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How can I exclude directories from grep -R?

I want to traverse all subdirectories, except the “node_modules” directory. 14 s 14 Recent versions of GNU Grep (>= 2.5.2) provide: --exclude-dir=dir which ...

April 17, 2022
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Recursively counting files in a Linux directory

How can I recursively count files in a Linux directory? I found this: find DIR_NAME -type f ¦ wc -l But when I ...

April 17, 2022
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What does set -e mean in a bash script?

I’m studying the content of this preinst file that the script executes before that package is unpacked from its Debian archive (.deb) file. ...

April 16, 2022
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Shell command to tar directory excluding certain files/folders

Is there a simple shell command/script that supports excluding certain files/folders from being archived? I have a directory that need to be archived ...

April 16, 2022
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What is the meaning of “POSIX”?

What is POSIX? I have read the Wikipedia article and I read it every time I encounter the term. The fact is that ...

April 15, 2022
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How to permanently set $PATH on Linux/Unix [closed]

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April 15, 2022
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How do I use sudo to redirect output to a location I don’t have permission to write to? [closed]

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April 15, 2022
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Using ls to list directories and their total sizes

Is it possible to use ls in Unix to list the total size of a sub-directory and all its contents as opposed to ...

April 15, 2022
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git replacing LF with CRLF

Running git on a Windows XP machine, using bash. I exported my project from SVN, and then cloned a bare repository. I then ...

April 15, 2022
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Defining a variable with or without export

What is export for? What is the difference between: export name=value and name=value 14 s 14 export makes the variable available to sub-processes. ...

April 14, 2022
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