Resolving symbolic links (pwd)
Say I do the following:
files
What’s the best way to join files again after splitting them?
If I have a large file and need to split it into 100 megabyte chunks I will do
What is /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 and why can it be used to execute file?
Recently, I have learned a trick that if a file lacks executable permissions, we can run that file by using /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2.
What does the ./ mean (dot slash) in linux?
For example, I can do the following
How to write file into another
I have an empty file (only zeroes are in it) of size 9,0KB and I need to write another file (with size 1,1KB) to it, but the first file must not lose its size or the rest of its contents. So if the whole file is 00000000000000... now, I need to write second file in it and leave the zeroes as they are. I have tried to use dd, but I haven’t succeed – file resizes.
Finding all “Non-Binary” files
Is it possible to use the find command to find all the “non-binary” files in a directory? Here’s the problem I’m trying to solve.
Split file by number of lines including header in each one
I need to split a .txt file into smaller ones containing 100 lines each, including the header. I don’t know if this is relevant, but the original file is delimited like this:
How to find files by file type?
I know I can find files using find: find . -type f -name 'sunrise'. Example result:
List (or move) only files with a certain number of lines?
Dealing with a whole bunch of two-line config files, I’d like a way to exclude any files that have a different number of lines.
How to check if file is empty or it has only blank characters?
This will notify us if the file is empty: