Grep and File Handling Commands
Grep: Global Regular Expression Print
File Removal Commands
Remove all `.txt` files at once:
rm *.txt
Remove files based on pattern:
rm filename*
Example: rm da*
Remove a specific file:
rm filename
Remove an empty folder:
rmdir foldername
Remove everything in a directory:
rm *
Using `grep` to Search Content in Files
Basic search in a file:
grep word filename
Example: grep carlo customer.sql
Search similar words Ignoring case sensitivity:
grep -i word filename
Example: grep -i grass file1
Show everything except a specific word:
grep -v word filename
Example: grep -v grass file1
Ignore case sensitivity and remove word:
grep -iv word filename
Example: grep -iv grass file1, It will search for grass word ignoring case sensitivity and
then remove it
Count occurrences of a word:
grep -c word filename
Example: grep -c grass file1, Number of times grass word occurred
Count, ignoring case:
grep -ic word filename
Example: grep -ic grass file1
Search for exact word match:
grep -w word filename
Example: grep -w grass file1
Show line number for matched word:
grep -nw word filename
Example: grep -nw grass file1
Search in multiple files (case-insensitive):
grep -i word file1 file2
Example: grep -i grass file1 file2
Search and hide filename in output:
grep -ih word file1 file2
Example: grep -ih grass file1 file2
Search for multiple words:
grep -ie word1 -e word2 -e word3 file1 file2
Alternative using `egrep`:
egrep "word1|word2|word3" file1 file2 file3
Show filenames where a word exists:
grep -l word file1 file2
Example: grep -l grass file1 file2
Use word list from one file to search in another:
grep -f file1 file2
Search words starting with 'as':
grep ^as file1 file2
Search words ending with 'ti':
grep ti$ file1 file2
Check if a word exists (quietly):
grep -q word filenames
echo $?
0 = found, 1 = not found
List files starting with a given name:
ls | grep file
Recursive search in folder:
grep -R "keyword" foldername
Example: grep -R "grass" foldername
`find` Command Usages
Find file by exact size:
find . -size 19M
Size shortcuts:
Bytes: -c, KB: -K, MB: -M, GB: -G
Find files in a size range:
find /home/Prashant/ -size +15M -size -25M
Change file size:
truncate -s size filename
Example: truncate -s 25M file3
Find file by name:
find . -iname filename
Example: find . -iname file1
Find files owned by root:
find . -user root
Find files owned by specific user:
find . -user username
Example: find . -user xyz
Find empty files:
find . -empty
Find and remove empty files:
find . -empty -exec rm {} \;
Find and remove files by name pattern:
find . -name "file*" -exec rm {} \;
Find files older than N days:
find -mtime number_of_days
Example: find -mtime 10
Find files created after another file:
find . -newer filename
Example: find . -newer index.html
