GWHed/nl2bash · Datasets at Hugging Face

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Finds name of a current month and saves it in a 'month' variable.	month=$(cal \| head -1 \| grep -oP "[A-Za-z]+")
find not case sensitive all directories that names are 'apt'	find / -type d -iname "apt"
find not case sensitive all directories that names are 'apt' and display details	find / -type d -iname "apt" -ls
Find not-executable files under /home/www	find /home/www/ ! -executable
find the oldest normal file in the current directory	find -type f -printf '%T+ %p\n' \| sort \| head -n 1
find the oldest normal file in the current directory	find . -type f -print0 \| xargs -0 ls -ltr \| head -n 1
find the oldest normal file in the current directory and display its contents	find -type f -printf "%T+ %p\0" \| sort -z \| grep -zom 1 ".*" \| cat
find the oldest normal file in the current directory and display with its timestamp	find ! -type d -printf "%T@ %p\n" \| sort -n \| head -n1
Find one file or directory in the current directory whose name matches the pattern given as a variable $a	find . -maxdepth 1 -name "$a" -print -quit
Find only directories	find . -type d
Find only files under /etc with the size of 100k-150k	find /etc -size +100k -size -150k
Finds only parts of echoed string that match with regex 'run-parts (-{1,2}\S+ )*\S+', and saves them in $match variable, each matched part on a separate line.	match=$(echo "${line}" \| egrep -o 'run-parts (-{1,2}\S+ )*\S+')
Find out all files owned by user vivek	find / -user vivek
Finds out what groups a current user has.	groups
Finds out what groups a given user has.	groups user
find out what group a given user has	groups user
Find the passwd file in the current directory and one level down	find -maxdepth 2 -name passwd
Find the passwd file under root and two levels down	find / -maxdepth 3 -name passwd
Find the passwd file under root and one level down.	find -maxdepth 2 -name passwd
Find the passwd file under the root directory and two levels down	find / -maxdepth 3 -name passwd
find the path of a specfic video file in the current directory	find ./ -name "foo.mp4" -printf "%h\n"
Finds pattern text ignoring letter case in all .js files, prints matched strings and name of file with that strings.	find . -name '*.js' -exec grep -i 'string to search for' {} \; -print
Find PHP files containing 2 or more classes	find . -type f -name "*.php" -exec grep --with-filename -c "^class " {} \; \| grep ":[2-99]" \| sort -t ":" -k 2 -n -r
Finds PIDs of all running processes, gets executable binary of each process, and prints containing folder of each binary.	ps -A -o pid \| xargs -I pid readlink "/proc/pid/exe" \| xargs -I file dirname "file"
(GNU specific) Find the process currently taking the most CPU time.	top -b -n1 -c \| grep -A 2 '^$'
Find the process id of mysql	ps -A\|grep mysql
Find recursively all Emacs backup files in the current directory and remove them	find . -name '*~' \| xargs rm
Find recursively all empty directories in the current directory	find -type d -empty
Find recursively all empty directories in the current directory	find . -type d -empty
Find recursively all files changed within the last 5 minutes starting from directory b	find b -cmin -5
Finds recursively all files having extension .c, .h in '/path/' that contain 'pattern', and prints matched strings with string number and file name.	grep --include=\*.{c,h} -rnw '/path/to/somewhere/' -e "pattern"
Find recursively all files in the "." directory tree whose names end with ".class" and delete them	find . -type f -name "*.class" -exec rm -vf {} \;
Finds recursively all files in '/path/' that contain 'pattern', and prints matched strings with string number and file name.	grep -rnw '/path/' -e 'pattern'
Find recursively all files in /path that end in "txt" and copy them to /tmp/	find /path -type f -name "*txt" -printf "cp '%p' '/tmp/test_%f'\n" \| bash
Finds recursively all files not having extension .o in '/path/' that contain 'pattern', and prints matched strings with string number and file name.	grep --exclude=*.o -rnw '/path/to/somewhere/' -e "pattern"
Find recursively all files whose names begin with "foo"	find . -name "foo*"
Find recursively all files whose names ends with "foo"	find . -name "*foo"
Finds recursively all folders in current folder which path not contains "NameToExclude" string and removes only ones without files and another folders within.	find . -type 'd' \| grep -v "NameToExclude" \| xargs rmdir
Finds recursively all folders named 'a' within current folder and removes only ones without files and another folders within.	find -type d -name a -exec rmdir {} \;
Finds recursively all folders named 'a' within current folder and removes only ones without files and another folders within.	find . -name "a" -type d \| xargs rmdir
Find recursively all Python files in the current directory and search them for the word ‘import’	find . -name '*.py' \| xargs grep 'import'
Find recursively all Python files in the current directory tree and count the number of lines in them	find . -name '*.py' \| xargs wc -l
Find recursively all regular .txt files in the current directory tree except README.txt	find . -type f -name "*.txt" ! -name README.txt -print
Find recursively all regular files changed within the last 5 minutes starting from directory b	find b -type f -cmin -5
Find recursively all regular files in the current directory skipping hidden files and directories matching pattern '.?*'	find -name '.?*' -prune -o \( -type f -print0 \)
Find recursively all regular files in the current directory tree ending in .dll or .exe	find . -type f \| grep -P "\.dll$\|\.exe$"
Find recursively all regular files in the current directory tree not ending in .dll or .exe	find . -type f \| grep -vP "\.dll$\|\.exe$"
Find recursively all regular files in the current directory whose names contain "."	find . -type f -a -name '.'
Find recursively all regular files in directory tree b that were changed within the last 5 minutes and copy them to directory c	find b -type f -cmin -5 -exec cp '{}' c \;
Finds recursively and following symlinks from root folder all files that contain "text-to-find-here" and prints files names.	grep -Ril "text-to-find-here" /
Find recursively the files named "file" in the current directory ignoring the .git subdirectory	find . -path ./.git -prune -o -name file -print
Find recursively the files named "file" in the current directory ignoring all .git directories	find . -name .git -prune -o -name file -print
Find recursively the latest modified .zip file in the current directory	find . -name "*zip" -type f \| xargs ls -ltr \| tail -1
Find recursively the latest modified file in the current directory	find . -type f -print0 \| xargs -0 ls -ltr \| tail -n 1
Find recursively the latest modified file in the current directory	find . -type f -print0\|xargs -0 ls -drt\|tail -n 1
Find recursively the latest modified file in the current directory	find . -type f -printf '%T@ %p\n' \| sort -n \| tail -1 \| cut -f2- -d" "
Find recursively the latest modified file in the current directory	find . -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM: %Tz %p\n'\| sort -n \| tail -n1
Find recursively the latest modified file in the current directory	find . -type f \| xargs ls -ltr \| tail -n 1
Find recursively regular files in the current directory tree	find -type f -print0
Find recursively regular files in the current directory tree	find . -type f -print
Find recursively regular files in the directory given as the script's command line argument #1, skipping hidden files and directories	find "$1" -path "/." -prune -o \( -type f -print0 \)
Finds recursion-related options of a 'grep' utility.	grep --help \|grep recursive
find regular files and directories that have been modified in the last seven days	find . -mtime -7 -type f
Find regular files in the current directory that are writable by their owner	find -maxdepth 1 -type f -perm /200
Find regular files in the current directory tree that have all executable bits set	find -L . -type f -perm -a=x
Find regular files in the current directory tree that have any executable bits set	find -L . -type f \( -perm -u=x -o -perm -g=x -o -perm -o=x \)
Find regular files in the current directory tree that are called FindCommandExamples.txt and remove them	find . -type f -name "FindCommandExamples.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;
Find regular files in the current directory tree that have executable bits set for the user and group but not for the other	find -L . -type f -perm -u=x,g=x \! -perm -o=x
Find regular files in the current directory tree that have the user executable bit set	find . -type f -perm -u=x
find regular/normal files in the current folder	find -type f
Find regular files matching pattern "oraenv" and excecute the "file" utility for each of them	find . -name "oraenv" -type f -exec file {} \;
Find regular files modified within the last 7 days	find . -mtime -7 -type f
Find regular files named "expression -and expression" under and below /dir/to/search/	find /dir/to/search/ -type f -name 'expression -and expression' -print
Find regular files named "regex" under and below /dir/to/search/	find /dir/to/search/ -type f -name 'regex' -print
Find regular files named 'findme.txt' under '/usr' and '/home' directory tree	find /usr /home -name findme.txt -type f -print
Find regular files named core under /tmp and delete them	find /tmp -name core -type f -print \| xargs /bin/rm -f
find regular file named foo.txt under root / directory.	find / -name foo.txt -type f
find regular file named foo.txt under root / directory.	find / -name foo.txt -type f -print
Find regular files readable by the world	find . -perm -g=r -type f -exec ls -l {} \;
Find regular files that are bigger than 500 MB in size under current directoryt tree	find . -type f -size +500M
Find regular files that are larger than 2GB	find . -type f -size +2G
Find regular files that have SUID or SGID set	find / -perm +6000 -type f
Find regular files under '/somefolder' directory tree satisfying the options/conditions/operations provided in ${ARGS[@]} array with find command	find /somefolder -type f '(' "${ARGS[@]}" ')'
Find regular files under / that contain "stringtofind"	find / -maxdepth 1 -xdev -type f -exec grep -li stringtofind '{}' \;
Find regular files under and below /path that match pattern "???-???_[a-zA-Z]_[0-9]_*.???"	find /path -type f -name "???-???_[a-zA-Z]_[0-9]_*.???"
find regular files under the current directory and execute an md5sum command on each one	find -type f -exec md5sum {} +
Find regular files which have 644 permission	find . -perm 644 -type f -exec ls -l {} \;
find regular files which modification time is 7 days ago	find . -mtime -7 -type f
Find regular files whose names end in .JPG	find . -type f -name "*.JPG"
Find regular files with permissions less than 111	find -perm -111 -type f
find the regular js files which path does not contains '/test/' and name does not contains '-min-' or 'console'	find . ! -path "/test/" -type f -name ".js" ! -name "-min-" ! -name "console*"
Find regular non-hidden files containing 'some text' in their names	find . -not -path '/\.' -type f -name 'some text'
Find regular non-hidden files containing `some text' in their names with hidden directories optimization	find . -type d -path '/\.' -prune -o -not -name '.' -type f -name 'some text*' -print
Find root's files in the current directory tree	find ./ -user root
Find root's Ruby files accessed in the last two minutes	find /apps/ -user root -type f -amin -2 -name *.rb
find setuid files and directories writing the details to /root/suid.txt , and find large files writing the details to /root/big.txt, traversing the filesystem just once	find / \( -perm -4000 -fprintf /root/suid.txt '%#m %u %p\n' \) , \ \( -size +100M -fprintf /root/big.txt '%-10s %p\n' \)
Find SGID files	find / -perm +2000
Find SGID files	find / -perm +g=s
Finds shell options like 'checkjobs' with their state.	shopt -p \| grep checkjobs
Finds shell options with 'login' in name.	shopt \| grep login

Finds name of a current month and saves it in a 'month' variable.

month=$(cal | head -1 | grep -oP "[A-Za-z]+")

find not case sensitive all directories that names are 'apt'

find / -type d -iname "apt"

find not case sensitive all directories that names are 'apt' and display details

find / -type d -iname "apt" -ls

Find not-executable files under /home/www

find /home/www/ ! -executable

find the oldest normal file in the current directory

find -type f -printf '%T+ %p\n' | sort | head -n 1

find the oldest normal file in the current directory

find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -ltr | head -n 1

find the oldest normal file in the current directory and display its contents

find -type f -printf "%T+ %p\0" | sort -z | grep -zom 1 ".*" | cat

find the oldest normal file in the current directory and display with its timestamp

find ! -type d -printf "%T@ %p\n" | sort -n | head -n1

Find one file or directory in the current directory whose name matches the pattern given as a variable $a

find . -maxdepth 1 -name "$a" -print -quit

Find only directories

find . -type d

Find only files under /etc with the size of 100k-150k

find /etc -size +100k -size -150k

Finds only parts of echoed string that match with regex 'run-parts (-{1,2}\S+ )*\S+', and saves them in $match variable, each matched part on a separate line.

match=$(echo "${line}" | egrep -o 'run-parts (-{1,2}\S+ )*\S+')

Find out all files owned by user vivek

find / -user vivek

Finds out what groups a current user has.

groups

Finds out what groups a given user has.

groups user

find out what group a given user has

groups user

Find the passwd file in the current directory and one level down

find -maxdepth 2 -name passwd

Find the passwd file under root and two levels down

find / -maxdepth 3 -name passwd

Find the passwd file under root and one level down.

find -maxdepth 2 -name passwd

Find the passwd file under the root directory and two levels down

find / -maxdepth 3 -name passwd

find the path of a specfic video file in the current directory

find ./ -name "foo.mp4" -printf "%h\n"

Finds pattern text ignoring letter case in all .js files, prints matched strings and name of file with that strings.

find . -name '*.js' -exec grep -i 'string to search for' {} \; -print

Find PHP files containing 2 or more classes

find . -type f -name "*.php" -exec grep --with-filename -c "^class " {} \; | grep ":[2-99]" | sort -t ":" -k 2 -n -r

Finds PIDs of all running processes, gets executable binary of each process, and prints containing folder of each binary.

ps -A -o pid | xargs -I pid readlink "/proc/pid/exe" | xargs -I file dirname "file"

(GNU specific) Find the process currently taking the most CPU time.

top -b -n1 -c | grep -A 2 '^$'

Find the process id of mysql

ps -A|grep mysql

Find recursively all Emacs backup files in the current directory and remove them

find . -name '*~' | xargs rm

Find recursively all empty directories in the current directory

find -type d -empty

Find recursively all empty directories in the current directory

find . -type d -empty

Find recursively all files changed within the last 5 minutes starting from directory b

find b -cmin -5

Finds recursively all files having extension .c, .h in '/path/' that contain 'pattern', and prints matched strings with string number and file name.

grep --include=\*.{c,h} -rnw '/path/to/somewhere/' -e "pattern"

Find recursively all files in the "." directory tree whose names end with ".class" and delete them

find . -type f -name "*.class" -exec rm -vf {} \;

Finds recursively all files in '/path/' that contain 'pattern', and prints matched strings with string number and file name.

grep -rnw '/path/' -e 'pattern'

Find recursively all files in /path that end in "txt" and copy them to /tmp/

find /path -type f -name "*txt" -printf "cp '%p' '/tmp/test_%f'\n" | bash

Finds recursively all files not having extension .o in '/path/' that contain 'pattern', and prints matched strings with string number and file name.

grep --exclude=*.o -rnw '/path/to/somewhere/' -e "pattern"

Find recursively all files whose names begin with "foo"

find . -name "foo*"

Find recursively all files whose names ends with "foo"

find . -name "*foo"

Finds recursively all folders in current folder which path not contains "NameToExclude" string and removes only ones without files and another folders within.

find . -type 'd' | grep -v "NameToExclude" | xargs rmdir

Finds recursively all folders named 'a' within current folder and removes only ones without files and another folders within.

find -type d -name a -exec rmdir {} \;

Finds recursively all folders named 'a' within current folder and removes only ones without files and another folders within.

find . -name "a" -type d | xargs rmdir

Find recursively all Python files in the current directory and search them for the word ‘import’

find . -name '*.py' | xargs grep 'import'

Find recursively all Python files in the current directory tree and count the number of lines in them

find . -name '*.py' | xargs wc -l

Find recursively all regular .txt files in the current directory tree except README.txt

find . -type f -name "*.txt" ! -name README.txt -print

Find recursively all regular files changed within the last 5 minutes starting from directory b

find b -type f -cmin -5

Find recursively all regular files in the current directory skipping hidden files and directories matching pattern '.?*'

find -name '.?*' -prune -o $ -type f -print0 $

Find recursively all regular files in the current directory tree ending in .dll or .exe

find . -type f | grep -P "\.dll$|\.exe$"

Find recursively all regular files in the current directory tree not ending in .dll or .exe

find . -type f | grep -vP "\.dll$|\.exe$"

Find recursively all regular files in the current directory whose names contain "."

find . -type f -a -name '*.*'

Find recursively all regular files in directory tree b that were changed within the last 5 minutes and copy them to directory c

find b -type f -cmin -5 -exec cp '{}' c \;

Finds recursively and following symlinks from root folder all files that contain "text-to-find-here" and prints files names.

grep -Ril "text-to-find-here" /

Find recursively the files named "file" in the current directory ignoring the .git subdirectory

find . -path ./.git -prune -o -name file -print

Find recursively the files named "file" in the current directory ignoring all .git directories

find . -name .git -prune -o -name file -print

Find recursively the latest modified .zip file in the current directory

find . -name "*zip" -type f | xargs ls -ltr | tail -1