#files

12 one-liners with this tag.

Copy a file

$cp -ip -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess /var/www/vhosts/example.com/private/htaccess-copy

cautionFilesystem

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 a file

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

destructiveFilesystem

Find a file by name

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

harmlessFilesystem

List directory contents with permissions and sizes

$ls -lAh --group-directories-first -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs

harmlessFilesystem

Move a file to another directory

$mv -i -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/old.zip /var/www/vhosts/example.com/private/

cautionFilesystem

Rename a file or directory

$mv -i -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/index.html /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/index.html.old

cautionFilesystem

Rename many files at once

$rename -n 's/\.jpeg$/.jpg/' *.jpeg

cautionFilesystem

Copy a file from a Docker container to the host

#docker cp app:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf /root/nginx.conf

Find the package that provides a file not yet installed

$apt-file search bin/mysqldump

harmlessDebian and APT

Find which installed package a file belongs to

$dpkg -S /usr/bin/curl

harmlessDebian and APT

Show open files of a process

harmlessProcesses