How to check if a value exists in a dictionary (python)
I have the following dictionary in python: d = {‘1’: ‘one’, ‘3’: ‘three’, ‘2’: ‘two’, ‘5’: ‘five’, ‘4’: ‘four’} I need a way … Read more
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Find the files that have been changed in last 24 hours
E.g., a MySQL server is running on my Ubuntu machine. Some data has been changed during the last 24 hours. What (Linux) scripts … Read more
How to only get file name with Linux ‘find’?
I’m using find to all files in directory, so I get a list of paths. However, I need only file names. i.e. I … Read more
Fast way of finding lines in one file that are not in another?
I have two large files (sets of filenames). Roughly 30.000 lines in each file. I am trying to find a fast way of … Read more
How do I find all of the symlinks in a directory tree?
I’m trying to find all of the symlinks within a directory tree for my website. I know that I can use find to … Read more
How to loop through file names returned by find?
x=$(find . -name “*.txt”) echo $x if I run the above piece of code in Bash shell, what I get is a string … Read more
Make xargs handle filenames that contain spaces
$ ls *mp3 | xargs mplayer Playing Lemon. File not found: ‘Lemon’ Playing Tree.mp3. File not found: ‘Tree.mp3’ Exiting… (End of file) My … Read more
How can I find elements by text content with jQuery?
Can anyone tell me if it’s possible to find an element based on its content rather than by an ID or class? I … Read more
How to use regex with find command?
I have some images named with generated uuid1 string. For example 81397018-b84a-11e0-9d2a-001b77dc0bed.jpg. I want to find out all these images using “find” command: … Read more
Using find to locate files that match one of multiple patterns
I was trying to get a list of all python and html files in a directory with the command find Documents -name “*.{py,html}”. … Read more