Tag: folder

Copying a directory cp -a dir1 dir2

Remove two directories and their contents recursively rm -rf dir1 dir2

Remove a directory called ‘dir’ and contents recursively rm -rf dir

Search string “test_text” at directory ‘/var/log’ and below grep test_text -R /var/log/*

Estimate space used by directory. du -sh dir

Go back to the previous folder cd –

You can create a directory tree using just one command in Linux mkdir -p /tmp/dir1/dir2

Recursively check a folder to find the given text using grep grep -R “text” *

Save the list of all files in a folder in windows – recursively. dir /s /b>FileList.txt [tags]command, dir, directory, folder,…

Search for a specific text in a folder using grep grep “fetchFeedPacksCustomize()” *.js [tags]grep,search,text,folder[/tags]