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BASH - Files
Add up the numbers at a specific position in a file
Change date/time of a file to right now
Copy files to different directory
Count the lines in a file that have a specific string
Delete a line that matches a pattern
Delete files with control characters in their filenames
Delete leading whitespace (spaces or tabs) from front of each line in a file
Delete leading and trailing whitespace from each line in a file
Delete trailing whitespace (spaces or tabs) from end of each line in a file
Difference between a copy of a file and a hard link
Display a specific field in a file if it starts with a number
Display a specific field of each line in a file
Display a specific line in a file
Display every line in a file between one string and another
Display every line in a file matching the regular expression
Display every line in a file prefixed with a line number
Display every line in a file with a specific number of characters
Display lines in a file from a starting line through to an ending line
Display the first few lines of a file
Display the last field of each line of the file
Display the last line of a file
Display uncommented lines of a file
Extract specific file(s) from tar.gz
Find all files greater than a certain size
Find filenames with spaces at the end
Find & Replace a String within a File
Insert blank spaces at beginning of each line in a file
List files excluding some files
Manage a file whose name starts with a hyphen (-), or a double hyphen (--)
Removing Duplicate Lines from Files
Search files for specific text
Insert blank spaces at beginning of each line in a file
Manage a file whose name starts with a hyphen (-), or a double hyphen (--)
Remove a field from each line in a file
Remove all carriage returns from a file
Remove Duplicate Lines from a files
Rename replace all occurrences of string within a filename