test presentation.pptx.zip for errors, unzip -t presentation.pptx.zip
"Archive files photo.png, executable.exe, presentation.pptx into presentation.pptx.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, using compression level 9",zip -x '*.tmp' -9 presentation.pptx.zip photo.png executable.exe presentation.pptx
"Display tabs as ~For policy.pdf, I", cat -T policy.pdf
List the contents of document.docx while suppressing buffered output., cat -u document.docx
List directory contents recursively,ls -R
Files from policy.pdf.zip should be extracted into output., unzip -d output policy.pdf.zip
Mirror executable.exe with properties preserved to temp_folder,cp -a executable.exe temp_folder
"Before replacing current files, copy report.pdf to music_library and be sure to ask.",cp -i report.pdf music_library
Extract files from audio.mp3.zip into projects_backup, unzip -d projects_backup audio.mp3.zip
Duplicate presentation.pptx to backup with preserved attributes, cp -p presentation.pptx backup
Display photo.png with line numbers, cat -n photo.png
Zip photo.png disregards the directory hierarchy, zip -j policy.pdf.zip photo.png
Show hidden folders and files in extended format,ls -al
Search for files named script.py, find . -name script.py
Create a backup and force move photo.png to downloads,mv -fb photo.png downloads
"Copy document.docx to reports_archive, ensuring that the user approves the overwrite.", cp -i document.docx reports_archive
Pack document.docx into photo.png.zip, zip -c photo.png.zip document.docx
Extract the files from policy.pdf.zip by changing the directory to projects_backup., unzip -C projects_backup policy.pdf.zip
Look for files with the name policy.pdf., find . -name policy.pdf
Look for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip and change to projects_backup, unzip -C projects_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Show non-printing characters for report.pdf, cat -v report.pdf
"Create directories scripts, downloads, music and parent directories if they do not exist",mkdir -p scripts && mkdir -p downloads && mkdir -p music
Sort files in reverse order,ls -r
Remove presentation.pptx from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip presentation.pptx
List directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
Pack spreadsheet.xlsx into video.mp4.zip, zip -c video.mp4.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"Duplicate video.mp4 to videos_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b video.mp4 videos_backup
Search for directories, find . -type d
See what's in database.sql.zip, unzip -l database.sql.zip
Mirror image.jpg to templates_backup with attributes intact and creating a hard link, cp -p -l image.jpg templates_backup
"List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order, then count the number of directories","ls -Sltr | grep ""^d"" | wc -l"
"Display tabs as ~For policy.pdf, I", cat -T policy.pdf
"Unwrap configuration.ini.zip, extracting to standard output, to directory backup",unzip -p -d backup configuration.ini.zip
Print report.pdf with suppression of buffered output, cat -u report.pdf
Print report.pdf with suppression of buffered output, cat -u report.pdf
Provide password '*.mp3' to extract image.jpg.zip, unzip -P *.mp3 image.jpg.zip
Generate a hard link of report.pdf in photos_backup, cp -l report.pdf photos_backup
Search for files owned by the user 'user1' or 'user2',find . -type f \( -user user1 -o -user user2 \)
Recursive copying is used to transfer music to documents_backup while maintaining attributes., cp -r -p music documents_backup
Display video.mp4 with line endings, cat -E video.mp4
Search for files with names containing 'document' and not writable by the group,"find . -type f -name ""*document*"" ! -perm -g=w"
Clone database.sql to photos_backup and make backups of existing files,cp -b database.sql photos_backup
"Output executable.exe, configuration.ini, and image.jpg to proposal.docx",cat executable.exe configuration.ini image.jpg > proposal.docx
Find files with permissions set to 777,find . -type f -perm 777
Display script.py with tabs as ^I, cat -T script.py
Duplicate executable.exe to output and keep attributes unchanged while creating a hard link, cp -p -l executable.exe output
photo.png should be moved to music and inquire before making changes.,mv -i photo.png music
Make a copy of document.docx to documents_archive and obtain consent before making any changes.,cp -i document.docx documents_archive
Check database.sql.zip for integrity, unzip -t database.sql.zip
"Display contract.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I', with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e contract.pdf
Verify database.sql.zip for integrity, unzip -t database.sql.zip
"Extract executable.exe.zip, but only the most recent files.", unzip -U executable.exe.zip
Show document.docx with line breaks included, cat -E document.docx
"Using coloured output, comprehensive information, and human-readable sizes, sort files by size and modification time in reverse order.",ls -SltrhG
Display files in order of their sizes,ls -S
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then count the number of directories","ls -Rd | grep ""/$"" | wc -l"
Backup spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive and maintain its attributes, cp -p spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
"Copy contract.pdf to videos_backup while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
Change directory to output and extract files from document.docx.zip, unzip -C output document.docx.zip
Move the files from projects to downloads_archive after filtering them using *.txt.,"grep -lR ""*.txt"" projects | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
"Package files video.mp4, report.pdf, database.sql into image.jpg.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -x '*.tmp' -r image.jpg.zip video.mp4 report.pdf database.sql
Ignore the directory structure and extract the files from contract.pdf.zip., unzip -j contract.pdf.zip
"If music is outdated or nonexistent, substitute photo.png for it.",mv -u photo.png music
"Transfer logs to logs_archive with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b logs logs_archive
Show all control characters for memo.txt, cat -A memo.txt
Show files in report.pdf.zip, unzip -l report.pdf.zip
Test integrity of executable.exe.zip, zip -T executable.exe.zip
Create new archive policy.pdf.zip from contract.pdf, zip -c policy.pdf.zip contract.pdf
Update existing files in database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip proposal.docx
Refresh report.pdf in the zip file proposal.docx., zip -f proposal.docx.zip report.pdf
Search for files modified in the last 30 days and larger than 1GB,find . -type f -mtime -30 -size +1G
Verbose mode: proposal.docx should be moved to presentations.,mv -v proposal.docx presentations
Find the presentation.pptx files., find . -name presentation.pptx
"Archive files photo.png, executable.exe, presentation.pptx into presentation.pptx.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, using compression level 9",zip -x '*.tmp' -9 presentation.pptx.zip photo.png executable.exe presentation.pptx
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate image.jpg to backup while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b image.jpg backup
Print audio.mp3 using the symbol ^ for the tabs.I, cat -T audio.mp3
silently list the contents of report.pdf, cat -q report.pdf
Check configuration.ini.zip for errors, zip -T configuration.ini.zip
List file sizes in a way understandable to humans,ls -h
Create a backup by recursively copying photos to music_library while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b photos music_library
Transfer files to output from temp and add a timestamp to the filename,"find temp -type f -exec sh -c 'mv ""$1"" ""$2/$(basename ""$1"")_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)""' sh {} output \;"
compel Make a backup of the current files and copy document.docx to temp_folder., cp -b -f document.docx temp_folder
Show image.jpg with suppressed buffered output, cat -u image.jpg
"Move the files to documents_archive from documents, then delete them from the source.",rsync -av --remove-source-files documents/ documents_archive
List directories themselves with colored output and detailed information,ls -dGl
"Make a backup, then transfer image.jpg forcibly to temp.",mv -fb image.jpg temp
"Zip files executable.exe, contract.pdf, video.mp4 into report.pdf.zip, using compression level 6, verbose output",zip -6 -v report.pdf.zip executable.exe contract.pdf video.mp4
"Without asking, forcefully copy report.pdf to scripts_backup while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p report.pdf scripts_backup
Display characters for executable.exe that aren't printed, cat -v executable.exe
List files in reverse order of their names,ls -r
"Prompt before overwriting database.sql in downloads, treat destination as file, and display verbose output",mv -iTv database.sql downloads
Enable colored listing,ls -G
Move contract.pdf with attribute preservation to scripts_backup, cp -p contract.pdf scripts_backup
Extract configuration.ini.zip with password '*.mp4', unzip -P *.mp4 configuration.ini.zip
Transfer proposal.docx to temp without making any changes.,mv -n proposal.docx temp
Find files with names starting with 'log' and modified in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""log*"" -mtime -1"
Never use policy.pdf in place of downloads.,mv -n policy.pdf downloads
Look for files under 100 KB in size., find . -size -100k
List contents of photo.png with non-blank line numbers, cat -b photo.png
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b document.docx videos_backup
Delete files with name document.docx, find . -name document.docx -exec rm {} \
Display database.sql with non-printing characters, cat -v database.sql
Show script.py with line breaks included, cat -E script.py
Display video.mp4 with all control characters, cat -A video.mp4
Make a hard link and clone policy.pdf to music_library while preserving attributes., cp -p -l policy.pdf music_library
List the lines that make up presentation.pptx in the list., cat -n presentation.pptx
Seek for files bearing the contract.pdf name., find . -name contract.pdf
Look for gaming devices., find . -type c
Just show directories.,ls -d
Take image.jpg out of the configuration.ini.zip., zip -d configuration.ini.zip image.jpg
Create directory scripts and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p scripts
Ask before replacing script.py in temp and treat destination as a file,mv -Ti script.py temp
"Transfer the ""presentation.pptx"" and ""executable.exe"" files from ""logs"" to ""videos"".",mv /logs/presentation.pptx /videos/ | mv /logs/executable.exe /videos/
"Push proposal.docx firmly into projects, but ask to be asked before overwriting",mv -fi proposal.docx projects
Find empty files in the current directory,find . -type f -empty
Show photo.png with suppressed buffered output, cat -u photo.png
List directory contents including hidden files and directories,ls -a
Create directory databases with verbose output,mkdir -v databases
Search for files named script.py, find . -name script.py
"Make the directories documents, reports, and projects with output that is verbose.",mkdir -v documents && mkdir -v reports && mkdir -v projects
Print report.pdf with suppression of buffered output, cat -u report.pdf
Avoid replacing executable.exe with an already-existing file in images.,mv -n executable.exe images
Insert spreadsheet.xlsx inside the configuration.ini.zip archive., zip -u configuration.ini.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Display detailed information about files,ls -l
Sort files in descending order,ls -r
Locate symbolic links, find . -type l
Show file sizes in human-readable units,ls -h
Output the first 10 lines of executable.exe,cat executable.exe | head
"Prior to replacing spreadsheet.xlsx with templates, get confirmation.",mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx templates
"Unarchive configuration.ini.zip, only extracting files matching pattern '*.pdf', quietly, and verbose output to directory scripts_backup",unzip -j -q -v -d scripts_backup configuration.ini.zip '*.pdf'
Print report.pdf with suppression of buffered output, cat -u report.pdf
Freshen configuration.ini in document.docx.zip, zip -f document.docx.zip configuration.ini
Enumerate file sizes in a human-readable format.,ls -h
Verify policy.pdf.zip's integrity., zip -T policy.pdf.zip
List contents of proposal.docx with line endings, cat -E proposal.docx
Files from configuration.ini.zip should be extracted into documents_backup., unzip -d documents_backup configuration.ini.zip
"Compress files document.docx, presentation.pptx, executable.exe into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files",zip -n '*.txt' spreadsheet.xlsx.zip document.docx presentation.pptx executable.exe
Place configuration.ini.zip inside database.sql., zip -m configuration.ini.zip database.sql
Show inode numbers of each file,ls -i
Move database.sql to report.pdf.zip and add it., zip -m report.pdf.zip database.sql
Replace archives with photo.png only if it's newer or doesn't already exist,mv -u photo.png archives
Transform document.docx into music and handle it like any other file.,mv -T document.docx music
Take the updated files out of photo.png.zip., unzip -U photo.png.zip
Show buffered output suppressed for policy.pdf, cat -u policy.pdf
Extract encrypted document.docx.zip with password '*.doc*', unzip -P *.doc* document.docx.zip
Silently unzip the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip., unzip -q spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Remove script.py from presentation.pptx.zip, zip -d presentation.pptx.zip script.py
Find files with names containing *.doc*,"find . -type f -name ""**.doc**"""
"If the parent directories and directory temp don't already exist, create them with verbose output.",mkdir -p -v temp
Print the contents of presentation.pptx with non-blank line numbering., cat -b presentation.pptx
Show only the names of the directories; show nothing inside.,ls -d
"Make a backup, then transfer report.pdf forcibly to documents.",mv -fb report.pdf documents
"When zipping, disregard paths proposal.docx.", zip -j video.mp4.zip proposal.docx
Move script.py with properties preserved to documents_archive,cp -a script.py documents_archive
"Push photo.png firmly into templates, but ask to be asked before overwriting",mv -fi photo.png templates
Extract encrypted database.sql.zip with password '*.doc*', unzip -P *.doc* database.sql.zip
Find files with names containing 'report' and with permissions 644,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" -perm 644"
List directory contents recursively,ls -R
Show all control characters for audio.mp3, cat -A audio.mp3
"Zip files configuration.ini, proposal.docx, policy.pdf into memo.txt.zip, displaying verbose output",zip -v memo.txt.zip configuration.ini proposal.docx policy.pdf
"Package files video.mp4, script.py, video.mp4 into policy.pdf.zip, compressing with best compression",zip -9 policy.pdf.zip video.mp4 script.py video.mp4
"Save a backup of memo.txt, do not overwrite, show verbose feedback, and treat destination as file",mv -nbvT memo.txt videos
Display files in contract.pdf.zip, unzip -l contract.pdf.zip
Copy report.pdf to videos_backup and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -i report.pdf videos_backup
Display directory names instead of their contents,ls -d
Output the last 25 lines of contract.pdf,cat contract.pdf | tail -n 25
Show directories in the beginning of the list,ls --group-directories-first
Display files sorted by file size,ls -S
Present file sizes in a legible format.,ls -h
Extract memo.txt that is encrypted.Zip file protected with '*.mp3', unzip -P *.mp3 memo.txt.zip
Compile and transfer policy.pdf to presentation.pptx.zip., zip -u presentation.pptx.zip policy.pdf
Reverse the default sorting order,ls -r
List files with detailed information,ls -l
"Make directory ""music"" and move files from ""music"" to ""scripts_backup"".",mkdir music && mv music/* scripts_backup
"List every file whose name begins with ""image"" and displays the inode numbers.",ls -i image*
"Move document.docx to archives, overwriting the destination if necessary",mv -f document.docx archives
Backup video.mp4 before forcefully moving it to templates,mv -bf video.mp4 templates
Check script.py.zip to maintain integrity, unzip -t script.py.zip
"Uncompress configuration.ini.zip, testing archive integrity only, verbose output, and listing files only to directory templates_backup",unzip -t -v -l -d templates_backup configuration.ini.zip
Take image.jpg out of the configuration.ini.zip., zip -d configuration.ini.zip image.jpg
Provide password '*.mp3' to unzip audio.mp3.zip, unzip -P *.mp3 audio.mp3.zip
Show image.jpg with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s image.jpg
"Backup documents to documents_backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b documents documents_backup
Make a directory called scripts and output verbosely,mkdir -v scripts
Print each file's inode number.,ls -i
"List every file whose name begins with ""image"" and displays the inode numbers.",ls -i image*
List the contents of presentation.pptx while suppressing the repetitive blank lines., cat -s presentation.pptx
Extract the files from presentation.pptx.zip by navigating to downloads_archive., unzip -C downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
Verbose output should be displayed while extracting audio.mp3.zip., unzip -v audio.mp3.zip
Display every file on a different line.,ls -1
Show files arranged by size,ls -S
Show policy.pdf as ^ with tabsI, cat -T policy.pdf
"After placing configuration.ini inside policy.pdf.zip, remove it.", zip -u policy.pdf.zip configuration.ini
Duplicate policy.pdf to documents_backup and request confirmation before overwriting, cp -i policy.pdf documents_backup
"List all files containing ""important"" with human-readable sizes",ls -h *important*
Clone database.sql to music_library and backup existing files, cp -b -p database.sql music_library
Display directory names instead of their contents,ls -d
Copy policy.pdf to videos_backup while maintaining its properties., cp -p policy.pdf videos_backup
"Ask before replacing configuration.ini in downloads, treat destination as file, and show verbose feedback",mv -TiV configuration.ini downloads
"Make a backup, then transfer image.jpg forcibly to temp.",mv -fb image.jpg temp
"Concatenate document.docx and document.docx, numbering all output lines and showing non-printing characters",cat -n -v document.docx document.docx
Pack spreadsheet.xlsx without paths into archive, zip -j photo.png.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then count the number of lines",ls -al | wc -l
Output the last 25 lines of contract.pdf,cat contract.pdf | tail -n 25
Verbose extraction of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
"Concatenate script.py and database.sql, numbering non-empty output lines and showing non-printing characters",cat -b -v script.py database.sql
"List the files, one for each line.",ls -1
"Move script.py forcefully to templates, ask for permission before overwriting, and treat the destination as a file.",mv -fiT script.py templates
"Forcefully move presentation.pptx to photos, but ask for approval",mv -if presentation.pptx photos
Display files in reverse alphabetical order,ls -r
Take remove the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip that provide verbose output., unzip -v spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Look for files between 1GB and 2GB in size, find . -size +1G -size -2G
Extract files from database.sql.zip into output, unzip -d output database.sql.zip
Display policy.pdf with suppressed empty lines, cat -s policy.pdf
"Duplicate spreadsheet.xlsx to logs_archive and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx logs_archive
Show file sizes in a readable format,ls -h
Extract only newer files from report.pdf.zip, unzip -U report.pdf.zip
Take out only the most recent files from proposal.docx.zip., unzip -U proposal.docx.zip
"Without treating it as a directory, put policy.pdf in videos.",mv -T policy.pdf videos
Move the contents of scripts to backup. recursively, cp -r scripts backup
Print the contents of executable.exe with line numbers., cat -n executable.exe
Transfer script.py to downloads without requesting a copy.,mv -n script.py downloads
Enter '*.jpg' as the password to extract contract.pdf.zip., unzip -P *.jpg contract.pdf.zip
Recursively list directory contents,ls -R
Pack memo.txt without paths into archive, zip -j script.py.zip memo.txt
"Transfer document.docx to temp, replacing current files without permission",mv -f document.docx temp
Remove all files with the name policy.pdf., find . -name policy.pdf -exec rm {} \
"Decompress document.docx.zip with password 'newpass', overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.doc' to directory videos_backup",unzip -P newpass -o -j -d videos_backup document.docx.zip '*.doc'
Find files with a size of precisely 50 bytes., find . -size 50c
Show files in report.pdf.zip, unzip -l report.pdf.zip
List directory tree recursively,ls -R
Display detailed information about files,ls -l
"Decompress document.docx.zip with password 'newpass', overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.doc' to directory videos_backup",unzip -P newpass -o -j -d videos_backup document.docx.zip '*.doc'
Display photo.png with line numbers, cat -n photo.png
Transfer video.mp4 to scripts as a regular file,mv -T video.mp4 scripts
Create backups of the current files and clone photo.png to temp_folder.,cp -b photo.png temp_folder
Extract files silently from photo.png.zip, unzip -q photo.png.zip
Delete files with name document.docx, find . -name document.docx -exec rm {} \
Transfer memo.txt to output and make a backup if files already exist, cp -b -i memo.txt output
Extract files from image.jpg.zip and change to documents_backup, unzip -C documents_backup image.jpg.zip
Move video.mp4 into database.sql.zip, zip -m database.sql.zip video.mp4
Clone database.sql to music_library and backup existing files, cp -b -p database.sql music_library
Display proposal.docx with buffered output suppressed, cat -u proposal.docx
Extract files and overwrite existing files from document.docx.zip, unzip -o document.docx.zip
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
"Decompress video.mp4.zip, extracting files matching pattern '*.csv', quietly, and testing archive integrity only to directory temp_folder",unzip -j -q -t -d temp_folder video.mp4.zip '*.csv'
Pack document.docx without any archive paths, zip -j contract.pdf.zip document.docx
"If the parent directories and directory downloads don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p downloads
Add and move presentation.pptx to memo.txt.zip, zip -m memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx
Place all of scripts's files in an archive.s, zip -r scripts scripts
Examine configuration.ini.zip for mistakes., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
Move the files from projects to downloads_archive after filtering them using *.txt.,"grep -lR ""*.txt"" projects | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
Display files in contract.pdf.zip, unzip -l contract.pdf.zip
Examine contract.pdf.zip for mistakes., unzip -t contract.pdf.zip
"Extract executable.exe.zip, then update your files with the latest versions.", unzip -U executable.exe.zip
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
Display files in order of modification time.,ls -t
List contents of audio.mp3.zip, unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
"Move report.pdf to temp, handling it like it wasn't a directory.",mv -T report.pdf temp
Forcefully move audio.mp3 to photos without prompting,mv -f audio.mp3 photos
"List subdirectories in a recursive manner with comprehensive details, and then determine the overall disc consumption.",ls -Rl | du -h
Search for directories with names starting with 'backup' and not owned by the user 'admin',"find . -type d -name ""backup*"" ! -user admin"
"Package files database.sql, video.mp4, presentation.pptx into policy.pdf.zip, excluding '*.log' files, silently",zip -x '*.log' -q policy.pdf.zip database.sql video.mp4 presentation.pptx
Move contract.pdf into audio.mp3.zip, zip -m audio.mp3.zip contract.pdf
Look for files bigger than one megabyte., find . -size +1M
Mirror memo.txt to projects_backup with attributes intact,cp -a memo.txt projects_backup
Making a hard link and mirroring presentation.pptx to reports_archive while preserving properties, cp -p -l presentation.pptx reports_archive
Find files with names containing 'data' and modified more than 30 days ago,"find . -type f -name ""*data*"" -mtime +30"
"Forcefully move database.sql to temp, prompt before overwriting, and treat destination as file",mv -fiT database.sql temp
Seek for files bearing the image.jpg name., find . -name image.jpg
Output the first 10 lines of executable.exe,cat executable.exe | head
"Make a backup copy of presentation.pptx and duplicate it to output with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx output
Extract and update files with newer versions from presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -U presentation.pptx.zip
"When zipping, disregard paths presentation.pptx.", zip -j report.pdf.zip presentation.pptx
Replace any files that are currently in reports with configuration.ini,mv -f configuration.ini reports
Use gzip to compress files., find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Show line numbers for database.sql that are not blank., cat -b database.sql
Search for directories, find . -type d
Examine video.mp4.zip for consistency., unzip -t video.mp4.zip
List files in long listing format,ls -l
Find symbolic links in the current directory,find . -type l
"Forcefully move presentation.pptx to photos, overwriting if necessary",mv -f presentation.pptx photos
Remove configuration.ini.zip without showing the result, unzip -q configuration.ini.zip
List contents of memo.txt with non-printing characters displayed, cat -v memo.txt
"Display directory names only, without their contents",ls -d
"Archive files database.sql, configuration.ini, audio.mp3 into video.mp4.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, quietly",zip -x '*.tmp' -q video.mp4.zip database.sql configuration.ini audio.mp3
Move configuration.ini to documents without replacing existing files,mv -n configuration.ini documents
Ignore the directory structure and extract the files from contract.pdf.zip., unzip -j contract.pdf.zip
Files should be sorted descendingly.,ls -r
Update existing files in document.docx.zip, zip -u document.docx.zip report.pdf
"Assume destination is a file, move only if it's newer, and ask before replacing proposal.docx in images.",mv -iTu proposal.docx images
Find any files with less than 100 KB., find . -size -100k
Duplicate document.docx to templates_backup using hard links, cp -l document.docx templates_backup
Compile and transfer configuration.ini to configuration.ini.zip., zip -u configuration.ini.zip configuration.ini
Do not replace scripts with image.jpg,mv -n image.jpg scripts
"Move report.pdf to temp, handling it like it wasn't a directory.",mv -T report.pdf temp
Search for files with names containing 'backup' and created in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""*backup*"" -ctime -7"
"Archive files video.mp4, video.mp4, audio.mp3 into policy.pdf.zip, excluding '*.log' files, storing symbolic links",zip -x '*.log' -y policy.pdf.zip video.mp4 video.mp4 audio.mp3
Output the last 25 lines of contract.pdf,cat contract.pdf | tail -n 25
First-listed show directories,ls --group-directories-first
"Transfer all of the files from ""archives"" to ""logs,"" then zip them all together into a file called ""file_name].zip.""",cp /archives/* /logs/ | zip -r /logs/executable.exe.zip /logs/*
"Move presentation.pptx to scripts, preserving existing files",mv -n presentation.pptx scripts
Show only the names of the directories; show nothing inside.,ls -d
"Move presentation.pptx to projects_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx projects_backup
"Without extracting, list the contents of presentation.pptx.zip.", unzip -l presentation.pptx.zip
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting image.jpg.zip, unzip -o image.jpg.zip
Present comprehensive data: report.pdf should be moved to archives.,mv -v report.pdf archives
Extract files from configuration.ini.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j configuration.ini.zip
Duplicate audio.mp3 to logs_archive and back up existing files,cp -b audio.mp3 logs_archive
Enumerate files with expanded properties.,ls -l
"Make a ""music"" directory and add files to it.",mkdir music | ls music
"Display directories with comprehensive details, then determine the overall size.",ls -ld */ | du -h --max-depth=0
List subdirectories in a recursive manner and show the directory structure.,ls -Rd
Update contract.pdf if newer in document.docx.zip, zip -u document.docx.zip contract.pdf
List directory contents including hidden files and directories,ls -a
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy executable.exe to templates_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b executable.exe templates_backup
"Move the files to documents_archive from documents, then delete them from the source.",rsync -av --remove-source-files documents/ documents_archive
List file sizes in a format suitable for humans,ls -h
"Copy configuration.ini to documents_backup while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b configuration.ini documents_backup
Show line endings for policy.pdf, cat -E policy.pdf
"Create a backup of photo.png, regard the destination as a file, display detailed feedback, and refrain from overwriting.",mv -nbvT photo.png videos
"Take the files out of script.py.Zip the file, then select reports_archive.", unzip -C reports_archive script.py.zip
"Prior to replacing reports with script.py, ask.",mv -i script.py reports
"Move image.jpg to documents with force, prompt for confirmation, and move only if newer",mv -ifu image.jpg documents
Show files arranged by size,ls -S
Extract files from image.jpg.zip and change to documents_backup, unzip -C documents_backup image.jpg.zip
Show hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information,ls -al
Search for files modified in the last 30 days and larger than 1GB,find . -type f -mtime -30 -size +1G
Print inode numbers for each file,ls -i
Ignore paths when extracting files from contract.pdf.zip, unzip -j contract.pdf.zip
"If the parent directories and directory downloads don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p downloads
Make new archive photo.png.zip with audio.mp3, zip -c photo.png.zip audio.mp3
"Request permission before changing audio.mp3 to templates, treat the destination as a file, and provide detailed comments.",mv -TiV audio.mp3 templates
"Save a backup of database.sql, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -nbu database.sql archives
Check database.sql.zip for integrity, unzip -t database.sql.zip
Print the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Verify presentation.pptx.zip for integrity, zip -T presentation.pptx.zip
"Create a new directory called ""backups"" and create symbolic link named ""pointer"" pointing to ""backup"".",mkdir backups && ln -s backup pointer
Replace databases with spreadsheet.xlsx if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx databases
"Transfer the ""presentation.pptx"" and ""executable.exe"" files from ""logs"" to ""videos"".",mv /logs/presentation.pptx /videos/ | mv /logs/executable.exe /videos/
Replace outdated files from policy.pdf.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U policy.pdf.zip
Move configuration.ini to photos_backup while preserving its properties., cp -p configuration.ini photos_backup
Show policy.pdf contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s policy.pdf
"Duplicate presentation.pptx to images_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx images_backup
Show buffered output suppressed for report.pdf, cat -u report.pdf
Show hidden files and folders in a lengthy format with rich colours and details.,ls -alG
"Make a backup copy of spreadsheet.xlsx and duplicate it to music_library with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
"Make the directory ""downloads"" and search its contents for files that match the pattern ""*.sql"".","mkdir downloads && find downloads -name ""**.sql*"""
Print configuration.ini with non-printing characters visible, cat -v configuration.ini
Put every file on a separate line.,ls -1
Extract only updated files from configuration.ini.zip, unzip -U configuration.ini.zip
List files in reports and move them to archive preserving directory structure,find reports -type f -exec mv -t archive -- {} +
Look for block devices, find . -type b
Add and move document.docx to video.mp4.zip, zip -m video.mp4.zip document.docx
Print image.jpg with all control characters visible, cat -A image.jpg
Change to documents_archive and extract files from report.pdf.zip, unzip -C documents_archive report.pdf.zip
Recursively list the directory tree,ls -R
Show configuration.ini with every control character present., cat -A configuration.ini
Clone music to archive along with its subdirectories, cp -r music archive
Make a hard link after copying policy.pdf to documents_backup., cp -l policy.pdf documents_backup
Move audio.mp3 to archive and verify overwriting interactively., cp -i audio.mp3 archive
Check for updates and add contract.pdf to report.pdf.zip, zip -f report.pdf.zip contract.pdf
Archive report.pdf into new proposal.docx.zip, zip -c proposal.docx.zip report.pdf
Check that memo.txt.zip is intact., zip -T memo.txt.zip
Copy report.pdf to videos_backup and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -i report.pdf videos_backup
Update contract.pdf if newer in document.docx.zip, zip -u document.docx.zip contract.pdf
"Zip files contract.pdf, video.mp4, policy.pdf into image.jpg.zip, using password 'pass123', verbose output",zip -P pass123 -v image.jpg.zip contract.pdf video.mp4 policy.pdf
Extract presentation.pptx.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py presentation.pptx.zip
"Transfer presentation.pptx firmly to databases, overwriting if required.",mv -f presentation.pptx databases
Transfer executable.exe to images_backup and establish a hard link, cp -l executable.exe images_backup
Replace videos with memo.txt only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u memo.txt videos
Search for directories with names starting with 'backup' and not owned by the user 'admin',"find . -type d -name ""backup*"" ! -user admin"
"Disentangle policy.pdf.zip, excluding exclude.mp4, to directory images_backup",unzip -x exclude.mp4 -d images_backup policy.pdf.zip
"Sort all files that start with ""data"" backwards.",ls -r data*
Examine contract.pdf.zip for mistakes., unzip -t contract.pdf.zip
List files with hidden files included,ls -a
"Display presentation.pptx, showing the dollar at the end of each line",cat -e presentation.pptx
Reverse the file listing's order.,ls -r
Move the files to scripts_backup after searching templates for *.ini.,"grep -rl ""*.ini"" templates | xargs -I {} mv {} scripts_backup"
"From audio.mp3.zip, remove video.mp4.", zip -d audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
List the lines that make up presentation.pptx in the list., cat -n presentation.pptx
List each file on a separate line,ls -1
Find files larger than a given size by sorting files according to size and displaying file sizes in a way that is legible by humans.,ls -lSh | awk '$5 > 1000000 {print $0}'
Files should be listed in the lengthy listing format.,ls -l
"Move files from ""databases"" to ""reports_archive"" after creating the directory ""databases"".",mkdir databases && mv databases/* reports_archive
Output video.mp4 with visible non-printing characters., cat -v video.mp4
"Copy executable.exe to photos_backup, overwriting and retaining attributes with user consent.", cp -i -p executable.exe photos_backup
Examine contract.pdf.zip for mistakes., unzip -t contract.pdf.zip
Files from policy.pdf.zip should be extracted into output., unzip -d output policy.pdf.zip
"Archive files database.sql, configuration.ini, audio.mp3 into video.mp4.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, quietly",zip -x '*.tmp' -q video.mp4.zip database.sql configuration.ini audio.mp3
"Generate a directory called 'images', transfer all the files from 'scripts' to 'archives', and lastly locate files that correspond to the pattern '*.ini'.","mkdir /images/ | cp /scripts/* /images/ | mv /images/* /archives/ | find /archives/ -name ""*.*.ini"""
Display hidden folders and files with a coloured output.,ls -aG
"List all files having a coloured output that finish in "".png"".",ls -G *.png
Files should be sorted with human-readable sizes in reverse order based on size and modification time.,ls -Sltrh
Replace videos with memo.txt only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u memo.txt videos
Verify policy.pdf.zip's integrity., zip -T policy.pdf.zip
"Release memo.txt.zip, extracting symbolic links and listing files only to directory videos_backup",unzip -l -d videos_backup memo.txt.zip
Present file sizes in an easily readable way.,ls -h
Provide password '*.txt' to unzip policy.pdf.zip, unzip -P *.txt policy.pdf.zip
"List subdirectories in a recursive manner with comprehensive details, and then look for a certain file.","ls -Rl | grep ""filename"""
"Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to logs, then output detailed comments.",mv -v spreadsheet.xlsx logs
Display files in order of modification time.,ls -t
"Save a backup of spreadsheet.xlsx, do not overwrite, and show verbose feedback",mv -nbv spreadsheet.xlsx reports
"Make a ""music"" directory and add files to it.",mkdir music | ls music
Synchronize contents of photos with archive using rsync and move files,rsync -av --remove-source-files photos/ archive
"Transfer memo.txt to archives, asking for approval",mv -i memo.txt archives
"Out of database.sql.zip, remove database.sql.", zip -d database.sql.zip database.sql
Find empty files in the current directory,find . -type f -empty
Put video.mp4 on silent display., cat -q video.mp4
List contents of policy.pdf with tabs shown as ^I, cat -T policy.pdf
Move video.mp4 into database.sql.zip, zip -m database.sql.zip video.mp4
View contents of photo.png.zip, unzip -l photo.png.zip
File inode numbers are displayed,ls -i
Extract the files from memo.txt.zip without a directory structure., unzip -j memo.txt.zip
Transfer photo.png to scripts_backup by creating a hard link, cp -l photo.png scripts_backup
Duplicate documents to output and include all subdirectories, cp -r documents output
Copy database.sql to videos_backup and backup existing files,cp -b database.sql videos_backup
"To transfer all of the files from 'videos' to 'archive', first create a directory called 'videos'.",mkdir /videos/ | cp /videos/* /videos/ | mv /videos/* /archive/
Move contract.pdf to scripts and print verbose feedback,mv -v contract.pdf scripts
Copy document.docx to photos_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p document.docx photos_backup
Show file sizes in human-readable units,ls -h
Transfer database.sql to documents_archive and make a backup if files already exist,cp -b database.sql documents_archive
"Establish directory ""scripts"" and concatenate files ""proposal.docx"", ""photo.png"", ""spreadsheet.xlsx"" into it.",mkdir scripts && cat proposal.docx photo.png spreadsheet.xlsx > scripts/concatenated_file.txt
List contents of proposal.docx with line endings, cat -E proposal.docx
Extract encrypted document.docx.zip with password '*.doc*', unzip -P *.doc* document.docx.zip
Files from memo.txt.zip should be extracted into scripts_backup., unzip -d scripts_backup memo.txt.zip
Preserve attributes of report.pdf while copying to downloads_archive, cp -p report.pdf downloads_archive
Recursively list subdirectories and display directory structure with colored output,ls -RdG
"From audio.mp3.zip, remove video.mp4.", zip -d audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
"If the parent directories and directory presentations don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p presentations
Print each file's inode number.,ls -i
Search for files between 1GB and 2GB in size, find . -size +1G -size -2G
List files with detailed information,ls -l
"Make 'music', copy a file 'spreadsheet.xlsx' into it, and then delete the original file.",mkdir /music/ | cp /spreadsheet.xlsx /music/ | rm /spreadsheet.xlsx
Extract and update files with newer versions from presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -U presentation.pptx.zip
"Make a backup of document.docx, relocate it only if it's more recent, and don't replace it.",mv -bnu document.docx photos
Shrink templates and everything in it., zip -r templates templates
"Prior to replacing reports with script.py, ask.",mv -i script.py reports
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
"Compress files memo.txt, executable.exe, executable.exe into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, preserving paths, verbose output",zip -x '*.tmp' -r -v spreadsheet.xlsx.zip memo.txt executable.exe executable.exe
Files should be displayed in coloured lists.,ls -G
"Files are sorted by size, file sizes are shown in a format that is understandable by humans, and the final five lines are shown.",ls -lSh | tail -n 5
Duplicate executable.exe to music_library and backup existing files, cp -b -p executable.exe music_library
"While extracting files, extract executable.exe.zip", unzip -q executable.exe.zip
Extract database.sql.zip with no password to directory projects_backup,unzip -d projects_backup database.sql.zip
Show report.pdf with characters that don't print, cat -v report.pdf
Extract files with verbose mode enabled from image.jpg.zip, unzip -v image.jpg.zip
Look for files that are no larger than 1GB or 2GB., find . -size +1G -size -2G
Files are sorted by date of modification.,ls -t
Search for files with name database.sql, find . -name database.sql
"Backup scripts to output and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b scripts output
Recursively list subdirectories and display directory structure,ls -Rd
Search files in databases for *.jpg and move them to templates_backup,"grep -rl ""*.jpg"" databases | xargs -I {} mv {} templates_backup"
"Archive files policy.pdf, proposal.docx, spreadsheet.xlsx into report.pdf.zip, storing symbolic links",zip -y report.pdf.zip policy.pdf proposal.docx spreadsheet.xlsx
Provide password '*.sql' to extract presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -P *.sql presentation.pptx.zip
Extract files from policy.pdf.zip into templates_backup, unzip -d templates_backup policy.pdf.zip
"List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order with detailed information, then display the first 15 lines",ls -Sltr | head -n 15
Files should be displayed in coloured lists.,ls -G
"Prompt before overwriting memo.txt in scripts, treat destination as file, and display verbose output",mv -iTv memo.txt scripts
Clone database.sql to photos_backup and make backups of existing files,cp -b database.sql photos_backup
List contents of spreadsheet.xlsx quietly, cat -q spreadsheet.xlsx
"Release video.mp4.zip, testing archive integrity only, to directory temp_folder",unzip -t -d temp_folder video.mp4.zip
Maintain database.sql's characteristics and backup it to backup, cp -p database.sql backup
"Concatenate executable.exe and policy.pdf, numbering all output lines",cat -n executable.exe policy.pdf
Search for files with names containing 'image' and with execute permissions for others,"find . -type f -name ""*image*"" -perm /o=x"
Display directories without a content list.,ls -d
"Zip the contents of the newly created directory ""backups"" into the file ""spreadsheet.xlsx.zip"".",mkdir backups && zip spreadsheet.xlsx.zip backups/*
List files in order of file size,ls -S
Display database.sql with non-printing characters, cat -v database.sql
Check script.py.zip to maintain integrity, unzip -t script.py.zip
"To photos, copy the files.", find . -name database.sql -exec cp {} photos \
"Make 'archives', copy 'photo.png' into it, and then make 'shortcut', a symbolic link, to the file.",mkdir /archives/ | cp /photo.png /archives/ | ln -s /archives/ /shortcut/
Duplicate database.sql to downloads_archive by creating hard links, cp -l database.sql downloads_archive
"Copy contract.pdf to logs_archive while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf logs_archive
"Extract spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, verbose output, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -v -d downloads_archive spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Print memo.txt with suppression of buffered output, cat -u memo.txt
Display document.docx with all control characters, cat -A document.docx
Show report.pdf with characters that don't print, cat -v report.pdf
"Take the files out of executable.exe.Zip the file, then select documents_archive.", unzip -C documents_archive executable.exe.zip
Extract files from database.sql.zip into output, unzip -d output database.sql.zip
Refresh report.pdf in the zip file proposal.docx., zip -f proposal.docx.zip report.pdf
Transfer image.jpg to backup with attribute preservation, cp -p image.jpg backup
Copy files to music, find . -name video.mp4 -exec cp {} music \
Find files owned by the user and group *.py,find . -type f -user *.py -group *.py
"Replicate contract.pdf to videos_backup while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
Clone proposal.docx to projects_backup with hard linking, cp -l proposal.docx projects_backup
Replace outdated files from configuration.ini.zip with the most recent ones., unzip -U configuration.ini.zip
"Ask before replacing configuration.ini in downloads, treat destination as file, and show verbose feedback",mv -TiV configuration.ini downloads
"List all files starting with ""report"" in long format",ls -l report*
"Prior to replacing spreadsheet.xlsx with templates, get confirmation.",mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx templates
"Duplicate video.mp4 to videos_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b video.mp4 videos_backup
"Move video.mp4 to documents with force, prompt for confirmation, and treat destination as file",mv -ifT video.mp4 documents
"Move files from ""databases"" to ""reports_archive"" after creating the directory ""databases"".",mkdir databases && mv databases/* reports_archive
Clone music to archive along with its subdirectories, cp -r music archive
Show directories themselves along with detailed information,ls -ld
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate photo.png to scripts_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b photo.png scripts_backup
Compress projects recursively, zip -r projects projects
Check for updates and add document.docx to image.jpg.zip, zip -f image.jpg.zip document.docx
Transfer configuration.ini to documents in an unaltered manner,mv -n configuration.ini documents
Copy database.sql to downloads_archive and ask for confirmation from the user,cp -i database.sql downloads_archive
"Sort all files that start with ""data"" backwards.",ls -r data*
Display contract.pdf with non-printing characters, cat -v contract.pdf
Test video.mp4.zip for errors, zip -T video.mp4.zip
Show line numbers for policy.pdf, cat -n policy.pdf
Copy database.sql and perform a force overwrite in backup, cp -f database.sql backup
Delete files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx -execdir rm {} \
"If scripts is outdated or nonexistent, only substitute contract.pdf for it.",mv -u contract.pdf scripts
"Move memo.txt to projects with force, but prompt for confirmation",mv -if memo.txt projects
Do not overwrite contract.pdf when moving to archives,mv -n contract.pdf archives
Mirror memo.txt to reports_archive and create backups of existing files,cp -b memo.txt reports_archive
"Provide a complete list of every file in the current directory, and then reverse-order the files based on their modification times.","ls -al | sort -k6,6r"
"Compress files memo.txt, executable.exe, executable.exe into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, preserving paths, verbose output",zip -x '*.tmp' -r -v spreadsheet.xlsx.zip memo.txt executable.exe executable.exe
"Sort the files by modification time and list all names that finish in "".mp4"".",ls -t *.mp4
Verbose mode: Transfer image.jpg to backups,mv -v image.jpg backups
Create a hard link of document.docx in images_backup, cp -l document.docx images_backup
Do not overwrite contract.pdf when moving to archives,mv -n contract.pdf archives
Freshen configuration.ini in document.docx.zip, zip -f document.docx.zip configuration.ini
"Display tabs as ~For policy.pdf, I", cat -T policy.pdf
Make a copy of presentation.pptx in backup while preserving all properties.,cp -a presentation.pptx backup
"List all files having ""backup"" in their names with detailed information",ls -l *backup*
Verbose output should be displayed while extracting photo.png.zip., unzip -v photo.png.zip
"Unarchive video.mp4.zip, overwriting existing files, to directory photos_backup",unzip -o -d photos_backup video.mp4.zip
"Without showing the results, extract video.mp4.zip", unzip -q video.mp4.zip
Display all files including hidden ones,ls -a
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
List directories themselves with colored output and detailed information,ls -dGl
"Duplicate database.sql to logs_archive and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b database.sql logs_archive
Examine configuration.ini.zip for mistakes., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
"Before replacing downloads with script.py, prompt",mv -i script.py downloads
Gently unzip the contents of memo.txt.zip., unzip -q memo.txt.zip
See what's in image.jpg.zip, unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Files will be shown sorted by size.,ls -S
Display database.sql with tabs as ^I, cat -T database.sql
"Backup scripts to output and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b scripts output
Look for metaphorical connections., find . -type l
Show image.jpg with suppressed buffered output, cat -u image.jpg
Show suppressed buffered output for configuration.ini, cat -u configuration.ini
Extract files from document.docx.zip and overwrite existing files, unzip -o document.docx.zip
Replace archives with photo.png only if it's newer or doesn't already exist,mv -u photo.png archives
List file sizes in a manner that is comprehensible to people.,ls -h
Enumerate every file in the active directory.,ls -a
Duplicate image.jpg to temp_folder and overwrite existing files forcibly, cp -f image.jpg temp_folder
"Make a copy of contract.pdf, don't replace it, and output verbosely",mv -bnv contract.pdf videos
"Forcefully move document.docx to templates, but prompt before overwriting",mv -fi document.docx templates
Recursive copying is used to preserve the properties of backups after a backup to downloads_archive., cp -r -p backups downloads_archive
Move image.jpg to archives and show verbose output,mv -v image.jpg archives
Search for symbolic links, find . -type l
"List every file and folder, hidden ones included.",ls -a
Make backup copies of database.sql and duplicate it to backup.,cp -b database.sql backup
Display characters for executable.exe that aren't printed, cat -v executable.exe
Create directory downloads and parent directories if they do not exist with verbose output,mkdir -p -v downloads
"Clone memo.txt to logs_archive with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b memo.txt logs_archive
"Transfer executable.exe forcefully to archives, asking for confirmation, and treating destination as a file",mv -ifT executable.exe archives
Print each file that is specified separately.,ls -1
Verify the document.docx.zip's integrity., unzip -t document.docx.zip
Just show directories.,ls -d
"Concatenate document.docx and document.docx, numbering all output lines and showing non-printing characters",cat -n -v document.docx document.docx
Transfer presentation.pptx to scripts_backup and conduct a force overwrite, cp -f presentation.pptx scripts_backup
Move image.jpg to presentations and replace existing files without asking,mv -f image.jpg presentations
"Prior to changing report.pdf in projects, ask.",mv -i report.pdf projects
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy executable.exe to videos_backup while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b executable.exe videos_backup
Duplicate image.jpg to temp_folder and overwrite existing files forcibly, cp -f image.jpg temp_folder
Extract files from memo.txt.zip and overwrite existing files, unzip -o memo.txt.zip
Verbose output should be displayed while extracting photo.png.zip., unzip -v photo.png.zip
"Place report.pdf in music considering it as a file, not a directory",mv -T report.pdf music
"Create a directory named 'photos', copy all files from 'music' to it, then move them to 'presentations', and finally find files matching the pattern '*.sql'.","mkdir /photos/ | cp /music/* /photos/ | mv /photos/* /presentations/ | find /presentations/ -name ""*.*.sql"""
Show configuration.ini with error messages suppressed, cat -q configuration.ini
Display directories listed before files,ls --group-directories-first
"Archive files contract.pdf, photo.png, configuration.ini into memo.txt.zip, using password 'secure123'",zip -P secure123 memo.txt.zip contract.pdf photo.png configuration.ini
"If files already exist, replicate document.docx to logs_archive and make backups.",cp -b document.docx logs_archive
Create directory photos and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p photos
Display characters for video.mp4 that aren't printed, cat -v video.mp4
Show inode numbers for files,ls -i
Display contents of a directory recursively,ls -R
Check that spreadsheet.xlsx.zip is intact., unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Find files with a size of precisely 50 bytes., find . -size 50c
Update existing files in database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip contract.pdf
Move audio.mp3 to templates and treat it as a regular file,mv -T audio.mp3 templates
Show hidden folders and files in extended format,ls -al
Zip photo.png disregards the directory hierarchy, zip -j policy.pdf.zip photo.png
Search for character devices, find . -type c
Search for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Show hidden files and directories,ls -a
List contents of audio.mp3.zip without extracting, unzip -l audio.mp3.zip
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate memo.txt to music_library while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b memo.txt music_library
Make a backup of the current files and copy configuration.ini to reports_archive., cp -b -p configuration.ini reports_archive
Check report.pdf.zip for errors, unzip -t report.pdf.zip
Create a backup by recursively copying downloads to archive while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b downloads archive
Unzip files from executable.exe.zip quietly, unzip -q executable.exe.zip
Show executable.exe as ^ with tabsI, cat -T executable.exe
Display report.pdf with the error messages hidden, cat -q report.pdf
Verbose mode: Move image.jpg to documents,mv -v image.jpg documents
Display hidden files and folders in a lengthy format with detailed information and coloured output.,ls -alG
Refresh memo.txt in the zip file script.py., zip -f script.py.zip memo.txt
List the lines that don't include a blank in policy.pdf, cat -b policy.pdf
Show line endings for policy.pdf, cat -E policy.pdf
"Before replacing executable.exe in temp, prompt, treating destination as file",mv -iT executable.exe temp
"From memo.txt.zip, remove presentation.pptx.", zip -d memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx
"Duplicate contract.pdf to documents_archive with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b contract.pdf documents_archive
"Transfer memo.txt to databases, treating it like any other file.",mv -T memo.txt databases
Transfer photo.png to documents as if it were a regular file,mv -T photo.png documents
Move configuration.ini to logs_archive and verify overwriting interactively., cp -i configuration.ini logs_archive
"In reports_archive, prompt before overwriting memo.txt.", cp -i memo.txt reports_archive
Show file sizes in a readable format,ls -h
Move script.py to logs and provide verbose feedback,mv -v script.py logs
Clone database.sql to photos_backup and make backups of existing files,cp -b database.sql photos_backup
"Zip files document.docx, presentation.pptx, executable.exe into executable.exe.zip, including empty directories",zip -r0 executable.exe.zip document.docx presentation.pptx executable.exe
Move spreadsheet.xlsx to scripts if it's newer or doesn't already exist there,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx scripts
Verbose extraction of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
Refresh video.mp4 in the zip file configuration.ini., zip -f configuration.ini.zip video.mp4
"List all files containing ""log"" in their names, including hidden ones",ls -a *log*
List contents of executable.exe with all control characters displayed, cat -A executable.exe
Display file inode numbers,ls -i
Display files in order of modification timestamp,ls -t
"Extract image.jpg.zip, then update your files with the latest versions.", unzip -U image.jpg.zip
Move contract.pdf to scripts and print verbose feedback,mv -v contract.pdf scripts
List files in reports and move them to archive preserving directory structure,find reports -type f -exec mv -t archive -- {} +
Copy files modified in the last 7 days from backups to backup,find backups -type f -mtime -7 -exec mv {} backup \;
Duplicate video.mp4 to scripts_backup and keep attributes unchanged while creating a hard link, cp -p -l video.mp4 scripts_backup
"Prior to replacing executable.exe in databases, get permission. Treat the destination file.",mv -Ti executable.exe databases
Preserve attributes of report.pdf while copying to downloads_archive, cp -p report.pdf downloads_archive
Duplicate presentation.pptx to downloads_archive and force replacement, cp -f presentation.pptx downloads_archive
Display every character in the control set for script.py, cat -A script.py
"Clone image.jpg to images_backup with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b image.jpg images_backup
Show hidden files and directories with descriptive text and colourful images.,ls -alG
Show line numbers for script.py that are not blank., cat -b script.py
Print executable.exe while suppressing the output from the buffer., cat -u executable.exe
Sort files by size and display detailed information in long format,ls -Sl
Examine what's in image.jpg.zip., unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Output the first 30 lines of proposal.docx,cat proposal.docx | head -n 30
Display the line ends for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -E spreadsheet.xlsx
"Create directories videos, templates, backups with verbose output",mkdir -v videos && mkdir -v templates && mkdir -v backups
Sort files in a list according to size.,ls -S
Display file sizes in a format that is easy to read,ls -h
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, colors, and human-readable sizes",ls -RdlhG
"List files sorted by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then display the first 10 lines",ls -lSh | head -n 10
Reverse the file listing's order.,ls -r
Find the report.pdf files., find . -name report.pdf
Concatenate contract.pdf and audio.mp3,cat contract.pdf audio.mp3
Display files in descending order of size.,ls -S
Remove image.jpg.zip without showing the result, unzip -q image.jpg.zip
Display files with output in colour.,ls -G
Show policy.pdf contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s policy.pdf
Extract only updated files from video.mp4.zip, unzip -U video.mp4.zip
"Copy all files from 'temp' to 'images', then compress them into a zip file named 'script.py.zip'.",cp /temp/* /images/ | zip -r /images/script.py.zip /images/*
"Create directories videos, templates, backups with verbose output",mkdir -v videos && mkdir -v templates && mkdir -v backups
"Make a copy of contract.pdf, don't replace it, and output verbosely",mv -bnv contract.pdf videos
Recursive copying is used to preserve the properties of backups after a backup to downloads_archive., cp -r -p backups downloads_archive
Extract files from document.docx.zip and overwrite existing files, unzip -o document.docx.zip
Extract presentation.pptx.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py presentation.pptx.zip
Display script.py with tabs as ^I, cat -T script.py
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
Show contents of image.jpg.zip, unzip -l image.jpg.zip
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then sort by file extension",ls -al | awk -F. '{print $NF}' | sort
Display hidden files and folders in a lengthy format with detailed information and coloured output.,ls -alG
Make new archive script.py.zip with spreadsheet.xlsx, zip -c script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"List subdirectories recursively, each with human-readable sizes and comprehensive information.",ls -Rdlh
Display files in order of size.,ls -S
File compression with gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Move photo.png to videos if it's newer or doesn't already exist there,mv -u photo.png videos
Prioritise folders over files in the display,ls --group-directories-first
"List directories themselves, along with full information and coloured output.",ls -dGl
Find files with names containing 'report' and with permissions 644,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" -perm 644"
Display every character in the control set for policy.pdf, cat -A policy.pdf
Seek for files bearing the image.jpg name., find . -name image.jpg
Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format with colored output,ls -lt -hG
Extract the files from policy.pdf.zip by changing the directory to projects_backup., unzip -C projects_backup policy.pdf.zip
Output the first 100 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | head -n 100
silently list the contents of report.pdf, cat -q report.pdf
Show files listed with colors,ls -G
Use hard linking to clone script.py to music_library, cp -l script.py music_library
"Using hard links, mirror presentation.pptx to backup", cp -l presentation.pptx backup
Display every character in the control set for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -A spreadsheet.xlsx
Show hidden files and directories with colored output,ls -aG
"Forcefully move image.jpg to downloads, prompt before overwriting, and move only if newer",mv -fiu image.jpg downloads
Extract the files from memo.txt.zip without a directory structure., unzip -j memo.txt.zip
Recursively list subdirectories with colored output and detailed information,ls -Rdl
Verify document.docx.zip for integrity, unzip -t document.docx.zip
Sort files alphabetically backwards,ls -r
"When zipping contract.pdf, disregard the directory structure.", zip -j video.mp4.zip contract.pdf
"Duplicate video.mp4 to videos_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b video.mp4 videos_backup
Copy configuration.ini to scripts_backup maintaining all attributes,cp -a configuration.ini scripts_backup
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy audio.mp3 to reports_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 reports_archive
Show audio.mp3 with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s audio.mp3
"Assume destination is a file, move only if it's newer, and ask before replacing proposal.docx in images.",mv -iTu proposal.docx images
Put a line between each file you list.,ls -1
Check script.py.zip to maintain integrity, unzip -t script.py.zip
Show all control characters for memo.txt, cat -A memo.txt
"Without verifying, switch videos for spreadsheet.xlsx.",mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx videos
Ignore paths when extracting files from memo.txt.zip, unzip -j memo.txt.zip
List directories ahead of files,ls --group-directories-first
Display non-printing characters while listing the contents of policy.pdf, cat -v policy.pdf
Locate empty files, find . -type f -empty
Transfer database.sql to documents_archive and make a backup if files already exist,cp -b database.sql documents_archive
"Make directory ""music"" and move files from ""music"" to ""scripts_backup"".",mkdir music && mv music/* scripts_backup
"Keep a copy of policy.pdf, avoid overwriting, and provide detailed feedback.",mv -nbv policy.pdf logs
Find files with names ending in '.log' and larger than 1MB,"find . -type f -name ""*.log"" -size +1M"
Output the last 50 lines of proposal.docx,cat proposal.docx | tail -n 50
Examine policy.pdf.zip for mistakes., zip -T policy.pdf.zip
"Files can be sorted based on when they were last modified, and the output can be coloured and presented in a legible fashion.",ls -lt -hG
Files from proposal.docx.zip should be extracted into backup., unzip -d backup proposal.docx.zip
"Create a directory named 'images', copy a file named 'report.pdf' into it, and then remove the original file.",mkdir /images/ | cp /report.pdf /images/ | rm /report.pdf
Locate files named photo.png, find . -name photo.png
"Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to projects, replacing any files that are already there.",mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx projects
Find directories, find . -type d
"Transfer all of the files from ""databases"" to ""reports,"" then zip them all together into a file called ""file_name].zip.""",cp /databases/* /reports/ | zip -r /reports/script.py.zip /reports/*
Locate the contract.pdf files., find . -name contract.pdf
"Provide a detailed list of every file in the current directory, and then arrange the list according to file extension.",ls -al | awk -F. '{print $NF}' | sort
"Compress files presentation.pptx, proposal.docx, proposal.docx into document.docx.zip, compressing with best compression, preserving paths",zip -9 -r document.docx.zip presentation.pptx proposal.docx proposal.docx
"Transfer the ""presentation.pptx"" and ""executable.exe"" files from ""logs"" to ""videos"".",mv /logs/presentation.pptx /videos/ | mv /logs/executable.exe /videos/
Display files in descending order of size.,ls -S
Look for gaming devices., find . -type c
Find directories with names containing 'backup' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type d -name ""*backup*"" -mtime -7"
Extraction of files from video.mp4.zip enabling verbose mode, unzip -v video.mp4.zip
Display directory names instead of their contents,ls -d
Show hidden files and directories in long format with colored output and detailed information,ls -alG
"Duplicate executable.exe to output and keep attributes unchanged, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b executable.exe output
Print memo.txt contents with non-blank line numbering, cat -b memo.txt
Move policy.pdf to logs_archive and yank out the current files with force., cp -f policy.pdf logs_archive
List contents of spreadsheet.xlsx quietly, cat -q spreadsheet.xlsx
Display the output in colour.,ls -G
Change to documents_archive and extract files from report.pdf.zip, unzip -C documents_archive report.pdf.zip
Modify the file permissions, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
"Make ""photos"" the directory and remove ""ignore2.png"" from it.",mkdir photos && ls | grep -v ignore2.png
Sort files in reverse order,ls -r
"Generate a directory called 'images', transfer all the files from 'scripts' to 'archives', and lastly locate files that correspond to the pattern '*.ini'.","mkdir /images/ | cp /scripts/* /images/ | mv /images/* /archives/ | find /archives/ -name ""*.*.ini"""
Move video.mp4 to images_backup and force overwrite it., cp -f video.mp4 images_backup
"Before replacing proposal.docx in reports, prompt, treating destination as file",mv -iT proposal.docx reports
Refresh video.mp4 in the zip file configuration.ini., zip -f configuration.ini.zip video.mp4
Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information and human-readable sizes,ls -Rdlh
"If files already exist, replicate document.docx to logs_archive and make backups.",cp -b document.docx logs_archive
Search files in databases for *.jpg and move them to templates_backup,"grep -rl ""*.jpg"" databases | xargs -I {} mv {} templates_backup"
"Archive files audio.mp3, presentation.pptx, audio.mp3 into proposal.docx.zip, using password 'pass123', verbose output",zip -P pass123 -v proposal.docx.zip audio.mp3 presentation.pptx audio.mp3
Copy executable.exe to documents_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp --interactive executable.exe documents_archive
"Before forcibly transferring photo.png to images, make a backup of it.",mv -bf photo.png images
"Archive files photo.png, executable.exe, presentation.pptx into presentation.pptx.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, using compression level 9",zip -x '*.tmp' -9 presentation.pptx.zip photo.png executable.exe presentation.pptx
"Provide a detailed list of every file in the current directory, and then arrange the list according to file extension.",ls -al | awk -F. '{print $NF}' | sort
Search for files modified exactly 30 days ago, find . -mtime 30
"Backup documents to documents_backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b documents documents_backup
Make documents a directory with verbose output.,mkdir -v documents
Display file sizes in human-readable form,ls -h
Extract files from image.jpg.zip and change to documents_backup, unzip -C documents_backup image.jpg.zip
"Generate a directory called 'images', transfer all the files from 'scripts' to 'archives', and lastly locate files that correspond to the pattern '*.ini'.","mkdir /images/ | cp /scripts/* /images/ | mv /images/* /archives/ | find /archives/ -name ""*.*.ini"""
Put database.sql inside configuration.ini.zip and delete, zip -m configuration.ini.zip database.sql
Show contents of image.jpg.zip, unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Move script.py to presentations and display verbose output,mv -v script.py presentations
Update proposal.docx if newer in contract.pdf.zip, zip -u contract.pdf.zip proposal.docx
Locate files smaller than 100KB, find . -size -100k
Clone document.docx to music_library and ask for permission before replacing,cp -i document.docx music_library
"Unpack executable.exe.zip, preserving permissions, to directory documents_backup",unzip -K -d documents_backup executable.exe.zip
Search for files named report.pdf, find . -name report.pdf
Extract files from image.jpg.zip into downloads_archive, unzip -d downloads_archive image.jpg.zip
Output the first 15 lines of report.pdf,cat report.pdf | head -n 15
"Filter files in databases based on *.exe, then move them to archive","grep -lR ""*.exe"" databases | xargs -I {} mv {} archive"
Look for files with the name policy.pdf., find . -name policy.pdf
Transfer image.jpg to backup with attribute preservation, cp -p image.jpg backup
Print memo.txt with suppression of buffered output, cat -u memo.txt
Replace spreadsheet.xlsx in archives without asking,mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Show files in reverse order based on the modification time.,ls -ltr
Examine video.mp4.zip for consistency., unzip -t video.mp4.zip
"Move all files from 'reports' to 'presentations', then create a directory named 'videos' and copy all files from 'presentations' to 'videos'.",mv /reports/* /presentations/ | mkdir /videos/ | cp /presentations/* /videos/
Seek for files bearing the contract.pdf name., find . -name contract.pdf
Display image.jpg with buffered output suppressed, cat -u image.jpg
Show executable.exe with line numbers that aren't blank., cat -b executable.exe
Print report.pdf with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s report.pdf
List files in order of last modification time,ls -t
Find empty files in the current directory,find . -type f -empty
Move memo.txt to the backup and perform a force overwrite there., cp -f memo.txt backup
"Move policy.pdf to presentations with force, but prompt for confirmation",mv -if policy.pdf presentations
Extract files from proposal.docx.zip and change to output, unzip -C output proposal.docx.zip
"Compress files database.sql, audio.mp3, document.docx into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip with compression level 9",zip -9 spreadsheet.xlsx.zip database.sql audio.mp3 document.docx
"Compress files database.sql, audio.mp3, document.docx into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip with compression level 9",zip -9 spreadsheet.xlsx.zip database.sql audio.mp3 document.docx
Delete memo.txt from photo.png.zip, zip -d photo.png.zip memo.txt
Show report.pdf with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s report.pdf
Overwrite files without prompting when extracting memo.txt.zip, unzip -o memo.txt.zip
Copy script.py to reports_archive and interactively prompt for overwrite, cp -i script.py reports_archive
"Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output, detailed information, and human-readable sizes",ls -SltrhG
"Prompt before overwriting spreadsheet.xlsx in downloads, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iuT spreadsheet.xlsx downloads
Print audio.mp3 using the symbol ^ for the tabs.I, cat -T audio.mp3
Verify database.sql.zip for integrity, unzip -t database.sql.zip
"Zip files configuration.ini, proposal.docx, policy.pdf into memo.txt.zip, displaying verbose output",zip -v memo.txt.zip configuration.ini proposal.docx policy.pdf
Recursively list subdirectories and display directory structure with colored output,ls -RdG
"Save a backup of photo.png, do not overwrite, show verbose feedback, and treat destination as file",mv -nbvT photo.png logs
Transfer script.py to downloads_archive and ask for user confirmation if files exist,cp -i script.py downloads_archive
"After placing configuration.ini inside policy.pdf.zip, remove it.", zip -u policy.pdf.zip configuration.ini
Move files with size greater than 1MB from templates to music_library,find templates -type f -size +1M -exec mv {} music_library \;
Files should be sorted with human-readable sizes in reverse order based on size and modification time.,ls -Sltrh
Check database.sql.zip to maintain integrity, zip -T database.sql.zip
Only use configuration.ini in place of scripts if it is less than or equal to that directory.,mv -u configuration.ini scripts
Transfer document.docx to archive and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b document.docx archive
Turn on output that is coloured.,ls -G
Pack document.docx into photo.png.zip, zip -c photo.png.zip document.docx
"Ask before replacing database.sql in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iTu database.sql backups
Sort files in descending order,ls -r
"To transfer all of the files from 'videos' to 'archive', first create a directory called 'videos'.",mkdir /videos/ | cp /videos/* /videos/ | mv /videos/* /archive/
Extract video.mp4.zip without displaying output, unzip -q video.mp4.zip
Update existing files in database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip contract.pdf
"When extracting memo.txt.zip, overwrite any existing files.", unzip -o memo.txt.zip
Print the contents of database.sql with line ends., cat -E database.sql
Delete image.jpg from executable.exe.zip, zip -d executable.exe.zip image.jpg
"Compress files video.mp4, audio.mp3, policy.pdf into memo.txt.zip, quietly, preserving paths, including empty directories",zip -q -r0 memo.txt.zip video.mp4 audio.mp3 policy.pdf
"List the files, one for each line.",ls -1
Freshen video.mp4 in script.py.zip, zip -f script.py.zip video.mp4
Copy video.mp4 to templates_backup while preserving its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l video.mp4 templates_backup
"Archive files presentation.pptx, presentation.pptx, report.pdf into memo.txt.zip, using compression level 6, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -6 -x '*.tmp' memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx presentation.pptx report.pdf
Transfer the files that have been edited within the last seven days from projects to temp_folder.,find projects -type f -mtime -7 -exec mv {} temp_folder \;
"Forcefully move image.jpg to presentations, prompt before overwriting, and move only if newer",mv -fiu image.jpg presentations
Clone scripts and all of its subdirectories to archive., cp -r scripts archive
Display directories themselves with comprehensive details.,ls -ld
Show directories without listing their contents,ls -d
Show report.pdf with characters that don't print, cat -v report.pdf
"Recursive copying is used to move archives to music_library, maintaining attributes, and making a backup.", cp -r -p -b archives music_library
Show hidden files and directories with descriptive text and colourful images.,ls -alG
Print audio.mp3 making visible all control characters., cat -A audio.mp3
Take the files out of proposal.docx.zip. disregarding the directory structure, unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
"Unpack configuration.ini.zip, verbose output, excluding backup_old2.docx, and testing archive integrity only to directory templates_backup",unzip -v -x backup_old2.docx -t -d templates_backup configuration.ini.zip
Transfer presentation.pptx to documents_backup and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx documents_backup
Extract the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip without a directory structure., unzip -j spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Transfer document.docx to temp, replacing current files without permission",mv -f document.docx temp
Backup current files and move downloads to templates_backup., cp -b -r downloads templates_backup
"Unwrap report.pdf.zip, preserving permissions, quietly, and extracting to standard output to directory music_library",unzip -K -q -p -d music_library report.pdf.zip
Make a hard link by copying script.py to projects_backup and maintaining all of its properties., cp -p -l script.py projects_backup
Transfer presentation.pptx to documents_backup and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx documents_backup
List each line ending in image.jpg in the contents., cat -E image.jpg
"Make directory ""temp"" and list files in ""temp"".",mkdir temp && ls temp
Provide password '*.mp3' to unzip audio.mp3.zip, unzip -P *.mp3 audio.mp3.zip
Copy memo.txt to backup and erasing any files that are already there., cp -f memo.txt backup
Show image.jpg with suppressed buffered output, cat -u image.jpg
Check database.sql.zip to maintain integrity, zip -T database.sql.zip
Extraction of files from video.mp4.zip enabling verbose mode, unzip -v video.mp4.zip
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
Move files named 'spreadsheet.xlsx' and 'proposal.docx' from 'reports' to 'photos'.,mv /reports/spreadsheet.xlsx /photos/ | mv /reports/proposal.docx /photos/
"If policy.pdf is more recent or does not already exist in photos, move it there.",mv -u policy.pdf photos
Copy image.jpg and forcefully replace existing files in music_library, cp -f image.jpg music_library
Find empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Display executable.exe with buffered output suppressed, cat -u executable.exe
Find directories with names ending in 'backup' and with read permissions for the group,"find . -type d -name ""*backup"" -perm /g=r"
List file sizes in human-readable format,ls -h
Duplicate video.mp4 to scripts_backup and keep attributes unchanged, cp -p video.mp4 scripts_backup
Check for corruption with configuration.ini.zip., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
Show directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
Create a hard link by moving configuration.ini to documents_archive., cp -l configuration.ini documents_archive
"Unpack configuration.ini.zip, verbose output, excluding backup_old2.docx, and testing archive integrity only to directory templates_backup",unzip -v -x backup_old2.docx -t -d templates_backup configuration.ini.zip
Display non-printing characters while listing the contents of database.sql, cat -v database.sql
Display the line counts for script.py, cat -n script.py
List files in reverse order of modification time,ls -r
Delete script.py from photo.png.zip, zip -d photo.png.zip script.py
"Create the directory ""videos"" and provide a list of its contents.",mkdir videos && ls videos
Files are sorted by modification time.,ls -t
List directories instead of their contents,ls -d
Recursively list the directory tree,ls -R
"Sort files by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then find files larger than a certain size",ls -lSh | awk '$5 > 1000000 {print $0}'
Display contract.pdf in quiet mode, cat -q contract.pdf
"If downloads is outdated or nonexistent, substitute spreadsheet.xlsx for it.",mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx downloads
Extract encrypted photo.png.zip with password '*.pdf', unzip -P *.pdf photo.png.zip
Extract files silently from proposal.docx.zip, unzip -q proposal.docx.zip
Sort files by the date they were last modified.,ls -t
"Display report.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT report.pdf
Fill executable.exe with audio.mp3.zip, zip -c executable.exe.zip audio.mp3
"If templates is outdated or nonexistent, only substitute video.mp4 for it.",mv -u video.mp4 templates
Force copy presentation.pptx to archive and create a backup of existing files, cp -b -f presentation.pptx archive
Clone proposal.docx to projects_backup with hard linking, cp -l proposal.docx projects_backup
Make a hard link duplicate of executable.exe in images_backup., cp -l executable.exe images_backup
Find files with names ending in '.log' and larger than 1MB,"find . -type f -name ""*.log"" -size +1M"
Change directory to output and extract files from database.sql.zip, unzip -C output database.sql.zip
Place executable.exe in the policy.pdf archive.zip, zip -m policy.pdf.zip executable.exe
Extract proposal.docx.zip's non-pathable files., unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
Extract files without directory structure from database.sql.zip, unzip -j database.sql.zip
Display verbose output while extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -v policy.pdf.zip
"If proposal.docx is more recent, update it in audio.mp3.zip.", zip -f audio.mp3.zip proposal.docx
Transfer the files to projects, find . -name report.pdf -exec mv {} projects \
"Disentangle memo.txt.zip, preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and listing files only to directory downloads_archive",unzip -K -o -l -d downloads_archive memo.txt.zip
Replace archives with audio.mp3 if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u audio.mp3 archives
Search for files with names containing 'log' and created in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""*log*"" -ctime -1"
Do not overwrite videos with video.mp4,mv -n video.mp4 videos
Print database.sql contents with line endings, cat -E database.sql
Print executable.exe making visible all control characters., cat -A executable.exe
Output the last 100 lines of presentation.pptx,cat presentation.pptx | tail -n 100
Copy configuration.ini to scripts_backup maintaining all attributes,cp -a configuration.ini scripts_backup
"If the parent directories and the directories videos, temp, and backups don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p videos && mkdir -p temp && mkdir -p backups
"Display configuration.ini, showing line numbers and non-printing characters",cat -n -v configuration.ini
"List files having coloured output, sorted in reverse order by size and modification time.",ls -SltrG
"Copy photo.png to projects_backup, ensuring that the user approves the overwrite.", cp -i photo.png projects_backup
Display all files including hidden ones,ls -a
"List all files in long format that begin with ""report"".",ls -l report*
Replicate proposal.docx to backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p proposal.docx backup
"Move policy.pdf to templates_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b policy.pdf templates_backup
Extract only newer files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -U spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Move the files to reports_archive after extracting them from temp that match *.mp4.,"tar -cvf - -C temp.zip . | tar xvf - -C reports_archive --wildcards ""*.mp4"""
Ask before replacing script.py in music,mv -i script.py music
"When zipping, disregard paths presentation.pptx.", zip -j report.pdf.zip presentation.pptx
"If policy.pdf is more recent or does not already exist in photos, move it there.",mv -u policy.pdf photos
Prompt before overwriting archives with spreadsheet.xlsx,mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Show line numbers for database.sql that are not blank., cat -b database.sql
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
"Move all files from 'reports' to 'presentations', then create a directory named 'videos' and copy all files from 'presentations' to 'videos'.",mv /reports/* /presentations/ | mkdir /videos/ | cp /presentations/* /videos/
Update existing files with newer versions from photo.png.zip, unzip -U photo.png.zip
Move the files in archives to downloads_archive after filtering them using *.pdf.,"grep ""*.pdf"" archives/* | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
List files sorted by time of modification,ls -t
Sort files based on size,ls -S
Transfer audio.mp3 to output and make a backup if files already exist, cp -b -i audio.mp3 output
Make a hard link to duplicate configuration.ini in projects_backup., cp -l configuration.ini projects_backup
Make a copy of presentation.pptx in backup while preserving all properties.,cp -a presentation.pptx backup
Maintain directory structure and backup projects to photos_backup, cp -r projects photos_backup
Freshen video.mp4 in script.py.zip, zip -f script.py.zip video.mp4
Extract files with verbose output from database.sql.zip, unzip -v database.sql.zip
Organise files according to when they were last modified and provide file sizes in a legible manner.,ls -ltSh
Recursive copying is used to transfer music to documents_backup while maintaining attributes., cp -r -p music documents_backup
Recursive copying is used to preserve the properties of backups after a backup to downloads_archive., cp -r -p backups downloads_archive
Show line numbers for database.sql that are not blank., cat -b database.sql
Output the last 10 lines of database.sql,cat database.sql | tail
Print inode numbers for each file,ls -i
"Create a directory called ""templates"" and copy all of the contents from ""videos"" to ""templates"" after moving all of the files from ""presentations"" to ""videos"".",mv /presentations/* /videos/ | mkdir /templates/ | cp /videos/* /templates/
Place image.jpg in music without considering it as a directory,mv -T image.jpg music
Reverse the file listing's order.,ls -r
Enumerate files with expanded properties.,ls -l
"Output executable.exe, configuration.ini, and image.jpg to proposal.docx",cat executable.exe configuration.ini image.jpg > proposal.docx
Gently unzip the contents of memo.txt.zip., unzip -q memo.txt.zip
Locate empty directories, find . -type d -empty
Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with human-readable sizes,ls -Sltrh
List the contents of report.pdf while displaying each control character., cat -A report.pdf
List files in long format,ls -l
Display the line ends for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -E spreadsheet.xlsx
Replace archives with photo.png only if it's newer or doesn't already exist,mv -u photo.png archives
Files from proposal.docx.zip should be extracted into backup., unzip -d backup proposal.docx.zip
Copy archives recursively to templates_backup, cp -r archives templates_backup
Display subfolders iteratively,ls -R
Duplicate photo.png to logs_archive and create backup copies,cp -b photo.png logs_archive
"Files can be sorted based on when they were last modified, and the output can be coloured and presented in a legible fashion.",ls -lt -hG
Duplicate configuration.ini to scripts_backup with a backup if files exist, cp -b -i configuration.ini scripts_backup
Make a copy of document.docx to documents_archive and obtain consent before making any changes.,cp -i document.docx documents_archive
Duplicate audio.mp3 to logs_archive and back up existing files,cp -b audio.mp3 logs_archive
Recursively list the directory tree,ls -R
Extract files from memo.txt.zip and overwrite existing files, unzip -o memo.txt.zip
Transfer photo.png to documents as if it were a regular file,mv -T photo.png documents
Zip reports and subdirectories, zip -r reports reports
"If the parent directories and the directories scripts, presentations, and reports don't already exist, create them with verbose output.",mkdir -p -v scripts && mkdir -p -v presentations && mkdir -p -v reports
"To transfer all of the files from 'videos' to 'archive', first create a directory called 'videos'.",mkdir /videos/ | cp /videos/* /videos/ | mv /videos/* /archive/
"Make a backup of database.sql, regard the destination as a file, don't overwrite, and show verbose output.",mv -bnvT database.sql presentations
Create directory photos and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p photos
"Create a directory named ""projects"" and list the files in it.",mkdir projects && ls projects
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b document.docx videos_backup
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then extract only the file names",ls -al | awk '{print $9}'
Display memo.txt in quiet mode, cat -q memo.txt
Duplicate proposal.docx to archive with interactive confirmation required,cp -i proposal.docx archive
"Move script.py forcefully to templates, ask for permission before overwriting, and treat the destination as a file.",mv -fiT script.py templates
Move files to databases, find . -name policy.pdf -execdir mv {} databases \
List file sizes in a format suitable for humans,ls -h
Duplicate presentation.pptx to downloads_archive and force replacement, cp -f presentation.pptx downloads_archive
Copy executable.exe to documents_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp --interactive executable.exe documents_archive
"Transfer all of the files from ""databases"" to ""reports,"" then zip them all together into a file called ""file_name].zip.""",cp /databases/* /reports/ | zip -r /reports/script.py.zip /reports/*
Change to documents_archive and extract files from report.pdf.zip, unzip -C documents_archive report.pdf.zip
Extract files from document.docx.zip and overwrite existing files, unzip -o document.docx.zip
Take presentation.pptx out of the document.docx.zip., zip -d document.docx.zip presentation.pptx
Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format with colored output,ls -lt -hG
"Generate a directory called 'images', transfer all the files from 'scripts' to 'archives', and lastly locate files that correspond to the pattern '*.ini'.","mkdir /images/ | cp /scripts/* /images/ | mv /images/* /archives/ | find /archives/ -name ""*.*.ini"""
"Before forcibly transferring photo.png to images, make a backup of it.",mv -bf photo.png images
Show configuration.ini with error messages suppressed, cat -q configuration.ini
List files in reverse order of their names,ls -r
Reverse the default sorting order,ls -r
Search files in databases for *.jpg and move them to templates_backup,"grep -rl ""*.jpg"" databases | xargs -I {} mv {} templates_backup"
"Zip files contract.pdf, video.mp4, policy.pdf into image.jpg.zip, using password 'pass123', verbose output",zip -P pass123 -v image.jpg.zip contract.pdf video.mp4 policy.pdf
Find files with names containing 'data' and modified more than 30 days ago,"find . -type f -name ""*data*"" -mtime +30"
"Prompt before overwriting database.sql in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iuT database.sql backups
Pack photo.png without any archive paths, zip -j photo.png.zip photo.png
Find files named spreadsheet.xlsx, find . -name spreadsheet.xlsx
Transfer script.py to downloads_archive and ask for user confirmation if files exist,cp -i script.py downloads_archive
Take image.jpg out of the configuration.ini.zip., zip -d configuration.ini.zip image.jpg
Extract files from photos.zip matching *.py and move to logs_archive,"tar -cvf - -C photos.zip . | tar xvf - -C logs_archive --wildcards ""*.py"""
"To documents_archive, copy logs. recursively", cp -r logs documents_archive
Maintain executable.exe properties while copying to documents_archive, cp -p executable.exe documents_archive
Mirror configuration.ini to archive using hard links, cp -l configuration.ini archive
Files should be sorted by size.,ls -S
List the contents of proposal.docx while displaying each control character., cat -A proposal.docx
Display file information in extended format,ls -l
Display files with colorized output,ls -G
Maintain database.sql's characteristics and backup it to backup, cp -p database.sql backup
"Make a backup copy of spreadsheet.xlsx and duplicate it to templates_backup with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx templates_backup
"Assume destination is a file, move only if it's newer, and ask before replacing audio.mp3 in templates.",mv -iTu audio.mp3 templates
Show the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
"Ignoring the directory structure, extract the files from report.pdf.zip", unzip -j report.pdf.zip
"Transfer configuration.ini to music_library and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -i configuration.ini music_library
Transfer audio.mp3 to reports_archive and forcefully replace existing files, cp -f audio.mp3 reports_archive
Show directory contents recursively,ls -R
Print inode numbers of files,ls -i
Copy files to music, find . -name video.mp4 -exec cp {} music \
Duplicate document.docx to templates_backup using hard links, cp -l document.docx templates_backup
Files should be shown in reverse sorted order.,ls -r
"Before transferring spreadsheet.xlsx to archives, ask for confirmation.",mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Add and move presentation.pptx to memo.txt.zip, zip -m memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx
View contents of photo.png.zip, unzip -l photo.png.zip
"Assume destination is a file, move only if it's newer, and ask before replacing proposal.docx in images.",mv -iTu proposal.docx images
List files sorted by size and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -Sh
See what's in database.sql.zip, unzip -l database.sql.zip
Present file sizes in an easily readable way.,ls -h
List directory tree recursively,ls -R
Extract files silently from proposal.docx.zip, unzip -q proposal.docx.zip
Copy script.py to documents_archive while preserving characteristics., cp -p script.py documents_archive
Print memo.txt with suppression of buffered output, cat -u memo.txt
List directory names only,ls -d
Print audio.mp3 without any warning errors, cat -q audio.mp3
Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with human-readable sizes,ls -Sltrh
List directory contents including hidden files,ls -a
Show line numbers for database.sql that are not blank., cat -b database.sql
Test integrity of presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -t presentation.pptx.zip
Silently extract the files from document.docx.zip., unzip -q document.docx.zip
Show line numbers for policy.pdf, cat -n policy.pdf
"Move document.docx to archives, overwriting the destination if necessary",mv -f document.docx archives
Find files larger than a given size by sorting files according to size and displaying file sizes in a way that is legible by humans.,ls -lSh | awk '$5 > 1000000 {print $0}'
List the lines that make up report.pdf in the list., cat -n report.pdf
Unprompted overwrite files when extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
Zip music along with its subfolders, zip -r music music
"Zip files presentation.pptx, policy.pdf, database.sql into configuration.ini.zip, excluding '*.log' files, verbose output",zip -x '*.log' -v configuration.ini.zip presentation.pptx policy.pdf database.sql
Test spreadsheet.xlsx.zip for corruption, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Transfer audio.mp3 to reports and display the output verbosely,mv -v audio.mp3 reports
Find the presentation.pptx files., find . -name presentation.pptx
Put contract.pdf into a new report.pdf.zip archive., zip -c report.pdf.zip contract.pdf
Extract the files from policy.pdf.zip by changing the directory to projects_backup., unzip -C projects_backup policy.pdf.zip
Enumerate every file in the active directory.,ls -a
"Search for files with read, write, and execute permissions for the user",find . -type f -perm -700
compel Make a backup of the current files and copy document.docx to temp_folder., cp -b -f document.docx temp_folder
Extract the files from report.pdf.zip by changing the directory to downloads_archive., unzip -C downloads_archive report.pdf.zip
Seek out blocking gadgets, find . -type b
Show non-blank line numbers for proposal.docx, cat -b proposal.docx
Mirror spreadsheet.xlsx to videos_backup and inquire as to whether the files are already there.,cp -i spreadsheet.xlsx videos_backup
"Before replacing presentation.pptx in projects, ask for confirmation.",mv -i presentation.pptx projects
Extract files from presentation.pptx.zip into temp_folder, unzip -d temp_folder presentation.pptx.zip
Backup logs to images_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -r logs images_backup
"Force copy audio.mp3 to output without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 output
"Move presentation.pptx to projects_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b presentation.pptx projects_backup
Look for files with the name database.sql., find . -name database.sql
Ask for confirmation before overwriting spreadsheet.xlsx with archives,mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
"Make a backup of video.mp4, don't replace it, and only move it if it's more recent.",mv -nbu video.mp4 presentations
Files will be shown sorted by size.,ls -S
"Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
"Compress files proposal.docx, report.pdf, contract.pdf into database.sql.zip, quietly, using password 'secure123', preserving paths",zip -q -r -P secure123 database.sql.zip proposal.docx report.pdf contract.pdf
Show line numbers for script.py that are not blank., cat -b script.py
Use gzip to compress files., find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Look through directories., find . -type d
Sort files by modification time,ls -t
"Create directory named ""databases"" and list files in it.",mkdir databases | ls databases
Files should be displayed in reverse order.,ls -r
Files should be listed according to size.,ls -S
"List all files with names starting with ""file"" in long format recursively",ls -lR file*
"Forcefully move document.docx to templates, but prompt before overwriting",mv -fi document.docx templates
Search for files named *.doc* in the current directory,"find . -name ""*.doc*"""
Put policy.pdf on silent display., cat -q policy.pdf
"Display the contents of video.mp4, showing non-printing characters and tabs as '^I'",cat -vT video.mp4
Display directories listed before files,ls --group-directories-first
"Forcefully move presentation.pptx to photos, but ask for approval",mv -if presentation.pptx photos
"List all files having ""notes"" in their names, sorted by size",ls -S *notes*
"Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to logs, then output detailed comments.",mv -v spreadsheet.xlsx logs
"Force copy audio.mp3 to output without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 output
Show file details in long format,ls -l
List the contents of script.py using the ^tabsI, cat -T script.py
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
Display hidden files and directories with extensive information in a lengthy manner.,ls -al
"While extracting files, extract image.jpg.zip", unzip -q image.jpg.zip
Preserve attributes of report.pdf while copying to downloads_archive, cp -p report.pdf downloads_archive
Place image.jpg in music without considering it as a directory,mv -T image.jpg music
Move image.jpg to presentations and replace existing files without asking,mv -f image.jpg presentations
Find directories modified more than 30 days ago,find . -type d -mtime +30
"Compress files proposal.docx, report.pdf, contract.pdf into database.sql.zip, quietly, using password 'secure123', preserving paths",zip -q -r -P secure123 database.sql.zip proposal.docx report.pdf contract.pdf
"Duplicate contract.pdf to documents_archive with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b contract.pdf documents_archive
"Transfer videos to documents_archive with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b videos documents_archive
"List all files ending with "".py"" with colored output",ls -G *.py
Transfer photo.png to scripts_backup by creating a hard link, cp -l photo.png scripts_backup
"Forcefully move database.sql to temp, prompt before overwriting, and treat destination as file",mv -fiT database.sql temp
"Unarchive video.mp4.zip, overwriting existing files, to directory photos_backup",unzip -o -d photos_backup video.mp4.zip
Display hidden files along with normal files,ls -a
Find files larger than a given size by sorting files according to size and displaying file sizes in a way that is legible by humans.,ls -lSh | awk '$5 > 1000000 {print $0}'
Find files with names containing 'data' and not readable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*data*"" ! -perm -o=r"
"From database.sql.zip, remove database.sql.", zip -d database.sql.zip database.sql
"Files are sorted in reverse order based on size and modification time, producing coloured output.",ls -SltrG
Extraction of files from video.mp4.zip enabling verbose mode, unzip -v video.mp4.zip
Show files listed in order of size,ls -S
"Push image.jpg hard to presentations, ask for confirmation, and only transfer if there's a newer version available.",mv -ifu image.jpg presentations
List directories themselves,ls -d
Files from script.py.zip should be extracted into output., unzip -d output script.py.zip
"Move configuration.ini to documents, prompting for confirmation",mv -i configuration.ini documents
Sync the contents of music_library with archives. moving files and utilising rsync,rsync -av --remove-source-files archives/ music_library
"Transfer database.sql firmly to projects, ask permission before overwriting, and only move if a newer version is available.",mv -fiu database.sql projects
Display each file on its own line,ls -1
Transferring report.pdf to photos_backup while preserving all properties,cp -a report.pdf photos_backup
Show audio.mp3 with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s audio.mp3
Recursively list the contents and subdirectories of a directory,ls -R
Provide password '*.pdf' to extract configuration.ini.zip, unzip -P *.pdf configuration.ini.zip
Display hidden folders and files with a coloured output.,ls -aG
Display verbose output while extracting contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
Display files sorted by file size,ls -S
List contents of memo.txt with non-printing characters displayed, cat -v memo.txt
Print each file's inode number.,ls -i
Print the contents of presentation.pptx with non-blank line numbering., cat -b presentation.pptx
Transfer audio.mp3 to reports and display the output verbosely,mv -v audio.mp3 reports
File compression with gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Clone image.jpg to images_backup with attribute preservation and creating a hard link, cp -p -l image.jpg images_backup
Zip backups repeatedly, zip -r backups backups
"List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order, then count the number of directories","ls -Sltr | grep ""^d"" | wc -l"
Delete files with name memo.txt, find . -name memo.txt -exec rm {} \
Present file sizes in a legible format.,ls -h
"Unzip the contents of ""database.sql"" into the directory ""music"" that has been created.",mkdir music && unzip database.sql.zip -d music
Extract configuration.ini.zip without displaying output, unzip -q configuration.ini.zip
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then search for a specific file","ls -Rl | grep ""filename"""
"Make directory ""music"" and move files from ""music"" to ""scripts_backup"".",mkdir music && mv music/* scripts_backup
List file sizes in a format suitable for humans,ls -h
Transferring report.pdf to photos_backup while preserving all properties,cp -a report.pdf photos_backup
Display files sorted by modification time,ls -t
"Transfer document.docx to temp, replacing current files without permission",mv -f document.docx temp
Update existing files with newer versions from photo.png.zip, unzip -U photo.png.zip
Zip databases including all subdirectories, zip -r databases databases
Find files with names containing 'data' and not readable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*data*"" ! -perm -o=r"
Provide password '*.jpg' to unzip image.jpg.zip, unzip -P *.jpg image.jpg.zip
Place photo.png inside of report.pdf.zip., zip -u report.pdf.zip photo.png
Create directory downloads and parent directories if they do not exist with verbose output,mkdir -p -v downloads
"Request permission before changing audio.mp3 to templates, treat the destination as a file, and provide detailed comments.",mv -TiV audio.mp3 templates
"Package files report.pdf, spreadsheet.xlsx, document.docx into document.docx.zip, using compression level 3, storing symbolic links",zip -3 -y document.docx.zip report.pdf spreadsheet.xlsx document.docx
Show non-blank line numbers for document.docx, cat -b document.docx
Display the line ends for memo.txt, cat -E memo.txt
Find files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
Overwrite databases with document.docx without prompting,mv -f document.docx databases
Search for files modified exactly 30 days ago, find . -mtime 30
Delete files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -type f -mtime +365 -delete
Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive and interactively confirm overwrite, cp -i spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
"Push proposal.docx firmly into projects, but ask to be asked before overwriting",mv -fi proposal.docx projects
"In photos, prompt before overwriting executable.exe, regard the destination as a file, and only move if it's more recent.",mv -iuT executable.exe photos
"Show directories themselves with detailed information, then list the number of files in each directory",ls -ld */ | xargs -I {} sh -c 'echo {}; ls -l {} | wc -l'
Transfer audio.mp3 to videos without erasing any formerly stored files.,mv -n audio.mp3 videos
Output the last 30 lines of database.sql,cat database.sql | tail -n 30
"Make directory ""videos"" and unzip contents of ""report.pdf.zip"" into it.",mkdir videos && unzip report.pdf.zip -d videos
Look for files under 100 KB in size., find . -size -100k
"Zip files report.pdf, presentation.pptx, photo.png into video.mp4.zip, using compression level 3",zip -3 video.mp4.zip report.pdf presentation.pptx photo.png
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
Copy report.pdf to downloads_archive and ask before replacing existing files,cp -i report.pdf downloads_archive
Display memo.txt with non-printing characters visible,cat -v memo.txt
Sync the contents of music_library with archives. moving files and utilising rsync,rsync -av --remove-source-files archives/ music_library
"Package files configuration.ini, photo.png, database.sql into document.docx.zip, displaying verbose output, storing file attributes",zip -v -X document.docx.zip configuration.ini photo.png database.sql
"List files with complete information organised by size and modification time in reverse order, then show the first 15 lines.",ls -Sltr | head -n 15
Present file sizes in a legible format.,ls -h
"List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order, then count the number of directories","ls -Sltr | grep ""^d"" | wc -l"
List contents of video.mp4 with buffered output suppression, cat -u video.mp4
"Package files presentation.pptx, document.docx, spreadsheet.xlsx into configuration.ini.zip, preserving paths, using password 'secure123'",zip -r -P secure123 configuration.ini.zip presentation.pptx document.docx spreadsheet.xlsx
"Disentangle memo.txt.zip, preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and listing files only to directory downloads_archive",unzip -K -o -l -d downloads_archive memo.txt.zip
Display video.mp4 with all control characters, cat -A video.mp4
Extract files from configuration.ini.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j configuration.ini.zip
Show presentation.pptx with characters that don't print, cat -v presentation.pptx
Print memo.txt with tabs represented as ^I, cat -T memo.txt
"Make directory ""temp"" and list files in ""temp"".",mkdir temp && ls temp
Show file details in long format,ls -l
Check contents of document.docx.zip, unzip -l document.docx.zip
"Transfer contract.pdf to photos, then output verbosely",mv -v contract.pdf photos
Display audio.mp3 with line endings, cat -E audio.mp3
"After providing a thorough description of every file in the current directory, remove directories.","ls -al | grep -v ""^d"""
Establish a hard link to move proposal.docx to photos_backup., cp -l proposal.docx photos_backup
Search for files with the extension '.txt',"find . -type f -name ""*.txt"""
Make a hard link duplicate of executable.exe in images_backup., cp -l executable.exe images_backup
Copy contract.pdf to documents_backup and create a hard link, cp -l contract.pdf documents_backup
"Sort files in a list according to when they were last modified, and provide file sizes in a legible manner.",ls -lt -h
Present file sizes in an understandable format for humans.,ls -h
Look for metaphorical connections., find . -type l
Display policy.pdf with suppressed empty lines, cat -s policy.pdf
Copy database.sql to documents_backup and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp --interactive database.sql documents_backup
Do not overwrite contract.pdf when moving to archives,mv -n contract.pdf archives
"List files having coloured output, sorted by size and modification time.",ls -SltG
"Prompt before overwriting document.docx in backups, treating destination as file",mv -iT document.docx backups
Create new archive document.docx.zip from report.pdf, zip -c document.docx.zip report.pdf
Display hidden files and directories with detailed information and colors,ls -alG
List directories and their contents recursively,ls -R
"Save a backup of image.jpg, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -nbu image.jpg reports
Replicate downloads to templates_backup recursively, cp -r downloads templates_backup
"Generate directory ""music"" and exclude file ""exclude2.pdf"" from it.",mkdir music && ls | grep -v exclude2.pdf
Create directory reports with verbose output,mkdir -v reports
Extract files with verbose output from database.sql.zip, unzip -v database.sql.zip
Display directories only,ls -d
Backup downloads to backup and preserve directory structure, cp -r downloads backup
Replicate database.sql to documents_archive and ask before replacing existing files, cp -i database.sql documents_archive
List files in memo.txt.zip, unzip -l memo.txt.zip
Check for corruption with configuration.ini.zip., unzip -t configuration.ini.zip
Preserve attributes of report.pdf while copying to downloads_archive, cp -p report.pdf downloads_archive
"Create directories videos, templates, backups with verbose output",mkdir -v videos && mkdir -v templates && mkdir -v backups
"If the parent directories and directory presentations don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p presentations
Replicate document.docx to videos_backup and forcefully overwrite existing files, cp -f document.docx videos_backup
Transfer document.docx to music_library while keeping all of its properties., cp -p document.docx music_library
"Package files audio.mp3, photo.png, presentation.pptx into policy.pdf.zip, saving extended attributes",zip -X policy.pdf.zip audio.mp3 photo.png presentation.pptx
"If music is outdated or nonexistent, substitute photo.png for it.",mv -u photo.png music
Show policy.pdf as ^ with tabsI, cat -T policy.pdf
"Zip files presentation.pptx, policy.pdf, database.sql into configuration.ini.zip, excluding '*.log' files, verbose output",zip -x '*.log' -v configuration.ini.zip presentation.pptx policy.pdf database.sql
"Forcefully move database.sql to temp, prompt before overwriting, and treat destination as file",mv -fiT database.sql temp
"If music is outdated or nonexistent, substitute photo.png for it.",mv -u photo.png music
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate memo.txt to music_library while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b memo.txt music_library
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
Backup current files and move downloads to templates_backup., cp -b -r downloads templates_backup
Place configuration.ini.zip inside executable.exe., zip -m configuration.ini.zip executable.exe
Extraction of image.jpg.zip in full, unzip -v image.jpg.zip
Provide a human-readable list of file sizes.,ls -h
Move spreadsheet.xlsx into script.py.zip, zip -m script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Find files with names ending in '.log' and larger than 1MB,"find . -type f -name ""*.log"" -size +1M"
Clone report.pdf with preserving attributes to scripts_backup,cp -a report.pdf scripts_backup
Force copy presentation.pptx to archive and create a backup of existing files, cp -b -f presentation.pptx archive
Display verbose output while extracting executable.exe.zip, unzip -v executable.exe.zip
Create zip of presentations and its contents, zip -r presentations presentations
Show audio.mp3 contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s audio.mp3
"Forcefully move presentation.pptx to photos, overwriting if necessary",mv -f presentation.pptx photos
"Concatenate audio.mp3 and spreadsheet.xlsx, numbering non-blank output lines",cat -b audio.mp3 spreadsheet.xlsx
Delete files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx -execdir rm {} \
Show directories listed first,ls --group-directories-first
"Clone image.jpg to images_backup with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b image.jpg images_backup
"Make a symbolic link named ""pointer"" pointing to ""archive"" and establish a new directory called ""projects"".",mkdir projects && ln -s archive pointer
Display hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information and colors,ls -alG
"In document.docx.zip, add database.sql and check for updates.", zip -f document.docx.zip database.sql
Zip backups repeatedly, zip -r backups backups
"Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to projects, replacing any files that are already there.",mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx projects
"Unpack proposal.docx.zip, preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.pdf' to directory documents_archive",unzip -K -o -j -d documents_archive proposal.docx.zip '*.pdf'
File compression with gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
Move contract.pdf with attribute preservation to scripts_backup, cp -p contract.pdf scripts_backup
List contents of photo.png with non-blank line numbers, cat -b photo.png
Fill database.sql with executable.exe.zip, zip -c database.sql.zip executable.exe
"Unpack proposal.docx.zip, preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.pdf' to directory documents_archive",unzip -K -o -j -d documents_archive proposal.docx.zip '*.pdf'
Verbose output should be displayed while extracting photo.png.zip., unzip -v photo.png.zip
Zip database.sql without directory structure, zip -j audio.mp3.zip database.sql
"Compress files presentation.pptx, proposal.docx, proposal.docx into document.docx.zip, compressing with best compression, preserving paths",zip -9 -r document.docx.zip presentation.pptx proposal.docx proposal.docx
Examine audio.mp3.zip for mistakes., unzip -t audio.mp3.zip
Move configuration.ini to templates as a regular file,mv -T configuration.ini templates
Find files with names ending in '.txt' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""*.txt"" -mtime -7"
List files sorted by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format,ls -lt -h
Making a hard link and mirroring presentation.pptx to reports_archive while preserving properties, cp -p -l presentation.pptx reports_archive
Remove all files with the name executable.exe., find . -name executable.exe -exec rm {} \
"List all files and directories, including hidden ones",ls -a
Replace scripts with configuration.ini without confirmation,mv -f configuration.ini scripts
Files should be sorted by size.,ls -S
"Push database.sql hard to presentations, ask for confirmation, and only transfer if there's a newer version available.",mv -ifu database.sql presentations
Find any files with less than 100 KB., find . -size -100k
"Zip files executable.exe, contract.pdf, video.mp4 into report.pdf.zip, using compression level 6, verbose output",zip -6 -v report.pdf.zip executable.exe contract.pdf video.mp4
"Create directory ""templates"" and move files matching pattern ""*.py"" to it.",mkdir templates && mv **.py* templates
"Zip the contents of the newly created directory ""backups"" into the file ""spreadsheet.xlsx.zip"".",mkdir backups && zip spreadsheet.xlsx.zip backups/*
Output memo.txt with visible non-printing characters., cat -v memo.txt
Verbose mode: Move image.jpg to documents,mv -v image.jpg documents
Make a backup of the current files and copy memo.txt to downloads_archive.,cp -b memo.txt downloads_archive
"Display report.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT report.pdf
"Show every file, even those that are hidden.",ls -a
Make a copy of document.docx in projects_backup and forcefully replace any existing files., cp -f document.docx projects_backup
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip into photos_backup, unzip -d photos_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Extract files with verbose output from database.sql.zip, unzip -v database.sql.zip
"Make 'music', copy a file 'spreadsheet.xlsx' into it, and then delete the original file.",mkdir /music/ | cp /spreadsheet.xlsx /music/ | rm /spreadsheet.xlsx
Verbose extraction of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
Make a hard link by copying script.py to projects_backup and maintaining all of its properties., cp -p -l script.py projects_backup
Print the contents of database.sql with non-blank line numbering., cat -b database.sql
Place all of scripts's files in an archive.s, zip -r scripts scripts
"Display configuration.ini, showing tabs as spaces",cat -T configuration.ini
Mirror proposal.docx with properties preserved to videos_backup, cp -p proposal.docx videos_backup
"List all files ending with "".py"" with colored output",ls -G *.py
"Mirror proposal.docx to videos_backup with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx videos_backup
Erase spreadsheet.xlsx from presentation.pptx.zip, zip -d presentation.pptx.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Files are sorted by modification time.,ls -t
Clone database.sql with preserving attributes to temp_folder, cp -p database.sql temp_folder
Show all files including hidden files,ls -a
Extraction of files from video.mp4.zip enabling verbose mode, unzip -v video.mp4.zip
"Archive files script.py, memo.txt, database.sql into script.py.zip, displaying verbose output, including empty directories",zip -v -r0 script.py.zip script.py memo.txt database.sql
Check for updates and add document.docx to image.jpg.zip, zip -f image.jpg.zip document.docx
silently list the contents of configuration.ini, cat -q configuration.ini
"Package files video.mp4, script.py, video.mp4 into policy.pdf.zip, compressing with best compression",zip -9 policy.pdf.zip video.mp4 script.py video.mp4
Ask before overwriting backups with image.jpg,mv -i image.jpg backups
Only use configuration.ini in place of scripts if it is less than or equal to that directory.,mv -u configuration.ini scripts
Replace databases with spreadsheet.xlsx if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx databases
"Create a backup of script.py, do not overwrite, display verbose output, and treat destination as file",mv -bnvT script.py archives
"Extract image.jpg.zip, then update your files with the latest versions.", unzip -U image.jpg.zip
Make executable.exe.zip that includes report.pdf, zip -c executable.exe.zip report.pdf
"In document.docx.zip, add database.sql and check for updates.", zip -f document.docx.zip database.sql
Print audio.mp3 using the symbol ^ for the tabs.I, cat -T audio.mp3
Synchronize contents of photos with archive using rsync and move files,rsync -av --remove-source-files photos/ archive
Transfer proposal.docx to images_backup and prompt before replacing files, cp -i proposal.docx images_backup
Transfer memo.txt as a normal file to music.,mv -T memo.txt music
Move proposal.docx to photos_backup and request confirmation from the user to see if the files are there.,cp -i proposal.docx photos_backup
Files from configuration.ini.zip should be extracted into documents_backup., unzip -d documents_backup configuration.ini.zip
"If the parent directories and directory documents don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p documents
"Transfer presentations to music_library and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp -ir presentations music_library
Examine video.mp4.zip for consistency., unzip -t video.mp4.zip
Test presentation.pptx.zip for errors, unzip -t presentation.pptx.zip
"Copy proposal.docx to music_library, making a backup copy of the original files.", cp -b -p proposal.docx music_library
Find directories modified more than 30 days ago,find . -type d -mtime +30
Print executable.exe while suppressing the output from the buffer., cat -u executable.exe
Show inode numbers of files,ls -i
Make executable.exe.zip that includes report.pdf, zip -c executable.exe.zip report.pdf
Display files in order of modification timestamp,ls -t
Zip templates recursively, zip -r templates templates
Files should be sorted with human-readable sizes in reverse order based on size and modification time.,ls -Sltrh
Display characters for executable.exe that aren't printed, cat -v executable.exe
Ignore directory structure when zipping configuration.ini, zip -j photo.png.zip configuration.ini
"List all files with names starting with ""image"" showing inode numbers",ls -i image*
Provide password '*.txt' to unzip policy.pdf.zip, unzip -P *.txt policy.pdf.zip
Output the last 20 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | tail -n 20
"Concatenate report.pdf and report.pdf, numbering non-empty output lines and showing non-printing characters and tabs as '^I'",cat -b -vT report.pdf report.pdf
"Move script.py to downloads, handling it as though it were a regular file.",mv -T script.py downloads
Sort files by size and display detailed information in long format,ls -Sl
Pack photo.png without any archive paths, zip -j photo.png.zip photo.png
Copy script.py to documents_archive while preserving characteristics., cp -p script.py documents_archive
Take remove the files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip that provide verbose output., unzip -v spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Extract files from document.docx.zip into archive, unzip -d archive document.docx.zip
Show hidden files and directories with descriptive text and colourful images.,ls -alG
Fill database.sql with executable.exe.zip, zip -c database.sql.zip executable.exe
"Copy all files from 'temp' to 'images', then compress them into a zip file named 'script.py.zip'.",cp /temp/* /images/ | zip -r /images/script.py.zip /images/*
Verify the image.jpg.zip's integrity., zip -T image.jpg.zip
Seek for files bearing the image.jpg name., find . -name image.jpg
Search for files modified exactly 30 days ago, find . -mtime 30
Copy policy.pdf to output and make sure to have permission before deleting old files., cp -i policy.pdf output
"Archive files presentation.pptx, presentation.pptx, report.pdf into memo.txt.zip, using compression level 6, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -6 -x '*.tmp' memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx presentation.pptx report.pdf
"Force copy audio.mp3 to output without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 output
Move files modified in the last 24 hours from templates to reports_archive,find templates -type f -mtime -1 -exec mv {} reports_archive \;
Extract the files from script.py.zip by changing the directory to output., unzip -C output script.py.zip
Move policy.pdf to logs_archive and yank out the current files with force., cp -f policy.pdf logs_archive
Transfer proposal.docx to images_backup and prompt before replacing files, cp -i proposal.docx images_backup
"Unarchive configuration.ini.zip, only extracting files matching pattern '*.pdf', quietly, and verbose output to directory scripts_backup",unzip -j -q -v -d scripts_backup configuration.ini.zip '*.pdf'
List file sizes in human-readable format,ls -h
Transfer proposal.docx to reports_archive and interactively confirm overwrite, cp -i proposal.docx reports_archive
Copy database.sql to images_backup and preserve all attributes,cp -a database.sql images_backup
Take the files out of proposal.docx.zip. disregarding the directory structure, unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
Archive report.pdf into new proposal.docx.zip, zip -c proposal.docx.zip report.pdf
Display photo.png with line numbers, cat -n photo.png
Show hidden files and directories in a lengthy format with sizes that are readable by humans and full information.,ls -alh
Unzip files from presentation.pptx.zip quietly, unzip -q presentation.pptx.zip
Replicate audio.mp3 to temp_folder while retaining its attributes, cp -p audio.mp3 temp_folder
List the lines that make up report.pdf in the list., cat -n report.pdf
"In music, prompt before overwriting proposal.docx, regard the destination as a file, and only move if it's more recent.",mv -iuT proposal.docx music
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip into images_backup, unzip -d images_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Change directory to projects_backup and extract files from script.py.zip, unzip -C projects_backup script.py.zip
Show files having output that is colourized.,ls -G
Unzip files from video.mp4.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j video.mp4.zip
Retrieve script.py encrypted.'*.doc*' as the password for zip, unzip -P *.doc* script.py.zip
Display file sizes in human-readable form,ls -h
Show the inode numbers for files.,ls -i
Extract files from document.docx.zip into archive, unzip -d archive document.docx.zip
Silently unzip the files from image.jpg.zip., unzip -q image.jpg.zip
"Ask before replacing database.sql in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iTu database.sql backups
Print executable.exe while suppressing the output from the buffer., cat -u executable.exe
Show memo.txt with every control character present., cat -A memo.txt
List contents of policy.pdf with tabs shown as ^I, cat -T policy.pdf
Replicate audio.mp3 to temp_folder while retaining its attributes, cp -p audio.mp3 temp_folder
Move contract.pdf to scripts and print verbose feedback,mv -v contract.pdf scripts
"Without asking, force copy audio.mp3 to archive", cp -f audio.mp3 archive
"Push photo.png firmly into templates, but ask to be asked before overwriting",mv -fi photo.png templates
Print proposal.docx using the symbol ^ for the tabs.I, cat -T proposal.docx
Show suppressed buffered output for image.jpg, cat -u image.jpg
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -o policy.pdf.zip
Extract encrypted database.sql.zip with password '*.doc*', unzip -P *.doc* database.sql.zip
Search for files with names containing 'document' and not writable by the group,"find . -type f -name ""*document*"" ! -perm -g=w"
"Decompress video.mp4.zip, extracting files matching pattern '*.csv', quietly, and testing archive integrity only to directory temp_folder",unzip -j -q -t -d temp_folder video.mp4.zip '*.csv'
"List every file, hidden files included.",ls -a
Provide password '*.py' to extract memo.txt.zip, unzip -P *.py memo.txt.zip
"Unarchive spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, quietly and extracting to standard output to directory temp_folder",unzip -q -p -d temp_folder spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Look for metaphorical connections., find . -type l
Search for files with name database.sql, find . -name database.sql
"Archive files script.py, executable.exe, video.mp4 into script.py.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -n '*.txt' -x '*.tmp' script.py.zip script.py executable.exe video.mp4
Move files to scripts, find . -name script.py -execdir mv {} scripts \
Display files with colorized output,ls -G
Make a copy of report.pdf in logs_archive and make a backup of the current files.,cp -b report.pdf logs_archive
List files one per line,ls -1
"Package files configuration.ini, photo.png, database.sql into document.docx.zip, displaying verbose output, storing file attributes",zip -v -X document.docx.zip configuration.ini photo.png database.sql
Print inode numbers of files,ls -i
"Prompt before overwriting memo.txt in logs, treating destination as file",mv -iT memo.txt logs
Replace spreadsheet.xlsx in archives without asking,mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx archives
"Extract spreadsheet.xlsx.zip with password '123pass', preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and extracting symbolic links to directory music_library",unzip -P 123pass -K -o -l -d music_library spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Display the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Display file inode numbers,ls -i
Add and move presentation.pptx to memo.txt.zip, zip -m memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx
Extract the files from memo.txt.zip without a directory structure., unzip -j memo.txt.zip
Extract files from presentation.pptx.zip into temp_folder, unzip -d temp_folder presentation.pptx.zip
Make executable.exe a new archive.zip including image.jpg, zip -c executable.exe.zip image.jpg
"In image.jpg.zip, add contract.pdf and check for updates.", zip -f image.jpg.zip contract.pdf
List files sorted by size and modification time with colored output,ls -SltG
Unarchive image.jpg.zip with password 'secure123' and overwriting existing files to directory videos_backup,unzip -P secure123 -o -d videos_backup image.jpg.zip
"Package files script.py, image.jpg, database.sql into presentation.pptx.zip, using compression level 3, silently",zip -3 -q presentation.pptx.zip script.py image.jpg database.sql
Files should be listed in the lengthy listing format.,ls -l
List the files in reverse order based on size and modification time.,ls -Sltr
Copy video.mp4 to templates_backup while preserving its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l video.mp4 templates_backup
Create archive of photos and its contents, zip -r photos photos
Look for files under 100 KB in size., find . -size -100k
Display the names of directories but not their contents.,ls -d
Display report.pdf with line numbers, cat -n report.pdf
Output the first 50 lines of spreadsheet.xlsx,cat spreadsheet.xlsx | head -n 50
Put contract.pdf into a new report.pdf.zip archive., zip -c report.pdf.zip contract.pdf
"Move the files to documents_archive from documents, then delete them from the source.",rsync -av --remove-source-files documents/ documents_archive
Show non-printing characters for memo.txt, cat -v memo.txt
Reverse the order of file listing,ls -r
Replace videos with memo.txt only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u memo.txt videos
Clone music to archive along with its subdirectories, cp -r music archive
"Zip files spreadsheet.xlsx, document.docx, report.pdf into script.py.zip, using compression level 6, verbose output, including empty directories",zip -6 -v -r0 script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx document.docx report.pdf
"List all files with names ending in "".mp4"" sorted by modification time",ls -t *.mp4
List file sizes in a way understandable to humans,ls -h
Extract encrypted report.pdf.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py report.pdf.zip
"compel Without asking, copy presentation.pptx to archive.", cp -f presentation.pptx archive
Fill database.sql with executable.exe.zip, zip -c database.sql.zip executable.exe
"Zip files configuration.ini, proposal.docx, policy.pdf into memo.txt.zip, displaying verbose output",zip -v memo.txt.zip configuration.ini proposal.docx policy.pdf
List contents of script.py with non-blank line numbers, cat -b script.py
Show the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Sort files by size and display detailed information in long format,ls -Sl
Show tabs as ^I for contract.pdf, cat -T contract.pdf
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -exec gzip {} \
"Unarchive configuration.ini.zip, only extracting files matching pattern '*.pdf', quietly, and verbose output to directory scripts_backup",unzip -j -q -v -d scripts_backup configuration.ini.zip '*.pdf'
Print report.pdf with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s report.pdf
Find files owned by the user and group *.py,find . -type f -user *.py -group *.py
Transfer the files to reports, find . -name proposal.docx -execdir mv {} reports \
Display the contents of document.docx with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s document.docx
List all files in the current directory,ls -a
Transfer files larger than 1 MB from projects_backup to music,find music -type f -size +1M -exec mv {} projects_backup \;
Search for files between 1GB and 2GB in size, find . -size +1G -size -2G
Display files in order of modification timestamp,ls -t
Duplicate presentation.pptx to downloads_archive and force replacement, cp -f presentation.pptx downloads_archive
Show presentation.pptx with characters that don't print, cat -v presentation.pptx
Duplicate audio.mp3 to backup with user confirmation for overwrite, cp -i audio.mp3 backup
Find files with a size of precisely 50 bytes., find . -size 50c
Find any files with less than 100 KB., find . -size -100k
Show files listed in order of size,ls -S
"Prompt before overwriting database.sql in backups, treat destination as file, and move only if newer",mv -iuT database.sql backups
Update report.pdf in presentation.pptx.zip if newer, zip -f presentation.pptx.zip report.pdf
Remove all files with the name policy.pdf., find . -name policy.pdf -exec rm {} \
Clone scripts and all of its subdirectories to archive., cp -r scripts archive
Display non-printing characters while listing the contents of database.sql, cat -v database.sql
"Provide a complete list of every file in the current directory, then extract just the file names.",ls -al | awk '{print $9}'
"Compress files presentation.pptx, audio.mp3, presentation.pptx into contract.pdf.zip, compressing with best compression, verbose output",zip -9 -v contract.pdf.zip presentation.pptx audio.mp3 presentation.pptx
Ignore paths when extracting files from contract.pdf.zip, unzip -j contract.pdf.zip
Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output,ls -SltrG
Copy script.py to reports_archive while keeping all of its properties.,cp -a script.py reports_archive
"Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
Display audio.mp3 with line endings, cat -E audio.mp3
Recursively copy music to documents_archive, cp -r music documents_archive
Create a backup and force move contract.pdf to photos,mv -fb contract.pdf photos
Replace databases with spreadsheet.xlsx if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx databases
Provide password '*.py' to extract memo.txt.zip, unzip -P *.py memo.txt.zip
Do not overwrite videos with video.mp4,mv -n video.mp4 videos
Sort files by size,ls -S
Unzip files from proposal.docx.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
"Move document.docx to logs_archive, and if the files are already there, create a backup.", cp -b -i document.docx logs_archive
"To photos, copy the files.", find . -name database.sql -exec cp {} photos \
Move policy.pdf to archives and overwrite existing files,mv -f policy.pdf archives
Extract configuration.ini.zip without displaying output, unzip -q configuration.ini.zip
Move image.jpg to proposal.docx.zip and add it., zip -m proposal.docx.zip image.jpg
Display characters for video.mp4 that aren't printed, cat -v video.mp4
"Make directory ""videos"" and unzip contents of ""report.pdf.zip"" into it.",mkdir videos && unzip report.pdf.zip -d videos
Allow colour output.,ls -G
"Create a backup of photo.png, regard the destination as a file, display detailed feedback, and refrain from overwriting.",mv -nbvT photo.png videos
Clone report.pdf to reports_archive with attribute preservation and creating a hard link, cp -p -l report.pdf reports_archive
Count the number of directories after listing the files in reverse order based on size and modification time.,"ls -Sltr | grep ""^d"" | wc -l"
Copy document.docx to output while preserving its attributes, cp -p document.docx output
Use recursive copying to move reports to images_backup, cp -r reports images_backup
Extract files from database.sql.zip into documents_archive, unzip -d documents_archive database.sql.zip
"Archive files script.py, executable.exe, video.mp4 into script.py.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -n '*.txt' -x '*.tmp' script.py.zip script.py executable.exe video.mp4
"Open audio.mp3.zip, extract the contents, and replace any existing files.", unzip -o audio.mp3.zip
Replace any files that are currently in reports with configuration.ini,mv -f configuration.ini reports
Display audio.mp3 with line numbers, cat -n audio.mp3
Clone report.pdf with preserving attributes to scripts_backup,cp -a report.pdf scripts_backup
Verify configuration.ini.zip's integrity., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
"Prior to replacing spreadsheet.xlsx with templates, get confirmation.",mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx templates
Contents of executable.exe.zip are listed., unzip -l executable.exe.zip
Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to archive without prompting and preserving attributes, cp -f -p spreadsheet.xlsx archive
Recursively list folders and their contents,ls -R
List files one per line,ls -1
Make a hard link to duplicate configuration.ini in projects_backup., cp -l configuration.ini projects_backup
Files are sorted by modification time.,ls -t
Move image.jpg to temp and handle it as a regular file,mv -T image.jpg temp
Print document.docx while preventing the display of several blank lines., cat -s document.docx
Extract files with verbose output from database.sql.zip, unzip -v database.sql.zip
Print files listed individually,ls -1
Make a copy of presentation.pptx in backup while preserving all properties.,cp -a presentation.pptx backup
Copy report.pdf to logs_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -i report.pdf logs_archive
Find empty directories, find . -type d -empty
"Before replacing downloads with script.py, prompt",mv -i script.py downloads
List files inside presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -l presentation.pptx.zip
"List subdirectories in a recursive manner with comprehensive details, and then determine the overall disc consumption.",ls -Rl | du -h
Enumerate files with expanded properties.,ls -l
Delete files with name database.sql, find . -name database.sql -delete
Silently unzip the files from image.jpg.zip., unzip -q image.jpg.zip
Display verbose output while extracting policy.pdf.zip, unzip -v policy.pdf.zip
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then sort them by modification time in reverse order","ls -al | sort -k6,6r"
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
"Before replacing files, mirror contract.pdf to documents_archive and ask questions interactively.", cp -i contract.pdf documents_archive
Make a backup of the current files and force copy photo.png to downloads_archive., cp -b -f photo.png downloads_archive
Display video.mp4 with line endings, cat -E video.mp4
Duplicate executable.exe to music_library and backup existing files, cp -b -p executable.exe music_library
Use recursive copying to move reports to images_backup, cp -r reports images_backup
Look for regular files, find . -type f
Find files with names containing 'data' and not readable by others,"find . -type f -name ""*data*"" ! -perm -o=r"
Show line numbers for video.mp4, cat -n video.mp4
Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information and colors,ls -RdlG
Print each file's inode number.,ls -i
Search for files modified exactly 30 days ago, find . -mtime 30
List directories themselves with colored output and detailed information,ls -dGl
"Make ""temp"" the directory and zip the files ""memo.txt, ""memo.txt, and ""report.pdf"" into it.",mkdir temp && zip temp.zip memo.txt memo.txt report.pdf
Files should be shown sorted by modification time.,ls -t
"List all files containing ""important"" with human-readable sizes",ls -h *important*
Count the number of lines after hidden files and directories are displayed in long format.,ls -al | wc -l
Extract files from policy.pdf.zip into templates_backup, unzip -d templates_backup policy.pdf.zip
"Before overwriting, move proposal.docx to logs and prompt.",mv -i proposal.docx logs
Remove script.py from presentation.pptx.zip, zip -d presentation.pptx.zip script.py
"Compress files proposal.docx, report.pdf, contract.pdf into database.sql.zip, quietly, using password 'secure123', preserving paths",zip -q -r -P secure123 database.sql.zip proposal.docx report.pdf contract.pdf
Search for files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
"Move audio.mp3 to photos_backup, verify overwrite interactively, maintain attributes, and make a backup.", cp -i -p -b audio.mp3 photos_backup
Show hidden files with regular files.,ls -a
"Backup backups to images_backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, creating a backup", cp -r -p -b backups images_backup
Check contents of document.docx.zip, unzip -l document.docx.zip
Show proposal.docx with error messages suppressed, cat -q proposal.docx
Provide a human-readable list of file sizes.,ls -h
Clone document.docx to music_library and ask for permission before replacing,cp -i document.docx music_library
Move executable.exe to music without asking to overwrite,mv -n executable.exe music
Sort files according to size and provide extensive information in lengthy format.,ls -Sl
Show files in a format with colour.,ls -G
"Forcefully move script.py to templates, but prompt before overwriting",mv -fi script.py templates
Mirror documents to templates_backup recursively, cp -r documents templates_backup
Provide password '*.txt' to extract proposal.docx.zip, unzip -P *.txt proposal.docx.zip
Show line endings for contract.pdf, cat -E contract.pdf
"Zip files proposal.docx, database.sql, memo.txt into report.pdf.zip, storing file attributes, displaying verbose output",zip -X -v report.pdf.zip proposal.docx database.sql memo.txt
"If the parent directories and directory logs don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p logs
Put every file on a separate line.,ls -1
Make a fresh archive with video.mp4.zip from photo.png, zip -c video.mp4.zip photo.png
"Prompt before overwriting document.docx in backups, treating destination as file",mv -iT document.docx backups
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and not modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -mtime +7"
Show the inode numbers for files.,ls -i
"Replicate executable.exe to templates_backup while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b executable.exe templates_backup
Move audio.mp3 to templates and treat it as a regular file,mv -T audio.mp3 templates
Examine contract.pdf.zip for mistakes., unzip -t contract.pdf.zip
"Ask before replacing script.py in backups, treat destination as file, and show verbose feedback",mv -TiV script.py backups
"Show each file separately, one on a line.",ls -1
Look for files exactly 50 bytes in size, find . -size 50c
"Zip files contract.pdf, video.mp4, policy.pdf into image.jpg.zip, using password 'pass123', verbose output",zip -P pass123 -v image.jpg.zip contract.pdf video.mp4 policy.pdf
Show buffered output suppressed for policy.pdf, cat -u policy.pdf
"Make directory ""temp"" and list files in ""temp"".",mkdir temp && ls temp
Extract encrypted photo.png.zip with password '*.pdf', unzip -P *.pdf photo.png.zip
Unzip files from proposal.docx.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
"Establish directory ""scripts"" and concatenate files ""proposal.docx"", ""photo.png"", ""spreadsheet.xlsx"" into it.",mkdir scripts && cat proposal.docx photo.png spreadsheet.xlsx > scripts/concatenated_file.txt
Show line endings for executable.exe, cat -E executable.exe
Show presentation.pptx with line numbers that aren't blank., cat -b presentation.pptx
"Move spreadsheet.xlsx to downloads_archive in duplicate, then replace it.", cp -f spreadsheet.xlsx downloads_archive
Find directories with names starting with 'dir',"find . -type d -name ""dir*"""
Transfer executable.exe to projects_backup while maintaining attributes,cp -a executable.exe projects_backup
Display report.pdf with the error messages hidden, cat -q report.pdf
Show hidden files and directories in long format with colored output,ls -alG
Print script.py with non-printing characters visible, cat -v script.py
"Compress files presentation.pptx, audio.mp3, presentation.pptx into contract.pdf.zip, compressing with best compression, verbose output",zip -9 -v contract.pdf.zip presentation.pptx audio.mp3 presentation.pptx
Display hidden files and directories with detailed information and colors,ls -alG
"List files with complete information organised by size and modification time in reverse order, then show the first 15 lines.",ls -Sltr | head -n 15
"Prior to replacing image.jpg in projects, get permission. Treat the destination file.",mv -Ti image.jpg projects
"Transfer logs to logs_archive with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b logs logs_archive
Freshen video.mp4 in audio.mp3.zip, zip -f audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
Transfer configuration.ini to documents in an unaltered manner,mv -n configuration.ini documents
List the contents of the directories after displaying them with coloured output.,ls -dG */ | xargs ls -lG
"Before replacing, copy audio.mp3 to images_backup and ask for approval.",cp -i audio.mp3 images_backup
"Make 'music', copy a file 'spreadsheet.xlsx' into it, and then delete the original file.",mkdir /music/ | cp /spreadsheet.xlsx /music/ | rm /spreadsheet.xlsx
"List all files, arranged by size, with the word ""notes"" in their names.",ls -S *notes*
Display directory names instead of their contents,ls -d
Show hidden files and directories in a lengthy format with sizes that are readable by humans and full information.,ls -alh
Search for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Test spreadsheet.xlsx.zip for corruption, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Duplicate image.jpg to archive with user confirmation for overwrite and preserving attributes, cp -i -p image.jpg archive
Search for files owned by user *.png,"find . -type f -user ""*.png"""
"Compress files memo.txt, executable.exe, executable.exe into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, preserving paths, verbose output",zip -x '*.tmp' -r -v spreadsheet.xlsx.zip memo.txt executable.exe executable.exe
Change directory to output and extract files from document.docx.zip, unzip -C output document.docx.zip
Move the files listed in images to videos_backup. maintaining the directory structure,find images -type f -exec mv -t videos_backup -- {} +
Print database.sql contents with line endings, cat -E database.sql
Create zip of presentations and its contents, zip -r presentations presentations
"Using attribute preservation, clone video.mp4 to temp_folder, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b video.mp4 temp_folder
Duplicate executable.exe to music_library and backup existing files, cp -b -p executable.exe music_library
"Create a backup of audio.mp3, do not overwrite, and display verbose output",mv -bnv audio.mp3 presentations
Transfer files to output from temp and add a timestamp to the filename,"find temp -type f -exec sh -c 'mv ""$1"" ""$2/$(basename ""$1"")_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)""' sh {} output \;"
"List all files having ""notes"" in their names, sorted by size",ls -S *notes*
Display document.docx with all control characters, cat -A document.docx
Display the line counts for executable.exe, cat -n executable.exe
Replace videos with memo.txt only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u memo.txt videos
Make a hard link by copying script.py to projects_backup and maintaining all of its properties., cp -p -l script.py projects_backup
Refresh memo.txt in the zip file script.py., zip -f script.py.zip memo.txt
Make directory images and output verbosely,mkdir -v images
Recursively list directory contents,ls -R
Display files in order of modification timestamp,ls -t
Copy document.docx to photos_backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p document.docx photos_backup
Prompt for confirmation before replacing document.docx in music,mv -i document.docx music
Extract files from image.jpg.zip into downloads_archive, unzip -d downloads_archive image.jpg.zip
Extract files from audio.mp3.zip into projects_backup, unzip -d projects_backup audio.mp3.zip
Output the first 20 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | head -n 20
Put every file on a separate line.,ls -1
Display image.jpg with buffered output suppressed, cat -u image.jpg
Locate the contract.pdf files., find . -name contract.pdf
Locate files exactly 50 bytes in size, find . -size 50c
Replace videos with memo.txt only if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u memo.txt videos
Display files with extended information,ls -l
Copy report.pdf to downloads_archive and ask before replacing existing files,cp -i report.pdf downloads_archive
Recursive copying is used to preserve the properties of reports after a backup to logs_archive., cp -r -p reports logs_archive
List contents of policy.pdf with tabs shown as ^I, cat -T policy.pdf
"Forcefully move document.docx to reports, prompt before overwriting, and treat destination as file",mv -fiT document.docx reports
Zip memo.txt ignoring directory structure, zip -j configuration.ini.zip memo.txt
Extract configuration.ini.zip without displaying output, unzip -q configuration.ini.zip
Replace any files that are currently in reports with configuration.ini,mv -f configuration.ini reports
Search for directories named *.pdf in the current directory,"find . -type d -name ""*.pdf"""
Find files larger than 1MB,find . -type f -size +1M
Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive and interactively confirm overwrite, cp -i spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
Find the specified pipes., find . -type p
"Move video.mp4 to documents with force, prompt for confirmation, and treat destination as file",mv -ifT video.mp4 documents
List directories themselves,ls -d
Replicate database.sql to documents_archive and ask before replacing existing files, cp -i database.sql documents_archive
"Display tabs as ~For memo.txt, I", cat -T memo.txt
Present file sizes in a legible format.,ls -h
Display the line ends for memo.txt, cat -E memo.txt
Recursive copying is used to transfer music to documents_backup while maintaining attributes., cp -r -p music documents_backup
"Create a backup of video.mp4, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -bnu video.mp4 documents
Find files larger than 1MB, find . -size +1M
Copy spreadsheet.xlsx to reports_archive and create a backup of existing files,cp -b spreadsheet.xlsx reports_archive
"Package files executable.exe, document.docx, report.pdf into configuration.ini.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, preserving paths",zip -x '*.tmp' -r configuration.ini.zip executable.exe document.docx report.pdf
"Make a ""music"" directory and add files to it.",mkdir music | ls music
Filter files in templates based on *.mp3 and move them to downloads_archive,"grep ""*.mp3"" templates/* | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
Show non-blank line numbers for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -b spreadsheet.xlsx
Replicate video.mp4 to backup preserving attributes,cp -a video.mp4 backup
List files in reverse order of modification time,ls -r
Move the files in archives to downloads_archive after filtering them using *.pdf.,"grep ""*.pdf"" archives/* | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
"Before replacing current files, copy report.pdf to music_library and be sure to ask.",cp -i report.pdf music_library
Forcefully move audio.mp3 to photos without prompting,mv -f audio.mp3 photos
Display file inode numbers,ls -i
Refresh report.pdf in the zip file proposal.docx., zip -f proposal.docx.zip report.pdf
Extract files with verbose mode enabled from image.jpg.zip, unzip -v image.jpg.zip
"Extract spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, verbose output, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -v -d downloads_archive spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Create archive of photos and its contents, zip -r photos photos
Check for updates and add proposal.docx to executable.exe.zip, zip -f executable.exe.zip proposal.docx
Show line numbers for contract.pdf, cat -n contract.pdf
Remove spreadsheet.xlsx from database.sql.zip, zip -d database.sql.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Transfer files larger than 1 MB from projects_backup to music,find music -type f -size +1M -exec mv {} projects_backup \;
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
Verbose output: Move photo.png to databases,mv -v photo.png databases
"Assume destination is a file, move only if it's newer, and ask before replacing audio.mp3 in templates.",mv -iTu audio.mp3 templates
Print configuration.ini with non-printing characters visible, cat -v configuration.ini
Show file sizes in human-readable units,ls -h
Look for files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
Mirror proposal.docx to music_library and overwrite existing files without seeking permission, cp -f proposal.docx music_library
Print presentation.pptx without error messages, cat -q presentation.pptx
Put a line between each file you list.,ls -1
Display files in descending order of size.,ls -S
Print executable.exe contents with line endings, cat -E executable.exe
Duplicate presentation.pptx to backup with preserved attributes, cp -p presentation.pptx backup
"Save a backup of database.sql, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -nbu database.sql archives
Clone document.docx to music_library and ask for permission before replacing,cp -i document.docx music_library
Pack logs and its files into archive, zip -r logs logs
Make a backup of the current files and force copy photo.png to downloads_archive., cp -b -f photo.png downloads_archive
"To documents_archive, copy logs. recursively", cp -r logs documents_archive
Transfer image.jpg to backup with attribute preservation, cp -p image.jpg backup
"Ignoring the directory structure, extract the files from report.pdf.zip", unzip -j report.pdf.zip
"In memo.txt.zip, add photo.png and check for updates.", zip -f memo.txt.zip photo.png
"Make a list of the files in the ""presentations"" directory after creating it.",mkdir presentations && cp presentations/* projects_backup
"To documents_archive, copy logs. recursively", cp -r logs documents_archive
List the files in order of modification date.,ls -t
List contents of photo.png with non-blank line numbers, cat -b photo.png
Show hidden files and directories with colored output,ls -aG
"Transfer document.docx to temp, replacing current files without permission",mv -f document.docx temp
Move proposal.docx to photos_backup and request confirmation from the user to see if the files are there.,cp -i proposal.docx photos_backup
List directory contents including hidden files,ls -a
"Move audio.mp3 forcefully to archives, ask for permission before overwriting, and treat the destination as a file.",mv -fiT audio.mp3 archives
"Without asking, move executable.exe firmly to presentations.",mv -f executable.exe presentations
"List the contents of a directory, including any hidden files or directories.",ls -a
Enumerate folders empty of contents.,ls -d
Show all files including hidden files,ls -a
Show hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information,ls -al
List files in memo.txt.zip, unzip -l memo.txt.zip
Create a backup by recursively copying photos to music_library while preserving its properties., cp -r -p -b photos music_library
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy configuration.ini to downloads_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b configuration.ini downloads_archive
Update image.jpg in configuration.ini.zip if newer, zip -f configuration.ini.zip image.jpg
"Using attribute preservation, clone proposal.docx to templates_backup, establish a hard link, and create a backup", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx templates_backup
"Forcefully move image.jpg to downloads, prompt before overwriting, and move only if newer",mv -fiu image.jpg downloads
Display file inode numbers,ls -i
Unzip files from executable.exe.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j executable.exe.zip
Search for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Move files to videos, find . -name spreadsheet.xlsx -exec mv {} videos \
"Ask before replacing script.py in backups, treat destination as file, and show verbose feedback",mv -TiV script.py backups
"Package files configuration.ini, photo.png, database.sql into document.docx.zip, displaying verbose output, storing file attributes",zip -v -X document.docx.zip configuration.ini photo.png database.sql
"If templates is outdated or nonexistent, only substitute video.mp4 for it.",mv -u video.mp4 templates
Show subdirectories recursively,ls -R
Display files in reverse sorted order,ls -r
Display the contents of script.py with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s script.py
Recursive copying is used to preserve the properties of reports after a backup to logs_archive., cp -r -p reports logs_archive
Compile and transfer configuration.ini to configuration.ini.zip., zip -u configuration.ini.zip configuration.ini
"Transfer reports to scripts_backup with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b reports scripts_backup
Look for files that have the name report.pdf., find . -name report.pdf
Display photo.png with the error messages hidden, cat -q photo.png
Display hidden files and directories with extensive information in a lengthy manner.,ls -al
Provide password '*.pdf' to extract configuration.ini.zip, unzip -P *.pdf configuration.ini.zip
Erase spreadsheet.xlsx from policy.pdf.zip, zip -d policy.pdf.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"Zip files report.pdf, presentation.pptx, photo.png into video.mp4.zip, using compression level 3",zip -3 video.mp4.zip report.pdf presentation.pptx photo.png
Output video.mp4 with visible non-printing characters., cat -v video.mp4
Copy contract.pdf to documents_backup and create a hard link, cp -l contract.pdf documents_backup
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate proposal.docx to output while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx output
"Concatenate video.mp4 and presentation.pptx, numbering non-empty output lines",cat -b video.mp4 presentation.pptx
"List all files in long format whose names begin with ""file"" recursively.",ls -lR file*
"Move video.mp4 to documents with force, prompt for confirmation, and treat destination as file",mv -ifT video.mp4 documents
List directory tree recursively,ls -R
Show file sizes in a readable manner,ls -h
Show the names of the directories rather than their contents.,ls -d
Move image.jpg to presentations and replace existing files without asking,mv -f image.jpg presentations
Update existing files with newer versions from audio.mp3.zip, unzip -U audio.mp3.zip
"Copy all files from 'temp' to 'images', then compress them into a zip file named 'script.py.zip'.",cp /temp/* /images/ | zip -r /images/script.py.zip /images/*
Check contents of document.docx.zip, unzip -l document.docx.zip
Transfer files from temp to temp_folder that have been modified in the last 24 hours.,find temp -type f -mtime -1 -exec mv {} temp_folder \;
Find any files with less than 100 KB., find . -size -100k
Zip backups repeatedly, zip -r backups backups
Display the line ends for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -E spreadsheet.xlsx
"Files are sorted in reverse order based on size and modification time, producing coloured output.",ls -SltrG
List the directories on their own.,ls -d
Show non-printing characters for memo.txt, cat -v memo.txt
Extract files from memo.txt.zip and overwrite existing files, unzip -o memo.txt.zip
Gently unzip the contents of memo.txt.zip., unzip -q memo.txt.zip
Files in backups should be sorted by size before being moved to photos_backup.,ls -S backups | xargs -I {} mv backups/{} photos_backup
Search for empty directories, find . -type d -empty
"Force copy executable.exe to scripts_backup without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b executable.exe scripts_backup
Copy files to downloads, find . -name database.sql -execdir cp {} downloads \
"Unwrap configuration.ini.zip, extracting to standard output, to directory backup",unzip -p -d backup configuration.ini.zip
"Prompt before overwriting document.docx in backups, treating destination as file",mv -iT document.docx backups
Display files with colorized output,ls -G
"After providing a thorough description of every file in the current directory, remove directories.","ls -al | grep -v ""^d"""
"When zipping, disregard paths proposal.docx.", zip -j video.mp4.zip proposal.docx
Extract files from presentation.pptx.zip into temp_folder, unzip -d temp_folder presentation.pptx.zip
Compile and transfer configuration.ini to configuration.ini.zip., zip -u configuration.ini.zip configuration.ini
List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order,ls -Sltr
Erase spreadsheet.xlsx from policy.pdf.zip, zip -d policy.pdf.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Look for empty files, find . -type f -empty
List directory contents including hidden files,ls -a
Display hidden files and directories with detailed information and colors,ls -alG
"Forcefully move photo.png to photos, but ask for approval",mv -if photo.png photos
Change directory to videos_backup and extract files from photo.png.zip, unzip -C videos_backup photo.png.zip
Display hidden files and directories in long format with detailed information and human-readable sizes,ls -alh
"Zip files document.docx, presentation.pptx, executable.exe into executable.exe.zip, including empty directories",zip -r0 executable.exe.zip document.docx presentation.pptx executable.exe
"Prompt before overwriting memo.txt in scripts, treat destination as file, and display verbose output",mv -iTv memo.txt scripts
"Extract spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, verbose output, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -v -d downloads_archive spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Display contract.pdf with non-printing characters, cat -v contract.pdf
Transfer executable.exe to images_backup and establish a hard link, cp -l executable.exe images_backup
Locate files named image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg
Display the names of directories but not their contents.,ls -d
Show suppressed buffered output for configuration.ini, cat -u configuration.ini
Search for files modified in the last 24 hours and larger than 100KB,find . -type f -mtime -1 -size +100k
Extract encrypted report.pdf.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py report.pdf.zip
Show database.sql with line breaks included, cat -E database.sql
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip and change to projects_backup, unzip -C projects_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Push image.jpg hard to presentations, ask for confirmation, and only transfer if there's a newer version available.",mv -ifu image.jpg presentations
Seek for files bearing the image.jpg name., find . -name image.jpg
Display policy.pdf with suppressed empty lines, cat -s policy.pdf
Transfer photo.png to reports solely in cases where it is not in use or is more recent.,mv -u photo.png reports
"Unarchive configuration.ini.zip, only extracting files matching pattern '*.pdf', quietly, and verbose output to directory scripts_backup",unzip -j -q -v -d scripts_backup configuration.ini.zip '*.pdf'
Freshen configuration.ini in document.docx.zip, zip -f document.docx.zip configuration.ini
Display contents of photo.png.zip, unzip -l photo.png.zip
Modify the file permissions, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
Modify the file permissions, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
Print the contents of executable.exe with line numbers., cat -n executable.exe
"When extracting files from report.pdf.zip, ignore paths.", unzip -j report.pdf.zip
Move image.jpg to temp and handle it as a regular file,mv -T image.jpg temp
Search for files larger than 1MB , find . -size +1M
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
Zip proposal.docx without any folder organization, zip -j configuration.ini.zip proposal.docx
Duplicate executable.exe to output and keep attributes unchanged while creating a hard link, cp -p -l executable.exe output
"List each subdirectory in detail recursively, then tally the total number of directories.","ls -Rd | grep ""/$"" | wc -l"
Compile and transfer policy.pdf to presentation.pptx.zip., zip -u presentation.pptx.zip policy.pdf
Backup archives to temp_folder and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, cp -r -p archives temp_folder
"When transferring to archives, avoid overwriting executable.exe.",mv -n executable.exe archives
Zip configuration.ini ignoring directory structure, zip -j presentation.pptx.zip configuration.ini
Turn on colour output.,ls -G
Find files with permissions set to 777,find . -type f -perm 777
Sort files by size,ls -S
Replace any files that are currently in reports with configuration.ini,mv -f configuration.ini reports
Transfer database.sql to documents_archive and make a backup if files already exist,cp -b database.sql documents_archive
Move image.jpg into archive executable.exe.zip, zip -m executable.exe.zip image.jpg
"Provide a complete list of every file in the current directory, and then reverse-order the files based on their modification times.","ls -al | sort -k6,6r"
Unarchive image.jpg.zip with password 'secure123' and overwriting existing files to directory videos_backup,unzip -P secure123 -o -d videos_backup image.jpg.zip
"Without extracting, list the contents of presentation.pptx.zip.", unzip -l presentation.pptx.zip
Show buffered output suppressed for report.pdf, cat -u report.pdf
Copy image.jpg and forcefully replace existing files in music_library, cp -f image.jpg music_library
"List all files having ""backup"" in their names with detailed information",ls -l *backup*
Display photo.png with the error messages hidden, cat -q photo.png
Display the line ends for memo.txt, cat -E memo.txt
Overwrite existing files when extracting spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -o spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Move policy.pdf to databases, prompt before overwriting",mv -i policy.pdf databases
Move image.jpg as a normal file to databases.,mv -T image.jpg databases
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
Move the files in archives to downloads_archive after filtering them using *.pdf.,"grep ""*.pdf"" archives/* | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
"Unpack proposal.docx.zip, preserving permissions, overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.pdf' to directory documents_archive",unzip -K -o -j -d documents_archive proposal.docx.zip '*.pdf'
Display every character in the control set for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -A spreadsheet.xlsx
Show the inode numbers for files.,ls -i
Display the output in colour.,ls -G
List file sizes in a way understandable to humans,ls -h
Print presentation.pptx contents with line numbering, cat -n presentation.pptx
"Prior to files, list folders.",ls --group-directories-first
Show suppressed buffered output for configuration.ini, cat -u configuration.ini
Replicate video.mp4 to backup preserving attributes,cp -a video.mp4 backup
"Make a backup of proposal.docx, relocate it only if it's more recent, and don't replace it.",mv -bnu proposal.docx archives
Show file information in long listing format,ls -l
List the contents of video.mp4 while suppressing buffered output., cat -u video.mp4
"Forcefully move script.py to templates, but prompt before overwriting",mv -fi script.py templates
Unzip files from presentation.pptx.zip quietly, unzip -q presentation.pptx.zip
Find directories with names containing 'backup' and not writable by others,"find . -type d -name ""*backup*"" ! -perm -o=w"
Never use policy.pdf in place of downloads.,mv -n policy.pdf downloads
Display the output in colour.,ls -G
Look for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Take configuration.ini out of the memo.txt.zip., zip -d memo.txt.zip configuration.ini
Move the files to reports_archive after extracting them from temp that match *.mp4.,"tar -cvf - -C temp.zip . | tar xvf - -C reports_archive --wildcards ""*.mp4"""
Display files in reverse alphabetical order,ls -r
Transfer audio.mp3 to reports_archive and forcefully replace existing files, cp -f audio.mp3 reports_archive
Files from proposal.docx.zip should be extracted into backup., unzip -d backup proposal.docx.zip
Move files named 'spreadsheet.xlsx' and 'proposal.docx' from 'reports' to 'photos'.,mv /reports/spreadsheet.xlsx /photos/ | mv /reports/proposal.docx /photos/
"Display database.sql, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e database.sql
Display policy.pdf with all control characters, cat -A policy.pdf
Replicate proposal.docx to backup and backup existing files, cp -b -p proposal.docx backup
Search for character devices, find . -type c
"Sort the files by modification time and list all names that finish in "".mp4"".",ls -t *.mp4
Concatenate contract.pdf and audio.mp3,cat contract.pdf audio.mp3
Create a new archive using photo.png and database.sql.zip., zip -c database.sql.zip photo.png
Present comprehensive data: report.pdf should be moved to archives.,mv -v report.pdf archives
"Move policy.pdf to presentations with force, but prompt for confirmation",mv -if policy.pdf presentations
Move spreadsheet.xlsx into archives in the same way that you would any other file.,mv -T spreadsheet.xlsx archives
"Make a copy of executable.exe, don't replace it, and output verbosely",mv -bnv executable.exe music
video.mp4 should be moved to photos. handling it like any other file,mv -T video.mp4 photos
Extract files from presentation.pptx.zip into temp_folder, unzip -d temp_folder presentation.pptx.zip
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, then search for a specific file","ls -Rl | grep ""filename"""
Place all of the files in archives into an archive., zip -r archives archives
Copy report.pdf to logs_archive and prompt before overwriting if necessary,cp -i report.pdf logs_archive
Show suppressed buffered output for audio.mp3, cat -u audio.mp3
Print presentation.pptx with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s presentation.pptx
Unzip files from presentation.pptx.zip quietly, unzip -q presentation.pptx.zip
"Make the directories documents, reports, and projects with output that is verbose.",mkdir -v documents && mkdir -v reports && mkdir -v projects
Move the files from projects to downloads_archive after filtering them using *.txt.,"grep -lR ""*.txt"" projects | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
Move audio.mp3 to archive and verify overwriting interactively., cp -i audio.mp3 archive
Display every character in the control set for script.py, cat -A script.py
"Recursive copying is used to move music to documents_archive, maintaining attributes, and making a backup.", cp -r -p -b music documents_archive
Create report.pdf.zip containing video.mp4, zip -c report.pdf.zip video.mp4
Display directory structure recursively,ls -R
"Transfer logs to logs_archive with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b logs logs_archive
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy report.pdf to logs_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b report.pdf logs_archive
"Move configuration.ini to photos_backup, and if the files are already there, create a backup.",cp -b configuration.ini photos_backup
Update proposal.docx if newer in contract.pdf.zip, zip -u contract.pdf.zip proposal.docx
"Move policy.pdf to databases, prompt before overwriting",mv -i policy.pdf databases
Show directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
Backup spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive and maintain its attributes, cp -p spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
Only move spreadsheet.xlsx to projects if it is not yet in existence or is newer.,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx projects
Clone policy.pdf to logs_archive with attribute preservation, cp -p policy.pdf logs_archive
Make new archive photo.png.zip with audio.mp3, zip -c photo.png.zip audio.mp3
Recursive copying is used to transfer music to documents_backup while maintaining attributes., cp -r -p music documents_backup
Copy logs to projects_backup recursively, cp -r logs projects_backup
Unzip files from executable.exe.zip quietly, unzip -q executable.exe.zip
"Make a hard link, backup, and copy configuration.ini to projects_backup while maintaining its properties.", cp -p -l -b configuration.ini projects_backup
"Push photo.png firmly into templates, but ask to be asked before overwriting",mv -fi photo.png templates
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, database.sql, script.py into presentation.pptx.zip",zip presentation.pptx.zip spreadsheet.xlsx database.sql script.py
"Make a copy of database.sql in downloads_archive, but before overwriting, get permission.",cp -i database.sql downloads_archive
List directories ahead of files,ls --group-directories-first
Zip report.pdf without directory structure, zip -j report.pdf.zip report.pdf
"Save a backup of script.py, do not overwrite, and show verbose feedback",mv -nbv script.py photos
Print audio.mp3 without any warning errors, cat -q audio.mp3
Search for directories, find . -type d
"Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information, colors, and human-readable sizes",ls -RdlhG
Print each file on a new line,ls -1
Output the first 50 lines of spreadsheet.xlsx,cat spreadsheet.xlsx | head -n 50
Create directory databases with verbose output and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -v -p databases
"Force copy audio.mp3 to output without prompting, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -f -p -b audio.mp3 output
Move configuration.ini to logs_archive and verify overwriting interactively., cp -i configuration.ini logs_archive
Verify the document.docx.zip's integrity., unzip -t document.docx.zip
Search for files with names starting with 'file' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""file*"" -mtime -7"
Locate empty directories, find . -type d -empty
"To photos, copy the files.", find . -name database.sql -exec cp {} photos \
Change to documents_archive and extract files from report.pdf.zip, unzip -C documents_archive report.pdf.zip
Prompt before overwriting archives with spreadsheet.xlsx,mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
"Treat the destination as a file, prompt before overwriting database.sql in temp, and print verbose information.",mv -iTv database.sql temp
"Move memo.txt to reports_archive, then prompt for a file replacement.", cp -i memo.txt reports_archive
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy executable.exe to videos_backup while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b executable.exe videos_backup
"Archive files script.py, executable.exe, video.mp4 into script.py.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -n '*.txt' -x '*.tmp' script.py.zip script.py executable.exe video.mp4
Move files from scripts to backup and append timestamp to filename,"find scripts -type f -exec sh -c 'mv ""$1"" ""$2/$(basename ""$1"")_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)""' sh {} backup \;"
Remove photo.png from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip photo.png
Move script.py with properties preserved to documents_archive,cp -a script.py documents_archive
List files in order of last modification time,ls -t
Search for files with names starting with 'data' and not owned by the user 'admin',"find . -type f -name ""data*"" ! -user admin"
Show suppressed buffered output for image.jpg, cat -u image.jpg
Add and move executable.exe to report.pdf.zip, zip -m report.pdf.zip executable.exe
"Package files configuration.ini, photo.png, database.sql into document.docx.zip, displaying verbose output, storing file attributes",zip -v -X document.docx.zip configuration.ini photo.png database.sql
List the contents of document.docx while suppressing buffered output., cat -u document.docx
Show line numbers for database.sql that are not blank., cat -b database.sql
Show database.sql with line breaks included, cat -E database.sql
List files in memo.txt.zip, unzip -l memo.txt.zip
"Without asking, move executable.exe firmly to presentations.",mv -f executable.exe presentations
"Duplicate video.mp4 to videos_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b video.mp4 videos_backup
Create audio.mp3.zip containing image.jpg, zip -c audio.mp3.zip image.jpg
Duplicate video.mp4 to scripts_backup and keep attributes unchanged while creating a hard link, cp -p -l video.mp4 scripts_backup
Display audio.mp3 with line endings, cat -E audio.mp3
Files should be shown sorted by modification time.,ls -t
List directory contents and subdirectories recursively,ls -R
Show buffered output suppressed for document.docx, cat -u document.docx
Place executable.exe in the policy.pdf archive.zip, zip -m policy.pdf.zip executable.exe
Display hidden files and directories in long format,ls -al
Modify the file permissions., find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
Test integrity of contract.pdf.zip, zip -T contract.pdf.zip
Display executable.exe with buffered output suppressed, cat -u executable.exe
"Compress files proposal.docx, report.pdf, contract.pdf into database.sql.zip, quietly, using password 'secure123', preserving paths",zip -q -r -P secure123 database.sql.zip proposal.docx report.pdf contract.pdf
Display hidden files and directories in long format,ls -al
Search for files with names containing 'document' and not writable by the group,"find . -type f -name ""*document*"" ! -perm -g=w"
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip into photos_backup, unzip -d photos_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"Archive files policy.pdf, proposal.docx, spreadsheet.xlsx into report.pdf.zip, storing symbolic links",zip -y report.pdf.zip policy.pdf proposal.docx spreadsheet.xlsx
Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to music_library and create a backup of existing files, cp -b -f spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
"Save a backup of script.py, do not overwrite, and show verbose feedback",mv -nbv script.py photos
Check video.mp4.zip for integrity, zip -T video.mp4.zip
"Create a backup of proposal.docx, do not overwrite, display verbose output, and treat destination as file",mv -bnvT proposal.docx presentations
"Make 'archives', copy 'photo.png' into it, and then make 'shortcut', a symbolic link, to the file.",mkdir /archives/ | cp /photo.png /archives/ | ln -s /archives/ /shortcut/
Sort the files according to their sizes.,ls -S
Files should be sorted in reverse order.,ls -r
"Move spreadsheet.xlsx to downloads_archive in duplicate, then replace it.", cp -f spreadsheet.xlsx downloads_archive
"Create a directory named 'photos', copy all files from 'music' to it, then move them to 'presentations', and finally find files matching the pattern '*.sql'.","mkdir /photos/ | cp /music/* /photos/ | mv /photos/* /presentations/ | find /presentations/ -name ""*.*.sql"""
Update database.sql in proposal.docx.zip if newer, zip -f proposal.docx.zip database.sql
"Without treating it as a directory, put policy.pdf in videos.",mv -T policy.pdf videos
Create a backup and force move photo.png to downloads,mv -fb photo.png downloads
Verify script.py.zip for integrity, zip -T script.py.zip
Take configuration.ini out of the memo.txt.zip., zip -d memo.txt.zip configuration.ini
Duplicate executable.exe to images_backup and retain all attributes,cp -a executable.exe images_backup
Pack logs and its files into archive, zip -r logs logs
List the contents of presentation.pptx while suppressing the repetitive blank lines., cat -s presentation.pptx
Mirror document.docx to temp_folder with attributes intact, cp -p document.docx temp_folder
Print inode numbers of files,ls -i
Search for symbolic links, find . -type l
Take the files out of proposal.docx.zip. disregarding the directory structure, unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
Erase policy.pdf from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip policy.pdf
Replicate downloads to templates_backup recursively, cp -r downloads templates_backup
Extract files without directory structure from database.sql.zip, unzip -j database.sql.zip
"Treat the destination as a file, prompt before overwriting executable.exe in photos, and print verbose information.",mv -iTv executable.exe photos
Display audio.mp3 with line endings, cat -E audio.mp3
"Display report.pdf, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT report.pdf
Transfer audio.mp3 to reports_archive and forcefully replace existing files, cp -f audio.mp3 reports_archive
"Make a copy of presentation.pptx in images_backup, but before overwriting, get permission.", cp -i presentation.pptx images_backup
Display memo.txt with non-printing characters visible,cat -v memo.txt
Copy script.py to projects_backup and prompt for confirmation before replacing,cp -i script.py projects_backup
Copy report.pdf to downloads_archive and ask before replacing existing files,cp -i report.pdf downloads_archive
List files in order of last modification time,ls -t
"In photos, prompt before overwriting executable.exe, regard the destination as a file, and only move if it's more recent.",mv -iuT executable.exe photos
"Without treating it as a directory, put policy.pdf in videos.",mv -T policy.pdf videos
"Package files report.pdf, spreadsheet.xlsx, document.docx into document.docx.zip, using compression level 3, storing symbolic links",zip -3 -y document.docx.zip report.pdf spreadsheet.xlsx document.docx
Extract files from configuration.ini.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j configuration.ini.zip
Unpack policy.pdf.zip with password 'pass123' and preserving permissions to directory scripts_backup,unzip -P pass123 -K -d scripts_backup policy.pdf.zip
Move policy.pdf to databases without overwriting,mv -n policy.pdf databases
"Prompt before overwriting memo.txt in scripts, treat destination as file, and display verbose output",mv -iTv memo.txt scripts
Take the files out of presentation.pptx.into downloads_archive using zip, unzip -d downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
Print executable.exe making visible all control characters., cat -A executable.exe
Make a copy of policy.pdf and obliterate the current files in documents_backup., cp -f policy.pdf documents_backup
Show database.sql with line breaks included, cat -E database.sql
Verify integrity of audio.mp3.zip, zip -T audio.mp3.zip
Zip reports and subdirectories, zip -r reports reports
"Forcefully move image.jpg to presentations, prompt before overwriting, and move only if newer",mv -fiu image.jpg presentations
Ignore paths when zipping script.py, zip -j database.sql.zip script.py
Locate files modified more than 1 year ago, find . -mtime +365
"Display configuration.ini, showing tabs as spaces",cat -T configuration.ini
"Clone memo.txt to logs_archive with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b memo.txt logs_archive
Duplicate video.mp4 to scripts_backup and keep attributes unchanged while creating a hard link, cp -p -l video.mp4 scripts_backup
Display files in order of modification time.,ls -t
"Release memo.txt.zip, extracting symbolic links and listing files only to directory videos_backup",unzip -l -d videos_backup memo.txt.zip
"Clone policy.pdf to music_library with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b policy.pdf music_library
Remove all files with the name policy.pdf., find . -name policy.pdf -exec rm {} \
Find directories modified more than 30 days ago,find . -type d -mtime +30
Transfer databases to reports_archive with recursive copying and preserving attributes, cp -r -p databases reports_archive
"Zip files executable.exe, contract.pdf, video.mp4 into report.pdf.zip, using compression level 6, verbose output",zip -6 -v report.pdf.zip executable.exe contract.pdf video.mp4
Display proposal.docx with buffered output suppressed, cat -u proposal.docx
List files with extended attributes,ls -l
"Create directory ""videos"" and zip files ""database.sql"", ""image.jpg"", ""image.jpg"" in it.",mkdir videos && zip videos.zip database.sql image.jpg image.jpg
Recursively list subdirectories with colored output and detailed information,ls -Rdl
Verbose result: proposal.docx should be moved to templates.,mv -v proposal.docx templates
Recursively display the directory structure,ls -R
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting report.pdf.zip, unzip -o report.pdf.zip
Verbose mode: Move configuration.ini into the designated directory.,mv -v configuration.ini videos
Find directories, find . -type d
"Sort files by size and display file sizes in human-readable format, then display the last 5 lines",ls -lSh | tail -n 5
Move image.jpg to archives and show verbose output,mv -v image.jpg archives
"Generate directory ""documents"" and list contents of ""documents"".",mkdir documents && ls documents
"Display configuration.ini, showing tabs as spaces",cat -T configuration.ini
Extract files without directory structure from image.jpg.zip, unzip -j image.jpg.zip
Show inode numbers of each file,ls -i
Change directory to videos_backup and extract files from photo.png.zip, unzip -C videos_backup photo.png.zip
Mirror configuration.ini to archive using hard links, cp -l configuration.ini archive
Show line numbers for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -n spreadsheet.xlsx
"When extracting files from presentation.pptx.zip, ignore paths.", unzip -j presentation.pptx.zip
Show hidden files with regular files.,ls -a
"Make directory ""projects"" and unzip contents of ""executable.exe.zip"" into it.",mkdir projects && unzip executable.exe.zip -d projects
Move configuration.ini to photos_backup while preserving its properties., cp -p configuration.ini photos_backup
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
List directory contents including hidden files and directories,ls -a
Find directories with names containing 'backup' and not writable by others,"find . -type d -name ""*backup*"" ! -perm -o=w"
Move spreadsheet.xlsx to scripts if it's newer or doesn't already exist there,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx scripts
List directories before files,ls --group-directories-first
"Zip files configuration.ini, presentation.pptx, spreadsheet.xlsx into executable.exe.zip, using password 'pass123', excluding '*.tmp' files",zip -P pass123 -x '*.tmp' executable.exe.zip configuration.ini presentation.pptx spreadsheet.xlsx
"Save a backup of spreadsheet.xlsx, do not overwrite, and show verbose feedback",mv -nbv spreadsheet.xlsx reports
Display directories only,ls -d
Display subfolders iteratively,ls -R
Change directory to output and extract files from document.docx.zip, unzip -C output document.docx.zip
Check that memo.txt.zip is intact., zip -T memo.txt.zip
"If files already exist, replicate document.docx to logs_archive and make backups.",cp -b document.docx logs_archive
"Out of presentation.pptx.zip, remove proposal.docx.", zip -d presentation.pptx.zip proposal.docx
Show tabs as ^I for policy.pdf, cat -T policy.pdf
Display files in contract.pdf.zip, unzip -l contract.pdf.zip
List the contents of presentation.pptx while suppressing the repetitive blank lines., cat -s presentation.pptx
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
"Move spreadsheet.xlsx to downloads_archive in duplicate, then replace it.", cp -f spreadsheet.xlsx downloads_archive
Extract files with verbose mode enabled from image.jpg.zip, unzip -v image.jpg.zip
Display contents of photo.png.zip, unzip -l photo.png.zip
Place proposal.docx inside of contract.pdf.zip, zip -u contract.pdf.zip proposal.docx
"List directories first, followed by files",ls --group-directories-first
Duplicate proposal.docx to photos_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, cp -i proposal.docx photos_backup
"Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format, then count the number of lines",ls -lt | awk '{print $5}' | wc -l
Files in report.pdf.zip are shown., unzip -l report.pdf.zip
"If files already exist, duplicate spreadsheet.xlsx to projects_backup using a backup.", cp -b -i spreadsheet.xlsx projects_backup
Duplicate memo.txt to music_library and request confirmation before overwriting,cp -i memo.txt music_library
Find files with names containing 'report' and with permissions 644,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" -perm 644"
"If video.mp4 is outdated or doesn't exist, move it to databases.",mv -u video.mp4 databases
"While extracting files, extract image.jpg.zip", unzip -q image.jpg.zip
Check for updates and add video.mp4 to audio.mp3.zip, zip -u audio.mp3.zip video.mp4
List directories rather than the contents therein.,ls -d
"Replicate spreadsheet.xlsx to music_library while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
List the directories on their own.,ls -d
Extract files from proposal.docx.zip and change to output, unzip -C output proposal.docx.zip
"Move audio.mp3 to templates with force, prompt for confirmation, and move only if newer",mv -ifu audio.mp3 templates
"Forcefully move presentation.pptx to photos, but ask for approval",mv -if presentation.pptx photos
Look for files that have the name report.pdf., find . -name report.pdf
Ask before replacing script.py in temp and treat destination as a file,mv -Ti script.py temp
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
List the lines that make up report.pdf in the list., cat -n report.pdf
Unzip files from proposal.docx.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j proposal.docx.zip
Move image.jpg as a normal file to databases.,mv -T image.jpg databases
"Enumerate all files, even hidden ones, with the word ""log"" in their names.",ls -a *log*
"Unarchive spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, quietly and extracting to standard output to directory temp_folder",unzip -q -p -d temp_folder spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Backup downloads to backup and preserve directory structure, cp -r downloads backup
Verify configuration.ini.zip's integrity., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
Zip configuration.ini ignoring directory structure, zip -j presentation.pptx.zip configuration.ini
Update existing files in database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip contract.pdf
Find files with names containing 'important' and modified in the last 30 days,"find . -type f -name ""*important*"" -mtime -30"
List the lines that make up presentation.pptx in the list., cat -n presentation.pptx
"List all files having ""backup"" in their names with detailed information",ls -l *backup*
Display file information in extended format,ls -l
Extract files and overwrite existing files from document.docx.zip, unzip -o document.docx.zip
Check for corruption with configuration.ini.zip., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
Locate files named photo.png, find . -name photo.png
"List all files beginning with ""data"" in reverse order",ls -r data*
Output the first 20 lines of video.mp4,cat video.mp4 | head -n 20
Display directories prior to files,ls --group-directories-first
List contents of memo.txt with non-printing characters displayed, cat -v memo.txt
Show files listed in order of modification time,ls -t
Create directory photos and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p photos
Remove all files with the name executable.exe., find . -name executable.exe -exec rm {} \
List contents of spreadsheet.xlsx quietly, cat -q spreadsheet.xlsx
Extract files from database.sql.zip quietly, unzip -q database.sql.zip
"List all ""important"" files with sizes that can be read by humans.",ls -h *important*
List files in reverse order of modification time,ls -r
Create directory reports with verbose output,mkdir -v reports
"Include directories first, then files.",ls --group-directories-first
List contents of video.mp4 with buffered output suppression, cat -u video.mp4
Organise files according to when they were last modified and provide file sizes in a legible manner.,ls -ltSh
Sort files by modification time and display file sizes in human-readable format with colored output,ls -lt -hG
Place photo.png inside of report.pdf.zip., zip -u report.pdf.zip photo.png
Make a hard link by copying script.py to projects_backup and maintaining all of its properties., cp -p -l script.py projects_backup
Insert spreadsheet.xlsx inside the configuration.ini.zip archive., zip -u configuration.ini.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Print executable.exe contents with line endings, cat -E executable.exe
"Make a backup of video.mp4, don't replace it, and only move it if it's more recent.",mv -nbu video.mp4 presentations
Display files in order of modification timestamp,ls -t
Verify image.jpg.zip's integrity., unzip -t image.jpg.zip
List files in long format with colored output,ls -lG
Look for files with name image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg
Zip photo.png disregards the directory hierarchy, zip -j policy.pdf.zip photo.png
List the contents of image.jpg.zip., unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Look for files with the name policy.pdf., find . -name policy.pdf
Backup temp to backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, cp -r -p temp backup
Show hidden files and directories in long format with colored output and detailed information,ls -alG
List file sizes in a human-friendly format,ls -h
Compile and transfer configuration.ini to configuration.ini.zip., zip -u configuration.ini.zip configuration.ini
Verify integrity of spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -t spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
"While maintaining its properties, copy configuration.ini to logs_archive and establish a hard link.", cp -p -l configuration.ini logs_archive
"List all files in long format whose names begin with ""file"" recursively.",ls -lR file*
"Compress files document.docx, presentation.pptx, executable.exe into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files",zip -n '*.txt' spreadsheet.xlsx.zip document.docx presentation.pptx executable.exe
Create zip of backups and its contents, zip -r backups backups
Show tabs as ^I for contract.pdf, cat -T contract.pdf
Files are sorted by date of modification.,ls -t
Replicate photos to photos of destination recursively, cp -r photos archive
"Decompress video.mp4.zip, extracting files matching pattern '*.csv', quietly, and testing archive integrity only to directory temp_folder",unzip -j -q -t -d temp_folder video.mp4.zip '*.csv'
"Prompt before overwriting database.sql in downloads, treat destination as file, and display verbose output",mv -iTv database.sql downloads
"Zip files contract.pdf, video.mp4, policy.pdf into image.jpg.zip, using password 'pass123', verbose output",zip -P pass123 -v image.jpg.zip contract.pdf video.mp4 policy.pdf
"Compress files spreadsheet.xlsx, audio.mp3, script.py into memo.txt.zip, storing file attributes, excluding '*.tmp' files, silently",zip -X -x '*.tmp' -q memo.txt.zip spreadsheet.xlsx audio.mp3 script.py
Move script.py to logs and provide verbose feedback,mv -v script.py logs
Concatenate contract.pdf and audio.mp3,cat contract.pdf audio.mp3
"If the parent directories and the directories scripts, presentations, and reports don't already exist, create them with verbose output.",mkdir -p -v scripts && mkdir -p -v presentations && mkdir -p -v reports
Extraction of image.jpg.zip in full, unzip -v image.jpg.zip
"Generate directory ""documents"" and list contents of ""documents"".",mkdir documents && ls documents
"Display proposal.docx, showing line numbers and non-printing characters, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -v -e proposal.docx
Display directories at the top of the list,ls --group-directories-first
Search for files with names containing 'log' and created in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""*log*"" -ctime -1"
Ask before replacing presentation.pptx in videos and treat destination as a file,mv -Ti presentation.pptx videos
Display executable.exe with buffered output suppressed, cat -u executable.exe
Find directories with names ending in 'backup' and with read permissions for the group,"find . -type d -name ""*backup"" -perm /g=r"
"Unwrap configuration.ini.zip, extracting to standard output, to directory backup",unzip -p -d backup configuration.ini.zip
"Using hard links, mirror presentation.pptx to backup", cp -l presentation.pptx backup
Sort files by modification time,ls -t
Replicate audio.mp3 to temp_folder while retaining its attributes, cp -p audio.mp3 temp_folder
"If policy.pdf is more recent or does not already exist in photos, move it there.",mv -u policy.pdf photos
Sort files by size and modification time in reverse order with colored output,ls -SltrG
Find files with a size of precisely 50 bytes., find . -size 50c
"Keep a copy of policy.pdf, avoid overwriting, and provide detailed feedback.",mv -nbv policy.pdf logs
"Before replacing executable.exe in temp, prompt, treating destination as file",mv -iT executable.exe temp
Enumerate files with expanded properties.,ls -l
Display inode numbers of files,ls -i
Print report.pdf contents with non-blank line numbering, cat -b report.pdf
Search for files with names containing 'image' and with execute permissions for others,"find . -type f -name ""*image*"" -perm /o=x"
Enable colored listing,ls -G
List files in long format,ls -l
"List the contents of a directory, including any hidden files or directories.",ls -a
Output the first 15 lines of report.pdf,cat report.pdf | head -n 15
"Zip files photo.png, proposal.docx, executable.exe into audio.mp3.zip, compressing only '*.txt' files, verbose output",zip -n '*.txt' -v audio.mp3.zip photo.png proposal.docx executable.exe
"Without asking, forcefully copy report.pdf to scripts_backup while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p report.pdf scripts_backup
Show the inode numbers for files.,ls -i
"Archive files image.jpg, document.docx, photo.png into document.docx.zip, preserving paths",zip -r document.docx.zip image.jpg document.docx photo.png
Transfer proposal.docx to images_backup and prompt before replacing files, cp -i proposal.docx images_backup
Overwrite files without prompting when extracting memo.txt.zip, unzip -o memo.txt.zip
Place executable.exe in the policy.pdf archive.zip, zip -m policy.pdf.zip executable.exe
Verbose extraction of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
"To images, copy the files.", find . -name script.py -exec cp {} images \
Look for files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx
Display report.pdf with non-blank line numbers, cat -b report.pdf
List directories without their contents,ls -d
Place configuration.ini.zip inside executable.exe., zip -m configuration.ini.zip executable.exe
Show directories prioritized over files,ls --group-directories-first
Mirror proposal.docx with properties preserved to videos_backup, cp -p proposal.docx videos_backup
Extract files from image.jpg.zip into downloads_archive, unzip -d downloads_archive image.jpg.zip
Clone spreadsheet.xlsx to reports_archive with attribute preservation,cp -a spreadsheet.xlsx reports_archive
Extract the files from presentation.pptx.zip by navigating to downloads_archive., unzip -C downloads_archive presentation.pptx.zip
Search for files with names containing 'document' and created in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""*document*"" -ctime -1"
Verify configuration.ini.zip's integrity., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
Check for updates and add contract.pdf to report.pdf.zip, zip -f report.pdf.zip contract.pdf
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate executable.exe to projects_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b executable.exe projects_backup
List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order,ls -Sltr
Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to archive without prompting and preserving attributes, cp -f -p spreadsheet.xlsx archive
Display memo.txt in quiet mode, cat -q memo.txt
"Archive files video.mp4, video.mp4, audio.mp3 into policy.pdf.zip, excluding '*.log' files, storing symbolic links",zip -x '*.log' -y policy.pdf.zip video.mp4 video.mp4 audio.mp3
Print each file on a new line,ls -1
List the contents of report.pdf while suppressing the repetitive blank lines., cat -s report.pdf
"Unzip the contents of ""database.sql"" into the directory ""music"" that has been created.",mkdir music && unzip database.sql.zip -d music
"Transfer videos to documents_archive with recursive copying, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -r -p -b videos documents_archive
Freshen video.mp4 in script.py.zip, zip -f script.py.zip video.mp4
Compress files using gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
"List all files with names ending in "".mp4"" sorted by modification time",ls -t *.mp4
"Make a backup of video.mp4, don't replace it, and only move it if it's more recent.",mv -nbu video.mp4 presentations
Duplicate executable.exe to music_library and backup existing files, cp -b -p executable.exe music_library
"Create a backup of report.pdf, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -bnu report.pdf scripts
Change directory to videos_backup and extract files from photo.png.zip, unzip -C videos_backup photo.png.zip
Clone script.py to images_backup and forcefully substitute existing files, cp -f script.py images_backup
Take the updated files out of photo.png.zip., unzip -U photo.png.zip
List the contents of presentation.pptx using the ^tabsI, cat -T presentation.pptx
Unprompted overwrite current files when extracting video.mp4.zip, unzip -o video.mp4.zip
Check for updates and add presentation.pptx to proposal.docx.zip, zip -u proposal.docx.zip presentation.pptx
"Request permission before changing audio.mp3 to templates, treat the destination as a file, and provide detailed comments.",mv -TiV audio.mp3 templates
Make backups of the current files and mirror proposal.docx to archive.,cp -b proposal.docx archive
"Create a directory called ""templates"" and copy all of the contents from ""videos"" to ""templates"" after moving all of the files from ""presentations"" to ""videos"".",mv /presentations/* /videos/ | mkdir /templates/ | cp /videos/* /templates/
"Transfer audio.mp3 forcefully to reports, asking for confirmation, and treating destination as a file",mv -ifT audio.mp3 reports
Delete files with name memo.txt, find . -name memo.txt -exec rm {} \
Shrink templates and everything in it., zip -r templates templates
"Mirror policy.pdf to output with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b policy.pdf output
"Create a backup of policy.pdf, do not overwrite, and display verbose output",mv -bnv policy.pdf videos
Take image.jpg out of the proposal.docx.zip., zip -d proposal.docx.zip image.jpg
Zip templates recursively, zip -r templates templates
Find files with names ending in '.txt' and modified in the last 7 days,"find . -type f -name ""*.txt"" -mtime -7"
"Zip files contract.pdf, video.mp4, policy.pdf into image.jpg.zip, using password 'pass123', verbose output",zip -P pass123 -v image.jpg.zip contract.pdf video.mp4 policy.pdf
"Assume destination is a file, move only if it's newer, and ask before replacing proposal.docx in images.",mv -iTu proposal.docx images
Remove configuration.ini.zip without showing the result, unzip -q configuration.ini.zip
List contents of video.mp4 with line numbers, cat -n video.mp4
Create directory scripts and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p scripts
Mirror memo.txt to projects_backup with attributes intact,cp -a memo.txt projects_backup
Show configuration.ini with every control character present., cat -A configuration.ini
"Mirror proposal.docx to videos_backup with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx videos_backup
Check for corruption with configuration.ini.zip., zip -T configuration.ini.zip
"Mirror proposal.docx to videos_backup with attributes intact, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b proposal.docx videos_backup
Search for files larger than 1MB , find . -size +1M
Pack photo.png without any archive paths, zip -j photo.png.zip photo.png
"If proposal.docx is more recent, update it in audio.mp3.zip.", zip -f audio.mp3.zip proposal.docx
"Provide a complete list of every file in the current directory, then extract just the file names.",ls -al | awk '{print $9}'
Look for files exactly 50 bytes in size, find . -size 50c
Archive report.pdf into new proposal.docx.zip, zip -c proposal.docx.zip report.pdf
Print image.jpg with all control characters visible, cat -A image.jpg
Make a backup of the current files and copy memo.txt to downloads_archive.,cp -b memo.txt downloads_archive
Make a copy of document.docx in projects_backup and forcefully replace any existing files., cp -f document.docx projects_backup
Shift script.py to projects treating it as a non-directory,mv -T script.py projects
Move the files to reports_archive after extracting them from temp that match *.mp4.,"tar -cvf - -C temp.zip . | tar xvf - -C reports_archive --wildcards ""*.mp4"""
"Before transferring spreadsheet.xlsx to archives, ask for confirmation.",mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Display hidden files and folders in a lengthy format with detailed information and coloured output.,ls -alG
"Duplicate video.mp4 to videos_backup with user confirmation for overwrite, preserving attributes, and creating a backup", cp -i -p -b video.mp4 videos_backup
List the directories on their own.,ls -d
"Treat the destination as a file, prompt before overwriting executable.exe in photos, and print verbose information.",mv -iTv executable.exe photos
Recursive copying is used to preserve the properties of reports after a backup to logs_archive., cp -r -p reports logs_archive
Place all of scripts's files in an archive.s, zip -r scripts scripts
Recursively list folders and their contents,ls -R
"Copy contract.pdf to logs_archive while preserving its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf logs_archive
Place configuration.ini.zip inside database.sql., zip -m configuration.ini.zip database.sql
Duplicate video.mp4 to scripts_backup and keep attributes unchanged, cp -p video.mp4 scripts_backup
Place the files in projects., find . -name report.pdf -exec mv {} projects \
Sort the files according to their modification timestamp.,ls -t
"Before changing policy.pdf to presentations, make sure.",mv -i policy.pdf presentations
"Make ""photos"" and purge files that correspond to ""*.png"".",mkdir photos && rm **.png*
Copy memo.txt to backup and erasing any files that are already there., cp -f memo.txt backup
Remove photo.png from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip photo.png
Create directory reports with verbose output,mkdir -v reports
Replicate database.sql to documents_archive and ask before replacing existing files, cp -i database.sql documents_archive
Make new archive script.py.zip with spreadsheet.xlsx, zip -c script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Confirm before replacing contract.pdf with photos,mv -i contract.pdf photos
Files are shown in order of file size.,ls -S
Extract and update files with newer versions from presentation.pptx.zip, unzip -U presentation.pptx.zip
"From memo.txt.zip, remove presentation.pptx.", zip -d memo.txt.zip presentation.pptx
Show files having output that is colourized.,ls -G
"Forcefully move photo.png to photos, but ask for approval",mv -if photo.png photos
Find the specified pipes., find . -type p
Display the contents of document.docx with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s document.docx
"Make a hard link, backup, and replicate image.jpg to backup while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b image.jpg backup
Pack spreadsheet.xlsx without paths into archive, zip -j photo.png.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"If spreadsheet.xlsx is more recent or does not already exist in documents, move it there.",mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx documents
Locate files named photo.png, find . -name photo.png
Find files modified within the last 7 days, find . -mtime -7
"Before replacing, copy audio.mp3 to images_backup and ask for approval.",cp -i audio.mp3 images_backup
List the contents of script.py using the ^tabsI, cat -T script.py
Create directory presentations with verbose output,mkdir -v presentations
Locate named pipes, find . -type p
Extraction of database.sql.zip in full, unzip -v database.sql.zip
Move image.jpg as a normal file to databases.,mv -T image.jpg databases
Extract files from database.sql.zip quietly, unzip -q database.sql.zip
Show comprehensive file information,ls -l
"Uncompress proposal.docx.zip, extracting symbolic links, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -l -d downloads_archive proposal.docx.zip
"Transfer report.pdf to downloads_archive and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp --interactive report.pdf downloads_archive
Output the first 15 lines of report.pdf,cat report.pdf | head -n 15
"Replicate contract.pdf to videos_backup while retaining its attributes, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
Show report.pdf with characters that don't print, cat -v report.pdf
Change directory to projects_backup and extract files from script.py.zip, unzip -C projects_backup script.py.zip
Copy spreadsheet.xlsx to reports_archive and create a backup of existing files,cp -b spreadsheet.xlsx reports_archive
Show files listed in reverse order,ls -r
Display the contents of document.docx with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s document.docx
Mirror contract.pdf to images_backup and replace any files that already exist without authorization, cp -f contract.pdf images_backup
"Display database.sql, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I'",cat -n -v -T database.sql
Show line numbers for contract.pdf, cat -n contract.pdf
Show files arranged by modification time,ls -t
"List subdirectories recursively, providing coloured output and comprehensive details.",ls -Rdl
Show hidden files and directories in a lengthy format with sizes that are readable by humans and full information.,ls -alh
Look for files that have the name report.pdf., find . -name report.pdf
"Establish directory ""scripts"" and concatenate files ""proposal.docx"", ""photo.png"", ""spreadsheet.xlsx"" into it.",mkdir scripts && cat proposal.docx photo.png spreadsheet.xlsx > scripts/concatenated_file.txt
Move presentation.pptx to archives without replacing,mv -n presentation.pptx archives
First-listed show directories,ls --group-directories-first
Show file sizes in a readable manner,ls -h
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b photo.png documents_backup
Sort the files according to their modification timestamp.,ls -t
Check integrity of audio.mp3.zip, zip -T audio.mp3.zip
Print the contents of database.sql with non-blank line numbering., cat -b database.sql
Do not replace existing files in presentations with script.py,mv -n script.py presentations
File compression with gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
Delete files with name database.sql, find . -name database.sql -delete
Search for files named script.py, find . -name script.py
Move the files from projects to downloads_archive after filtering them using *.txt.,"grep -lR ""*.txt"" projects | xargs -I {} mv {} downloads_archive"
Search for files modified more than 30 days ago and smaller than 10KB,find . -type f -mtime +30 -size -10k
List the contents of proposal.docx while displaying each control character., cat -A proposal.docx
Backup current files and clone contract.pdf to photos_backup., cp -b -p contract.pdf photos_backup
Find files with names containing 'report' and with permissions 644,"find . -type f -name ""*report*"" -perm 644"
Unarchive image.jpg.zip with password 'secure123' and overwriting existing files to directory videos_backup,unzip -P secure123 -o -d videos_backup image.jpg.zip
Silently unzip the files from image.jpg.zip., unzip -q image.jpg.zip
"Before transferring spreadsheet.xlsx to archives, ask for confirmation.",mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx archives
Unzip files from video.mp4.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j video.mp4.zip
Examine database.sql.zip for consistency., zip -T database.sql.zip
Add and move document.docx to video.mp4.zip, zip -m video.mp4.zip document.docx
Recursively list subdirectories with detailed information and colors,ls -RdlG
Display files with extended information,ls -l
video.mp4 should be moved to photos. handling it like any other file,mv -T video.mp4 photos
Show directories without listing their contents,ls -d
"Recursive copying is used to move music to documents_archive, maintaining attributes, and making a backup.", cp -r -p -b music documents_archive
"Display spreadsheet.xlsx, showing tabs as '^I'",cat -T spreadsheet.xlsx
Show directories listed first,ls --group-directories-first
Display hidden files along with normal files,ls -a
List files with hidden files included,ls -a
"Package files script.py, spreadsheet.xlsx, contract.pdf into proposal.docx.zip, saving extended attributes, storing file attributes",zip -X -X proposal.docx.zip script.py spreadsheet.xlsx contract.pdf
Provide a human-readable list of file sizes.,ls -h
Display memo.txt with non-printing characters visible,cat -v memo.txt
Copy contract.pdf to videos_backup; interactive confirmation is necessary.,cp -i contract.pdf videos_backup
Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to archive without prompting and preserving attributes, cp -f -p spreadsheet.xlsx archive
"Package files audio.mp3, photo.png, presentation.pptx into policy.pdf.zip, saving extended attributes",zip -X policy.pdf.zip audio.mp3 photo.png presentation.pptx
"Show each file separately, one on a line.",ls -1
Display executable.exe with buffered output suppressed, cat -u executable.exe
Test integrity of executable.exe.zip, zip -T executable.exe.zip
Delete empty directories, find . -type d -empty -delete
Sort files according to size and provide extensive information in lengthy format.,ls -Sl
Copy script.py to projects_backup and prompt for confirmation before replacing,cp -i script.py projects_backup
"Move report.pdf to temp, handling it like it wasn't a directory.",mv -T report.pdf temp
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b photo.png documents_backup
"Create a backup of photo.png, regard the destination as a file, display detailed feedback, and refrain from overwriting.",mv -nbvT photo.png videos
"Display configuration.ini, showing line numbers and non-printing characters",cat -n -v configuration.ini
Make script.py a hard link in documents_archive., cp -l script.py documents_archive
Create archive of photos and its contents, zip -r photos photos
Display script.py with tabs as ^I, cat -T script.py
Check script.py.zip to maintain integrity, unzip -t script.py.zip
"Prior to replacing spreadsheet.xlsx with templates, get confirmation.",mv -i spreadsheet.xlsx templates
"Zip files presentation.pptx, policy.pdf, database.sql into configuration.ini.zip, excluding '*.log' files, verbose output",zip -x '*.log' -v configuration.ini.zip presentation.pptx policy.pdf database.sql
Update proposal.docx if newer in contract.pdf.zip, zip -u contract.pdf.zip proposal.docx
Show audio.mp3 contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s audio.mp3
Transfer configuration.ini to logs_archive and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b configuration.ini logs_archive
List file sizes in human-readable format,ls -h
List directories ahead of files,ls --group-directories-first
Make a clone of proposal.docx in templates_backup and replace any existing files with force., cp -f proposal.docx templates_backup
Enumerate folders empty of contents.,ls -d
Erase policy.pdf from proposal.docx.zip, zip -d proposal.docx.zip policy.pdf
"Subdirectories are listed recursively, and the directory structure is displayed with coloured output.",ls -RdG
Clone image.jpg to images_backup with attribute preservation and creating a hard link, cp -p -l image.jpg images_backup
"Create a backup of audio.mp3, do not overwrite, and display verbose output",mv -bnv audio.mp3 presentations
Transfer document.docx to archive and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b document.docx archive
"Arrange files according to when they were last modified, show the file sizes in a legible manner, and then tally the amount of lines.",ls -lt | awk '{print $5}' | wc -l
Delete files with name image.jpg, find . -name image.jpg -delete
"Move database.sql to projects_backup, then ask to overwrite interactively.", cp -i database.sql projects_backup
"Display database.sql, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I'",cat -n -v -T database.sql
"Show directories themselves with detailed information, then calculate the total size",ls -ld */ | du -h --max-depth=0
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate executable.exe to projects_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b executable.exe projects_backup
"Free document.docx.zip, listing files only, to directory downloads_archive",unzip -l -d downloads_archive document.docx.zip
Show report.pdf with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s report.pdf
Show only the names of the directories; show nothing inside.,ls -d
Display contents of a directory recursively,ls -R
Backup archives to temp_folder and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, cp -r -p archives temp_folder
Unzip files from executable.exe.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j executable.exe.zip
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then sort by file extension",ls -al | awk -F. '{print $NF}' | sort
Backup video.mp4 before forcefully moving it to templates,mv -bf video.mp4 templates
"Sort the files in the list according to size, and show the file sizes in a legible manner.",ls -Sh
Extract the files from memo.txt.zip without a directory structure., unzip -j memo.txt.zip
"Without verifying, switch videos for spreadsheet.xlsx.",mv -f spreadsheet.xlsx videos
Show directory names without contents,ls -d
Find files with names containing 'data' and modified more than 30 days ago,"find . -type f -name ""*data*"" -mtime +30"
Show line numbers for memo.txt, cat -n memo.txt
Verify the image.jpg.zip's integrity., zip -T image.jpg.zip
Print database.sql while suppressing the output from the buffer., cat -u database.sql
"If the parent directories and directory logs don't already exist, create them.",mkdir -p logs
Display memo.txt with non-printing characters, cat -v memo.txt
Extract files silently from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -q spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Move configuration.ini to documents without replacing existing files,mv -n configuration.ini documents
Find the image.jpg files., find . -name image.jpg
"Make a backup of video.mp4, don't replace it, and only move it if it's more recent.",mv -nbu video.mp4 presentations
Zip backups repeatedly, zip -r backups backups
List the amount of files in each directory after displaying the directories themselves with comprehensive information.,ls -ld */ | xargs -I {} sh -c 'echo {}; ls -l {} | wc -l'
Copy spreadsheet.xlsx to reports_archive and create a backup of existing files,cp -b spreadsheet.xlsx reports_archive
Show audio.mp3 with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s audio.mp3
Create a new archive using photo.png and database.sql.zip., zip -c database.sql.zip photo.png
Update report.pdf in presentation.pptx.zip if newer, zip -f presentation.pptx.zip report.pdf
Show memo.txt with every control character present., cat -A memo.txt
Remove spreadsheet.xlsx from database.sql.zip, zip -d database.sql.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"List the contents of a directory, including any hidden files or directories.",ls -a
Backup archives to temp_folder and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, cp -r -p archives temp_folder
List contents of spreadsheet.xlsx quietly, cat -q spreadsheet.xlsx
Sync the contents of music_library with archives. moving files and utilising rsync,rsync -av --remove-source-files archives/ music_library
Change permissions of files, find . -type f -execdir chmod 644 {} \
Transfer the files that have been edited within the last seven days from projects to temp_folder.,find projects -type f -mtime -7 -exec mv {} temp_folder \;
Check for updates and add presentation.pptx to proposal.docx.zip, zip -u proposal.docx.zip presentation.pptx
Transfer downloads to archive with recursive copying and preserving attributes, cp -r -p downloads archive
Display files in colorized format,ls -G
Output the last 50 lines of proposal.docx,cat proposal.docx | tail -n 50
Move contract.pdf to scripts and print verbose feedback,mv -v contract.pdf scripts
Find the usual files., find . -type f
Transfer audio.mp3 to reports and display the output verbosely,mv -v audio.mp3 reports
Show memo.txt with every control character present., cat -A memo.txt
"Display tabs as ~For video.mp4, I", cat -T video.mp4
Display the contents of document.docx with the repeated blank lines disabled, cat -s document.docx
Update existing files in database.sql.zip, zip -u database.sql.zip contract.pdf
Show presentation.pptx with characters that don't print, cat -v presentation.pptx
Locate files named photo.png, find . -name photo.png
Show suppressed buffered output for audio.mp3, cat -u audio.mp3
Print configuration.ini without error messages, cat -q configuration.ini
Pack databases and all its files into archive, zip -r databases databases
Show tabs as ^I for policy.pdf, cat -T policy.pdf
Mirror proposal.docx with properties preserved to videos_backup, cp -p proposal.docx videos_backup
List the files in order of modification date.,ls -t
Examine video.mp4.zip for consistency., unzip -t video.mp4.zip
Compress projects and its contents, zip -r projects projects
Print photo.png without any warning errors, cat -q photo.png
Display file sizes in comprehensible units for humans.,ls -h
"Display configuration.ini, showing line numbers and non-printing characters",cat -n -v configuration.ini
Overwrite existing files when extracting spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, unzip -o spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Copy files to music, find . -name video.mp4 -exec cp {} music \
Extract files and overwrite existing files from configuration.ini.zip, unzip -o configuration.ini.zip
"Ignoring the directory structure, extract the files from configuration.ini.zip", unzip -j configuration.ini.zip
Display policy.pdf with all control characters, cat -A policy.pdf
Include hidden files in the list of files.,ls -a
List files with each on a new line,ls -1
Look for files that have the name report.pdf., find . -name report.pdf
Create a hard link and replicate image.jpg to output while preserving its properties., cp -p -l image.jpg output
Gently unzip the contents of memo.txt.zip., unzip -q memo.txt.zip
"Assume destination is a file, move only if it's newer, and ask before replacing audio.mp3 in templates.",mv -iTu audio.mp3 templates
Duplicate policy.pdf to documents_backup and request confirmation before overwriting, cp -i policy.pdf documents_backup
Show line numbers for spreadsheet.xlsx, cat -n spreadsheet.xlsx
Extract files silently from proposal.docx.zip, unzip -q proposal.docx.zip
Check integrity of audio.mp3.zip, zip -T audio.mp3.zip
Create zip of presentations and its contents, zip -r presentations presentations
Search for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Files should be listed according to size.,ls -S
Files in contract.pdf.zip are displayed., unzip -l contract.pdf.zip
"Generate directory ""music"" and exclude file ""exclude2.pdf"" from it.",mkdir music && ls | grep -v exclude2.pdf
Move spreadsheet.xlsx to scripts if it's newer or doesn't already exist there,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx scripts
Search for files with names containing 'document' and created in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""*document*"" -ctime -1"
Remove script.py from presentation.pptx.zip, zip -d presentation.pptx.zip script.py
Transfer video.mp4 to scripts as a regular file,mv -T video.mp4 scripts
Copy database.sql and perform a force overwrite in backup, cp -f database.sql backup
Put contract.pdf into a new report.pdf.zip archive., zip -c report.pdf.zip contract.pdf
"Forcefully move image.jpg to presentations, prompt before overwriting, and move only if newer",mv -fiu image.jpg presentations
"List subdirectories recursively, each with a colour and full description.",ls -RdlG
Transfer spreadsheet.xlsx to documents_archive and interactively confirm overwrite, cp -i spreadsheet.xlsx documents_archive
"Display executable.exe, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces",cat -n -vT executable.exe
Delete files with name presentation.pptx, find . -name presentation.pptx -execdir rm {} \
Display document.docx with suppressed empty lines, cat -s document.docx
Enable colorized output,ls -G
List contents of proposal.docx quietly, cat -q proposal.docx
"When transferring to archives, avoid overwriting executable.exe.",mv -n executable.exe archives
Extract image.jpg.zip with password '*.pdf', unzip -P *.pdf image.jpg.zip
Show the file's inode numbers.,ls -i
Verbose: Move database.sql to logs,mv -v database.sql logs
Show non-printing characters for report.pdf, cat -v report.pdf
Display directories listed before files,ls --group-directories-first
Print audio.mp3 without any warning errors, cat -q audio.mp3
Display report.pdf with line numbers, cat -n report.pdf
Display memo.txt with non-printing characters visible,cat -v memo.txt
Backup executable.exe before forcefully moving it to downloads,mv -bf executable.exe downloads
"Zip files spreadsheet.xlsx, document.docx, report.pdf into script.py.zip, using compression level 6, verbose output, including empty directories",zip -6 -v -r0 script.py.zip spreadsheet.xlsx document.docx report.pdf
"Display hidden files and directories in long format, then remove the owner information","ls -al | awk '{$2=$3=$4=""""; print $0}'"
Delete script.py from photo.png.zip, zip -d photo.png.zip script.py
"If templates is outdated or nonexistent, only substitute video.mp4 for it.",mv -u video.mp4 templates
Mirror contract.pdf to images_backup and replace any files that already exist without authorization, cp -f contract.pdf images_backup
Copy archives recursively to templates_backup, cp -r archives templates_backup
Delete script.py from photo.png.zip, zip -d photo.png.zip script.py
"Move presentation.pptx to scripts, preserving existing files",mv -n presentation.pptx scripts
Confirm before replacing contract.pdf with photos,mv -i contract.pdf photos
Do not replace scripts with image.jpg,mv -n image.jpg scripts
Recursive copying is used to preserve the properties of reports after a backup to logs_archive., cp -r -p reports logs_archive
Display video.mp4 with line endings, cat -E video.mp4
Pack spreadsheet.xlsx into video.mp4.zip, zip -c video.mp4.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
Show hidden files and folders in a lengthy format with rich colours and details.,ls -alG
"Create the directory ""videos"" and provide a list of its contents.",mkdir videos && ls videos
"Transfer configuration.ini to output and, if required, prompt before overwriting",cp --interactive configuration.ini output
Move executable.exe to archives if it's newer or doesn't exist,mv -u executable.exe archives
Display files in reverse sorted order,ls -r
Files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip should be extracted into temp_folder., unzip -d temp_folder spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Duplicate audio.mp3 to backup with user confirmation for overwrite, cp -i audio.mp3 backup
"List directories themselves, along with full information and coloured output.",ls -dGl
Display every character in the control set for script.py, cat -A script.py
Show executable.exe as ^ with tabsI, cat -T executable.exe
Reverse the default sorting order,ls -r
"Compress files memo.txt, executable.exe, executable.exe into spreadsheet.xlsx.zip, excluding '*.tmp' files, preserving paths, verbose output",zip -x '*.tmp' -r -v spreadsheet.xlsx.zip memo.txt executable.exe executable.exe
Locate the contract.pdf files., find . -name contract.pdf
Rename image.jpg to temp using force.,mv -f image.jpg temp
Show audio.mp3 contents with repeated empty lines suppressed, cat -s audio.mp3
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate executable.exe to projects_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b executable.exe projects_backup
Display proposal.docx in quiet mode, cat -q proposal.docx
"Make a backup of document.docx, relocate it only if it's more recent, and don't replace it.",mv -bnu document.docx photos
Move script.py to logs and provide verbose feedback,mv -v script.py logs
Modify the file permissions., find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \
Create a hard link of document.docx in images_backup, cp -l document.docx images_backup
"Files are sorted by size, file sizes are shown in a format that is understandable by humans, and the final five lines are shown.",ls -lSh | tail -n 5
Display directories listed before files,ls --group-directories-first
"Retrieve script.py.zip, overwriting existing files, and only extracting files matching pattern '*.jpg' to directory music_library",unzip -o -j -d music_library script.py.zip '*.jpg'
Find files with names containing 'test' and with read and write permissions for the user,"find . -type f -name ""*test*"" -perm -u=rw"
Recursively list subdirectories and display directory structure,ls -Rd
List files with extended attributes,ls -l
Duplicate executable.exe to images_backup and retain all attributes,cp -a executable.exe images_backup
"In memo.txt.zip, add photo.png and check for updates.", zip -f memo.txt.zip photo.png
Extract the files from memo.txt.zip without a directory structure., unzip -j memo.txt.zip
Update existing files in image.jpg.zip, zip -u image.jpg.zip proposal.docx
"Create a backup of video.mp4, do not overwrite, and move only if newer",mv -bnu video.mp4 documents
"If music is outdated or nonexistent, substitute photo.png for it.",mv -u photo.png music
"Sort files in logs by size, then move them to logs_archive",ls -S logs | xargs -I {} mv logs/{} logs_archive
Verbose extraction of report.pdf.zip, unzip -v report.pdf.zip
Duplicate image.jpg to temp_folder and overwrite existing files forcibly, cp -f image.jpg temp_folder
Replicate policy.pdf to temp_folder while retaining its attributes and creating a hard link, cp -p -l policy.pdf temp_folder
Sort files according to size and provide extensive information in lengthy format.,ls -Sl
Transfer contract.pdf to reports while keeping all current files.,mv -n contract.pdf reports
Make executable.exe.zip that includes report.pdf, zip -c executable.exe.zip report.pdf
"Compress files executable.exe, image.jpg, configuration.ini into contract.pdf.zip, storing file attributes",zip -X contract.pdf.zip executable.exe image.jpg configuration.ini
Create directory databases with verbose output,mkdir -v databases
Force copy spreadsheet.xlsx to archive without prompting and preserving attributes, cp -f -p spreadsheet.xlsx archive
Show line numbers for database.sql that are not blank., cat -b database.sql
"Forcefully move database.sql to temp, prompt before overwriting, and treat destination as file",mv -fiT database.sql temp
"List all files in the current directory with detailed information, then exclude directories","ls -al | grep -v ""^d"""
Extract files from database.sql.zip into output, unzip -d output database.sql.zip
"Push database.sql hard to presentations, ask for confirmation, and only transfer if there's a newer version available.",mv -ifu database.sql presentations
"Concatenate report.pdf and report.pdf, numbering non-empty output lines and showing non-printing characters and tabs as '^I'",cat -b -vT report.pdf report.pdf
Files from policy.pdf.zip should be extracted into output., unzip -d output policy.pdf.zip
Freshen configuration.ini in document.docx.zip, zip -f document.docx.zip configuration.ini
Search for empty files, find . -type f -empty
Take the updated files out of photo.png.zip., unzip -U photo.png.zip
Show image.jpg with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s image.jpg
Show image.jpg with the blank lines suppressed., cat -s image.jpg
Search for empty files, find . -type f -empty
"List all files having a coloured output that finish in "".png"".",ls -G *.png
List file sizes in human-readable format,ls -h
Maintain database.sql's characteristics and backup it to backup, cp -p database.sql backup
Transfer the files to projects, find . -name report.pdf -exec mv {} projects \
"Create directory ""documents"" and zip its contents into file ""memo.txt.zip"".",mkdir documents && zip memo.txt.zip documents/*
Pack spreadsheet.xlsx into video.mp4.zip, zip -c video.mp4.zip spreadsheet.xlsx
"For each file name, create a backup, a hard link, and mirror it to the destination directory while preserving its properties.", cp -p -l -b document.docx videos_backup
"Make ""photos"" the directory and remove ""ignore2.png"" from it.",mkdir photos && ls | grep -v ignore2.png
Silently extract the files from contract.pdf.zip., unzip -q contract.pdf.zip
Show inode numbers of files,ls -i
Move video.mp4 to images_backup and force overwrite it., cp -f video.mp4 images_backup
Create backups of the current files and clone photo.png to temp_folder.,cp -b photo.png temp_folder
Show executable.exe with line numbers that aren't blank., cat -b executable.exe
Move spreadsheet.xlsx to scripts if it's newer or doesn't already exist there,mv -u spreadsheet.xlsx scripts
Extract files from spreadsheet.xlsx.zip and change to projects_backup, unzip -C projects_backup spreadsheet.xlsx.zip
Print executable.exe while suppressing the output from the buffer., cat -u executable.exe
Show executable.exe as ^ with tabsI, cat -T executable.exe
Recursively list the contents and subdirectories of a directory,ls -R
Create directory music and parent directories if they do not exist,mkdir -p music
Move image.jpg into archive executable.exe.zip, zip -m executable.exe.zip image.jpg
Duplicate executable.exe to output and keep attributes unchanged while creating a hard link, cp -p -l executable.exe output
Locate empty files, find . -type f -empty
Take image.jpg out of the proposal.docx.zip., zip -d proposal.docx.zip image.jpg
Show line endings for contract.pdf, cat -E contract.pdf
Extract files without directory structure from image.jpg.zip, unzip -j image.jpg.zip
"Treat the destination as a file, prompt before overwriting executable.exe in photos, and print verbose information.",mv -iTv executable.exe photos
"Move image.jpg to documents with force, prompt for confirmation, and move only if newer",mv -ifu image.jpg documents
Search for files owned by the user 'user1' or 'user2',find . -type f \( -user user1 -o -user user2 \)
Examine contract.pdf.zip for mistakes., unzip -t contract.pdf.zip
Check for updates and add document.docx to image.jpg.zip, zip -f image.jpg.zip document.docx
Find directories with names starting with 'project' and not modified in the last 90 days,"find . -type d -name ""project*"" -mtime +90"
Extract encrypted report.pdf.zip with password '*.py', unzip -P *.py report.pdf.zip
Print inode numbers of files,ls -i
Transfer script.py to photos and include detailed comments.,mv -v script.py photos
Transfer document.docx to archive and interactively confirm overwrite while preserving attributes and creating a backup, cp -i -p -b document.docx archive
"Take the files out of configuration.ini.Zip the file, then select documents_archive.", unzip -C documents_archive configuration.ini.zip
"Clone memo.txt to logs_archive with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b memo.txt logs_archive
List directory contents and subdirectories recursively,ls -R
Extract files and overwrite existing files from configuration.ini.zip, unzip -o configuration.ini.zip
Clone spreadsheet.xlsx to reports_archive with attribute preservation,cp -a spreadsheet.xlsx reports_archive
Create a backup and force move photo.png to downloads,mv -fb photo.png downloads
Backup current files and clone contract.pdf to photos_backup., cp -b -p contract.pdf photos_backup
Create audio.mp3.zip containing image.jpg, zip -c audio.mp3.zip image.jpg
Enable colorized output,ls -G
Mirror report.pdf to music_library and interactively prompt before replacing files, cp -i report.pdf music_library
List files sorted by their sizes,ls -S
"Forcefully move document.docx to reports, prompt before overwriting, and treat destination as file",mv -fiT document.docx reports
Find the specified pipes., find . -type p
Search for files smaller than 100KB, find . -size -100k
Display the contents of report.pdf,cat report.pdf
"Display database.sql, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as spaces, with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -vT -e database.sql
"Without asking, make a backup, and force copy report.pdf to logs_archive while maintaining attributes", cp -f -p -b report.pdf logs_archive
Take image.jpg out of the configuration.ini.zip., zip -d configuration.ini.zip image.jpg
Overwrite existing files without prompting when extracting image.jpg.zip, unzip -o image.jpg.zip
Display the line counts for script.py, cat -n script.py
Verbose extraction of contract.pdf.zip, unzip -v contract.pdf.zip
Print policy.pdf with all control characters visible, cat -A policy.pdf
Show contents of image.jpg.zip, unzip -l image.jpg.zip
Zip templates recursively, zip -r templates templates
Verbose mode: proposal.docx should be moved to presentations.,mv -v proposal.docx presentations
Unzip files from executable.exe.zip ignoring directory structure, unzip -j executable.exe.zip
Making a hard link and mirroring presentation.pptx to reports_archive while preserving properties, cp -p -l presentation.pptx reports_archive
"List all files beginning with ""data"" in reverse order",ls -r data*
"List all the contents in a directory, including any hidden files.",ls -a
Show line numbers for script.py that are not blank., cat -b script.py
Update document.docx if newer in memo.txt.zip, zip -u memo.txt.zip document.docx
Backup temp to backup and maintain its attributes with recursive copying, cp -r -p temp backup
Zip music along with its subfolders, zip -r music music
"Archive files audio.mp3, presentation.pptx, audio.mp3 into proposal.docx.zip, using password 'pass123', verbose output",zip -P pass123 -v proposal.docx.zip audio.mp3 presentation.pptx audio.mp3
"Provide a complete list of every file in the current directory, then extract just the file names.",ls -al | awk '{print $9}'
"List the contents of a directory, including any hidden files or directories.",ls -a
Examine database.sql.zip for consistency., zip -T database.sql.zip
"Display executable.exe, showing line numbers, non-printing characters, and tabs as '^I', with a '$' at the end of each line",cat -n -v -T -e executable.exe
"Disentangle policy.pdf.zip, excluding exclude.mp4, to directory images_backup",unzip -x exclude.mp4 -d images_backup policy.pdf.zip
Make a copy of policy.pdf and obliterate the current files in documents_backup., cp -f policy.pdf documents_backup
"List files sorted by size and modification time in reverse order with detailed information, then display the first 15 lines",ls -Sltr | head -n 15
"Sort files in logs by size, then move them to logs_archive",ls -S logs | xargs -I {} mv logs/{} logs_archive
Zip music along with its subfolders, zip -r music music
Show inode numbers for files,ls -i
"Make a hard link, backup, and duplicate contract.pdf to videos_backup while maintaining all attributes.", cp -p -l -b contract.pdf videos_backup
List directories before files.,ls --group-directories-first
Provide password '*.txt' to unzip policy.pdf.zip, unzip -P *.txt policy.pdf.zip
Forcefully move audio.mp3 to photos without prompting,mv -f audio.mp3 photos
"Clone policy.pdf to music_library with attribute preservation, creating a hard link, and making a backup", cp -p -l -b policy.pdf music_library
"Display directory names only, without their contents",ls -d
Place all of the files in archives into an archive., zip -r archives archives
"Extract report.pdf.zip, only extracting files matching pattern '*.txt', to directory scripts_backup",unzip -j -d scripts_backup report.pdf.zip '*.txt'
"Before replacing files, mirror contract.pdf to documents_archive and ask questions interactively.", cp -i contract.pdf documents_archive
"List all files beginning with ""data"" in reverse order",ls -r data*
Show line numbers for policy.pdf, cat -n policy.pdf
"Extract report.pdf.zip, only extracting files matching pattern '*.txt', to directory scripts_backup",unzip -j -d scripts_backup report.pdf.zip '*.txt'
Extract newer files from contract.pdf.zip, unzip -U contract.pdf.zip
Do not overwrite contract.pdf when moving to archives,mv -n contract.pdf archives
Change directory to output and extract files from document.docx.zip, unzip -C output document.docx.zip
Force copy script.py to reports_archive without prompting, cp -f script.py reports_archive
Make directory images and output verbosely,mkdir -v images
Make a hard link and clone memo.txt to documents_backup while preserving attributes., cp -p -l memo.txt documents_backup
Output memo.txt with visible non-printing characters., cat -v memo.txt
Show line numbers for policy.pdf, cat -n policy.pdf
File compression with gzip, find . -type f -execdir gzip {} \
Test integrity of executable.exe.zip, zip -T executable.exe.zip
Show non-blank line numbers for document.docx, cat -b document.docx
List proposal.docx contents with suppression of repeated empty lines, cat -s proposal.docx
"Out of database.sql.zip, remove database.sql.", zip -d database.sql.zip database.sql
Print each file separately,ls -1
"Transfer audio.mp3 forcefully to reports, asking for confirmation, and treating destination as a file",mv -ifT audio.mp3 reports
silently list the contents of report.pdf, cat -q report.pdf
Move video.mp4 to images_backup and force overwrite it., cp -f video.mp4 images_backup
List the contents of report.pdf while suppressing the repetitive blank lines., cat -s report.pdf
Search for files with names containing 'document' and created in the last 24 hours,"find . -type f -name ""*document*"" -ctime -1"
Duplicate executable.exe to output and keep attributes unchanged while creating a hard link, cp -p -l executable.exe output
Extract files from policy.pdf.zip into templates_backup, unzip -d templates_backup policy.pdf.zip
Show hidden files with regular files.,ls -a
Create new archive document.docx.zip from report.pdf, zip -c document.docx.zip report.pdf
Sort files in a list according to size.,ls -S
Display non-printing characters while listing the contents of policy.pdf, cat -v policy.pdf
Ask before replacing script.py in music,mv -i script.py music
"Make a backup copy of spreadsheet.xlsx and duplicate it to music_library with user approval to overwrite, preserve attributes, and overwrite", cp -i -p -b spreadsheet.xlsx music_library
Transfer presentation.pptx to scripts_backup and conduct a force overwrite, cp -f presentation.pptx scripts_backup