From: Milad Fatenejad Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 04:50:00 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Done with the shell tutorial...at last X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1078d80c1d351926b509462e4a5d1058fde605a9;p=swc-modular-shell.git Done with the shell tutorial...at last --- diff --git a/1-Shell/Readme.md b/1-Shell/Readme.md index bce3166..a1234a0 100644 --- a/1-Shell/Readme.md +++ b/1-Shell/Readme.md @@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ you enter: You will see that the file name is green. Congratulations, you just created your first shell script! -# Finding and searching files +# Searching files You can search the contents of a file using the command `grep`. The `grep` program is very powerful and useful especially when combined @@ -823,32 +823,89 @@ file containing the file with the smallest Range. Use the commands * * * * +# Finding files -# Extra Commands +The `find` program can be used to find files based on arbitrary +criteria. Navigate to the `data` directory and enter the following +command: -## The backtick, xargs + find . -## Some more common commands +This prints the name of every file or directory, recursively, starting +from the current directory. Let's exclude all of the directories: -**alias** + find . -type f -**du** +This tells `find` to locate only files. Now try these commands: -**ln** + find . -type f -name "*1*" + find . -type f -name "*1*" -or -name "*2*" + find . -type f -name "*1*" -and -name "*2*" + +The `find` command can acquire a list of files and perform some +operation on each file. Try this command out: + + find . -type f -exec grep Volume {} \; + +This command finds every file starting from `.`. Then it searches each +file for a line which contains the word "Volume". The `{}` refers to +the name of each file. The trailing `\;` is used to terminate the +command. + +* * * * +**Short Exercise** + +Navigate to the `data` directory. Use one find command to perform each +of the operations listed below (except number 2, which does not +require a find command): + +1. Find any file whose name is "NOTES" within `data` and delete it + +2. Create a new directory called `cleaneddata` + +3. Move all of the files within `data` to the `cleaneddata` directory + +4. Rename all of the files to ensure that they end in `.txt` (note: + it is ok for the file name to end in `.txt.txt` + +Hint: If you make a mistake and need to start over just do the +following: -## .bashrc +1. Navigate to the `1-Shell` directory -## ssh and scp +2. Delete the `data` directory -## Regular Expressions +3. Enter the command: `git checkout -- data` You should see that the + data directory has reappeared in its original state -# Milad's Notes: +**BONUS** + +Redo exercise 4, except rename only the files which do not already end +in `.txt`. You will have to use the `man` command to figure out how to +search for files which do not match a certain name. + +* * * * + + + +## Bonus: + +**backtick, xargs**: Example find all files with certain text + +**alias** -> rm -i + +**variables** -> use a path example + +**.bashrc** + +**du** + +**ln** -# Background, Foreground, control-Z, control-C +**ssh and scp** -## Not everything is a file or a directory... -- /dev +**Regular Expressions** -## Permissions +**Permissions** -## Variables +**Chaining commands together**