Newlines in filenames
I understand and accept the premise that defensive1 shell scripting is both prudent and, in the longer term, more sustainable.
filenames
Clipboard for copying and pasting files in command line?
In Bash, suppose I visit a directory, and then another directory. I would like to copy a file from the first directory to the second directory, but without specifying the long pathnames of them. Is it possible?
Count files in a directory by extension
For the purpose of testing, I’d like count how many images files are inside a directory, separating each image file type by file extension (jpg=”yes”. This because later it will be useful for another script that will execute an action on each file extension). Can I use something like the following for only JPEG files?
How do I remove a file I accidentally created named $file?
I was working on a shell script and I accidentally created a file with the variable as its name. Now I have $file in my ls output, and cannot remove it. What can I do?
Understanding Unix file name encoding
I have a hard time understanding how the file name encoding works. On unix.SE
I find contradicting explanations.
Extract file name from path in awk program
I have an awk script and I have passed a CSV file to it.
Why does awk stop and wait if the filename contains = and how to work around that?
Either of the following two types of argument can be intermixed:
What does the ./ mean (dot slash) in linux?
For example, I can do the following
What does the tilde (~) mean at the end of a filename?
What is the file with the ~ at the end of the filename for? $ ls # aliased to add flags -rwxrwxr-x 1 durrantm 2741 May 16 09:28 strip_out_rspec_prep_cmds.sh~* drwxrwxr-x 13 durrantm 4096 May 16 14:21 ../ -rwxrwxr-x 1 durrantm 2221 May 16 14:58 strip_out_rspec_prep_cmds.sh* This is not the same as .swp files which are … Read more
Trailing slashes on symbolic links to directories
I’m trying to emulate the process of path resolution (see man page path_resolution) in unix-like systems.