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Delete a file

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rm -i -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/old.zip

Deletes the given file. -i asks before deleting, -- prevents a file name starting with a hyphen from being read as an option. Directories have their own entry using rm -r.

Note: The shell has no trash bin. Deleted files only come back from a backup.

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Delete a directory with all its contents

$rm -rI -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/old
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Copy a file

$cp -ip -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess /var/www/vhosts/example.com/private/htaccess-copy
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Create a dated backup copy of a file

$cp -p -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess.bak-$(date +%F-%H%M)
cautionFilesystem

Delete empty directories recursively

$find /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs -mindepth 1 -type d -empty -print -delete
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Delete files older than X days

$find /var/backups/example.com -type f -name '*.tar.gz' -mtime +30 -print -delete
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Find a file by name

$find /var/www/vhosts -iname '*wp-config*' 2>/dev/null
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