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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