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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 |