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Save the md5 sum of $twofish to variable 'twofish'
twofish=`echo -n $twofish | md5sum | tr -d " -"`
Save the network node hostname append with '-', the current date and '.txt' into variable 'filename'
filename="$(uname -n)-$(date +%F).txt"
Save number of lines in '/some/big/file' to 'LINES' variable
LINES=$(cat /some/big/file | wc -l)
Save number of lines in 'file.txt' file in 'nbLines' variable
nbLines=$(cat -n file.txt | tail -n 1 | cut -f1 | xargs)
Save number of lines with any-cased 'merge' from $COMMIT_EDITMSG file in 'MERGE' variable
MERGE=$(cat $COMMIT_EDITMSG|grep -i 'merge'|wc -l)
Save the number of matching executables for "$cmd" in $PATH to variable "candidates"
candidates=$(which -a $cmd | wc -l)
Save number of processors in system to 'NP' variable
NP=`cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l`
Save number of strings with $expression pattern in 'foo.txt' to 'big_lines' variable.
big_lines=`cat foo.txt | grep -c "$expression"`
Save the numerically greater value of "$kf" and "$mp" into variable "gv"
gv=$(echo -e $kf'\n'$mp | sort -t'.' -g | tail -n 1)
Save only the digits in "$filename" to variable "number"
number=$(echo $filename | tr -cd '[[:digit:]]')
Save the percentage of packets lost of the 5 packets sent to "$host" in variable "packet_loss"
packet_loss=$(ping -c 5 -q $host | grep -oP '\d+(?=% packet loss)')
Save the physical current working directory to variable "END_ABS"
END_ABS=`pwd -P`
Saves real path of the folder containing the current script
DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f \"$0\")")
Save the short DNS lookup output of $WORKSTATION to 'WORKSTATION_IP' variable
WORKSTATION_IP=`dig +short $WORKSTATION`
Save the short host name appended with ".mysqldb" in variable "DBPREFIX"
DBPREFIX="$(hostname -s).mysqldb"
Save the short system host name to variable "hostname"
hostname=`hostname -s`
Save small letter short day name of the week to variable 'DayOfWeek'
DayOfWeek=`date +%a |tr A-Z a-z`
Saves space separated content of $RAW_LOG_DIR in FILES variable
FILES=`cat $RAW_LOG_DIR | xargs -r`
Save standard input to variable 'stdin' until the first character encoded as '\004' is read
read -d "$(echo -e '\004')" stdin
Save the system host name in variable "HOSTNAME"
HOSTNAME="`hostname`"
Save the system host name in variable "HOSTNAME"
HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
Save the system host name into variable "HOST"
HOST=$(hostname)
Save the system host name to variable "myHostName"
myHostName=`hostname`
Save system information appended with the current date in 'filename' variable
filename="$(uname -a)$(date)"
Save the system load average for the past 1 minute of the currently logged in user to variable 'proc_load_average'
proc_load_average=$(w | head -1 | cut -d" " -f12 | cut -d"," -f1-2 | tr ',' '.')
Save the user name in upper case of the current user in variable "v"
v=$(whoami | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z')
Save the user name in upper case of the current user in variable "v"
v=$(whoami | tr [:lower:] [:upper:])
Save the user name of the current user to variable "me"
me="$(whoami)"
Save the user name of the current user to variable "me"
me=$(whoami)
Save the user name of the current user to variable "whoami"
whoami=$(whoami)
Save the user name of the current user to variable "x"
x=$(whoami)
Save the UTC date represented by time string $sting2 as the seconds since epoch to variable 'FinalDate'
FinalDate=$(date -u -d "$string2" +"%s")
Scan every file in /etc for IPV4 addresses.
find /etc -exec grep '[0-9][0-9]*[.][0-9][0-9]*[.][0-9][0-9]*[.][0-9][0-9]*' {} \;
Search "file1" for lines matching regex patterns listed in "file2" and list the unique results (sorted alphabetically)
grep -f file2 file1 | sort -u
Search "file1" for lines matching regex patterns listed in "file2" and list the unique results (sorted alphabetically)
grep -f file2 file1 | sort | uniq
Search "input.txt" for regex patterns only matching those listed in "ignore.txt", list the unique lines and prefix with the number of occurrences
grep -of ignore.txt input.txt | sort | uniq -c
Search "inputfile" for lines starting with "t:" and group the results in files with at most 200 lines each
cat inputfile | grep "^t\:" | split -l 200
Search the "katalogi" directory tree for files named "wzorzec"
find katalogi -name wzorzec
Search "mygzfile.gz" for "string to be searched"
gunzip -c mygzfile.gz | grep "string to be searched"
Search the "test1" directory recursively for regular files
find test1 -type f -print
Search "whatyousearchfor" in history and print 3 lines before and 4 lines after
history | grep -A 4 -B 3 whatyousearchfor
Search $MYGROUP in /etc/group, take the 4th colon (':') separated field, replace comma (',') with newline and save the result to variable 'MYUSERS'
MYUSERS=`grep $MYGROUP /etc/group | cut -d ":" -f4| tr "," "\n"`
Search the `research' directory and one level below for directories that are not owned by group `ian'
find -L research -maxdepth 2 -type d ! -group ian
Search the 'tmp' directory for .mp3 files
find tmp -maxdepth 1 -name '*.mp3'
Search the *.c files residing in the current directory tree for string "blash"
find . -name *.c -exec grep -n -e blash {} \;
Search the *.cc files in the current directory tree for string "xxx"
find . -name "*.cc" -print -exec grep "xxx" {} \;
Search the *.cc files in the current directory tree for string "xxx"
find . -name "*.cc" | xargs grep "xxx"
Search the *.code files from the current directory tree for string 'pattern'
find . -name '*.code' -exec grep -H 'pattern' {} +
Search the *.code files from the current directory tree for string 'pattern'
find . -name '*.code' -print0 | xargs -0 grep -H 'pattern'
Search the *.txt files from the current directory tree for "string"
find . -name "*.txt" -print0 | xargs -0 egrep 'string'
Search *.txt files under and below /directory/containing/files for "pattern_to_search"
find /directory/containing/files -type f -name "*.txt" -exec grep -H 'pattern_to_search' {} +
Search *.x files from the current directory tree for string "fred"
find . -name ‘*.x’ -print0 | xargs -0 grep fred
Search the ./bin directory recursively for files called "cp"
find ./bin -name “cp”
Search the .VER files from the current directory tree for Perl regular expression "Model-Manufacturer:.\n."
find . -name "*.VER" -exec grep -P 'Model-Manufacturer:.\n.' '{}' ';' -print
Search the .VER files from the current directory tree for string "Test_Version='
find . -name "*.VER" -exec grep 'Test_Version=' '{}' ';' -print;
Search .c and .h files in the current directory tree for "expr"
find . -name '*.[ch]' | xargs grep -E 'expr'
Search the .c files residing in the Lib/ directory tree for lines beginning with "PyErr"
find Lib/ -name '*.c' -print0 | xargs -0 grep ^PyErr
Search the .java files from the /Applications/ directory tree for TODO lines
find /Applications/ -name "*.java" -exec grep -i TODO {} +
Search the .java files from the /Applications/ directory tree for TODO lines
find /Applications/ -name "*.java" -exec grep -i TODO {} \;
Search the .java files from the /Applications/ directory tree for TODO lines
find /Applications/ -name "*.java" -print0 | xargs -0 grep -i "TODO"
Search the .java files from the current directory tree for TODO lines
find . -name "*.java" -exec grep -Hin TODO {} \;
Search the .java files from the current directory tree for TODO lines
find . -name "*.java" -exec grep -i -n TODO {} \;
Search the .log files in the current directory tree for string "The SAS System"
find `pwd` -name "*.log" -exec grep "The SAS System" {} \;
Search the .py files residing in the current directory tree for "something"
find . -name "*.py" -type f -exec grep "something" {} \;
Search the .sh files in the current directory tree for string "ksh"
find . -name "*.sh" | xargs grep "ksh"
Search the /Applications directory tree for *.app directories
find /Applications -type d -name "*.app"
Search the /Path directory tree for files matching pattern "file_name*"
find /Path -name "file_name*"
Search the /Path directory tree for files whose pathnames match pattern "/Path/bar*" and whose names match pattern "file_name*"
find /Path -path "/Path/bar*" -name "file_name*"
Search the /Path/bar* directories recursively for files matching pattern "file_name*"
find /Path/bar* -name "file_name*"
Search the /dir directory tree for files whose names match regular expression '.*2015.*\(album.*\|picture.*\)'
find /dir -regex '.*2015.*\(album.*\|picture.*\)'
Search the /dir directory tree for files whose names match regular expression '2015.*(album|picture)'
find /dir|egrep '2015.*(album|picture)'
Search the /etc directory tree for files accessed within the last 24 hours
find /etc -atime -1
Search the /etc directory tree for symbolic links
find /etc -type l -print
Search /etc for files modified within the last 10 minutes
find /etc -type f -mmin -10
Search the /etc/apache-perl directory tree for files newer than /etc/apache-perl/httpd.conf
find /etc/apache-perl -newer /etc/apache-perl/httpd.conf
Search the /home/bozo/projects directory tree for files modified within the last 24 hours
find /home/bozo/projects -mtime 1
Search the /home/pankaj directory for regular files whose status has changed within the last 5 minutes
find /home/pankaj -maxdepth 1 -cmin -5 -type f
Search the /home/sdt5z/tmp directory tree for files named "accepted_hits.bam"
find /home/sdt5z/tmp -name "accepted_hits.bam"
Search the /home/test directory tree for directories and files called '.ssh'
find /home/test -name '.ssh'
Search the /home/user1 directory tree for files whose names end in ".bin"
find /home/user1 -name "*.bin"
Search the /home/weedly directory tree for regular files named myfile
find /home/weedly -name myfile -type f -print
Search the /home/www directory tree for regular files
find /home/www -type f
Search the /media/shared directory recursively for MP3 and OGG files
find /media/shared \( -iname "*.mp3" -o -iname "*.ogg" \)
Search the /mnt/raid/upload directory tree for files that have been modified within the last 7 days
find /mnt/raid/upload -mtime -7 -print
Search the /myfiles directory tree for files last modified 2 days ago
find /myfiles -mtime 2
Search the /myfiles directory tree for files that are 5 512 byte blocks in size
find /myfiles -size 5
Search the /myfiles directory tree for files whose names contain "blue"
find /myfiles -name '*blue*'
Search the /myfiles directory tree for regular files with at least these permissions: 647
find /myfiles -type f -perm -647
Search the /myfiles directory tree for regular files with read and write permissions set for `others'
find /myfiles -type f -perm -o+rw
Search the /path directory recursively for TXT files
find /path -type f -iname "*.txt"
Search the /path directory tree for files having permissions 777
find /path -perm ugo+rwx
Search the /path directory tree for files lacking the group writable bit
find /path ! -perm /020
Search the /path directory tree for files lacking the group writable bit
find /path ! -perm /g+w
Search the /path directory tree for files missing g+w and o+w bits
find /path ! -perm /022
Search the /path directory tree for files missing g+w or o+w bits
find /path ! -perm -022
Search the /path directory tree for regular files
find /path -type f
Search the /path tree for all executables
find /path -perm /ugo+x
Search the /path/to/dir directory tree for .c files
find /path/to/dir -name \*.c
Search the /path/to/directory tree for regular files modified 61 days ago and then remove them
find /path/to/directory -type f -mtime 61 -exec rm -f {} \;
Search /path/to/your/directory for *.avi and *.flv files
find /path/to/your/directory -regex '.*\.\(avi\|flv\)'