Unix-portable way to get script’s absolute path in zsh?
What is a portable1 way for a (zsh) script to determine its absolute path?
filenames
shellcheck is advising not to use basename: why?
I am trying out shellcheck.
bulk rename (or correctly display) files with special characters
I have a bunch of directories and subdirectories that contain files with special characters, like this file:
How to list files in a zip without extra information in command line
In my bash command line, when I use unzip -l test.zip I get the output like this:
Glob with Numerical Order
I have this list of pdf files in a directory:
Why do some Linux files have a ‘d’ suffix?
I observed some of the binary files and configuration filenames end with a d.
What is reason for putting a d at the end of the file name?
Manipulate file name piped from find command
I’m relatively new to Bash and am trying to do something that on the surface seemed pretty straightforward – run find over a directory hierarchy to get all of the *.wma files, pipe that output to a command where I convert them to mp3 and save the converted file as .mp3. My thinking was that the command should look like the following (I’ve left off the audio conversion command and am instead using echo for illustration):
file descriptor vs. file name
I was wondering what differences and relations are between file descriptors and file names. Are they all used to access files? If yes, in the same way?
Path syntax rules
I’m writing a library for manipulation Unix path strings. That being the case, I need to understand a few obscure corners of the syntax that most people wouldn’t worry about.