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  • scottalanmillerS

    Linux: Finding Files

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    stacksofplatesS

    @flabbergastedFiltch said in Linux: Finding Files:

    Yea, Scott's reply led me to:

    find . -name "*\ " -print

    Not a big leap.

    Now I'm all the way down the rabbit hole of xargs, grep, and perhaps sed (?)

    Using FreeBSD on EMC Isilon.

    I have to do this a lot, but the creative way users name files is ever changing:
    filename.
    filename. [filename dot space]
    file*name

    Here's a sample of a real directory:

    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEULIGCONOBL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUBLA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._TIMESEXTBOL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._GILLSANBOL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/GILLSANEXTBOL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVETICA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVETICANEUE3.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUHEACONOBL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUULTLIG.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUROM.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._ZAPFDINGBATS.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVEBOLOBL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVETICANEUE1.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._TIMESBOLITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVETICANEUE2.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEULIGCON.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUBLA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUHEACON.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVETICANEUECONDENSED3.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/GILLSANITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUMEDCONOBL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._TIMESSEMITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUTHI.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVETICANEUE3.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/TIMESBOLITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVETICANEUE1.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/TIMESEXTBOL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUHEACONOBL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUHEAITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/ZAPFDINGBATS.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUULTLIG.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUBLAITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUMEDCON.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/GILLSANLIGITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUHEAITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUTHI.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUHEA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUMEDCONOBL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUBLAITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUHEA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUTHIITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUMEDITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEULIGITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._GILLSANITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._GILLSANEXTBOL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._GILLSANBOLITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEULIGCON.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEULIGITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/TIMESSEMITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVEBOLOBL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUMEDCON.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUMEDITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUBOL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUULTLIGITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/GILLSANLIG.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUULTLIGITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._GILLSANLIG.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVETICA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/GILLSANBOLITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEULIG.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUMED.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._GILLSANLIGITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUHEACON.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUMED.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVETICANEUE2.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEULIGCONOBL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/GILLSANBOL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUTHIITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVETICANEUECONDENSED3.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/._HELVENEUITA.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUBOL.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEULIG.
    ./WebUploads/FAMILYANDFRIENDS.1/b_Fonts/HELVENEUROM.

    One or Two files (even 10) and I'd use mv to rename the files and remove the space or period or add extension, etc... This list represents just one folder out of a few hundred that have some gremlin preventing Windows NT Backup (don't ask) from taking a backup and deleting the originals.

    Thanks for the reply and nudge. Now back to it after I change my Job Description on Linkedin to "Frustrated wannabe Software Developer".

    As much as I like giant one liners, the best tool for this would be rename.

    To remove a period just do

    find . -type f -exec rename "." "" {} \;

    You don't technically need to use find, but if the files span multiple directories it's easier.

  • scottalanmillerS

    UNIX: sudo

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  • scottalanmillerS

    UNIX: Switching Users with su

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    DustinB3403D

    @scottalanmiller said in UNIX: Switching Users with su:

    @Grey said in UNIX: Switching Users with su:

    Pop quiz: why do you need the dash with su?

    That was in the original article.

    And I quoted you without quoting you..... see what I did there, I switched a few words 😛

  • scottalanmillerS

    UNIX: What Is a Tarball

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    scottalanmillerS

    @JJoyner1985 said in UNIX: What Is a Tarball:

    So, do you think the reason I am seeing a lot more gzip in use with tarballs is due to the familiarity of gzip and the negligible difference in the compression between it and bzip2? Basically, bzip2 doesn't make enough of an improvement with sufficient regularity to entice people to move away from gzip, or is there some other benefit to gzip that my training material hasn't covered?

    That's correct. The difference between the two is generally small enough that people are not concerned. And lots of systems still don't have bzip2 installed by default so if you want scripts or whatever to work universally you often use gzip because you know that it is always there and predictable.