Questions tagged [search]
search is used for questions relating to searching through the contents of files. For searching for filenames using the locate command use the tag locate.
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Grep, but for binaries
I've got a fragment of an image file produced by data-recovery software. I suspect the complete original is somewhere on my home fileserver.
If this were a fragment of a text file, I could just grab ...
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searching 1337x.to on command line
Is there a way to search say 1337x.to or any torrent site via cli. I do know qbittorrent or rather qbittorrent-nox recently got a way to parse RSS feeds but dunno if there is something that can do the ...
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How do I find and replace something AFTER a specific term in a terminal output
I need to run blkid and copy a specific UUID after a specific known partition name.
Then, I need to paste this into an exists config file, replacing a UUID that it's already there (parent_device_uuid)....
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How to set up local Windows directory in WSL correctly?
I ran this script in Windows Subsystem for Linux at the command line. I wanted to search for the latest files but I got the error message "no such file or directory", and so I wonder how do ...
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nslookup is not recursing through search domains in /etc/resolv.conf, but ping is
I'm trying to understand why multiple search domains do not work with nslookup in Ubuntu 22.04 (or ostensibly any other distro), but appear to work as expected when using ping. Let me explain.
A DNS ...
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digikam album shows some photos are missing, can it display all missing images?
I was working on an album (a month's worth of photos) in digikam and noticed that some images displayed an icon to say that they were missing from the expected location.
Is it possible to search and ...
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ansible lineinfile module to match variable_value
how can one possibly match value of a variable through regex parameter in lineinfile module?
- name: emptyline before search
lineinfile:
dest: ~/file
insertbefore: '^{{ search_text }}$'
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uncomment the line upon search string while ignoring case in a file
Below is my cron file entries:
#Ansible: test2
*/15 * * * * ansible-playbook /web/playbooks/automation/detect401MORTEN/va_action.yml | tee -a /web/playbooks/automation/detect401MORTEN/cron.out
# #...
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How to get one line above the enabled crontab entry
I have the below crontab entries
$ crontab -l
#Cron to auto restart app1
#Ansible: test1
#*/15 * * * * ansible-playbook /web/playbooks/automation/va_action.yml
#Cron to auto restart app7
#Ansible: ...
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Given a filepath, how do I find every copy of that file?
I know of programs such as rdfind or fdupes. They solve a similar but more complicated problem.
Given a file path and a directory, I want to search that directory recursively for every copy of that ...
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search of .xml files without certain tag through mac os terminal
I would appreciate having your advice on the below.
Having a folder name "ABC" with thousands of .xml files inside. The core structure of XMLs is the same:
<product abcd…>
<...
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Search Hexadecimal Sequence from start position until some defined number of bytes of huge Binary File (grep, sed)
In my Mac, I have this binary 'file' /dev/disk0s1 with 512GB (Really is a drive or volume according to AFPS of macOS) and I need to find this Hexadecimal Sequence 0x41, 0x50, 0x53, 0x42 for APSB (in ...
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used awk to search by unicode in txt file
How i can used awk to search in txt file by unicode like :
u+064C
u+064D
and please how i count results and print the number in first line.
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search in txt file and every result in new file
For context, this is a follow-up on search in txt file then print in new txt file with a few extra complications.
I have 2 txt files the first one is data.txt file which contains over 2000 lines, the ...
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search in txt file then print in new txt file
i have txt file which containt over 1000 line, the data in it like:
alpha
hmld ahge 573
otndgd fhj 29
fidnt ank 1962
beta
jdkrs 2
adny 14
urmekhjf 6893
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how i can search and print (in new txt ...
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script to print word at specific location at specific line into a new file
below is the file from which the data should be copied from a specific line and specific location
CP I ({010010010010010010010010010010}000 000) 234764-CTS_fsdfs_a_inv_33ghf/ZN
--- I ...
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How to find a property file matching a pattern in a group of JAR files?
I'm using bash shell. I have a group of JAR files in directories at different levels
> find . -name "*.jar"
/tmp/jars/META-INF/lib/jackson-datatype-jdk8.jar
/tmp/jars/lib/my-custom.jar
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How can I search only git tracked files with a specific file extension?
I'd like to search all git tracked files that 1. has an .hs file extension and 2. contain the word import in any lines.
I've tried to use git ls-files -z | xargs -0 rg -g '*.hs' "import" ...
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Get a list of the last opened text and odt files
can I retrieve a list of the last opened textfiles (well, I have some textfiles without ending .txt which is probably not possible to retrieve. Some do have a .txt ending though) Also I need the last ...
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Linux search file with given name containing string recursively
From Linux shell, Let's say I'm in directory /dir and I want to find, recursively in all subfolders, all the files which contain in the name the string name_string and, inside, the string ...
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How can I reverse backward-search to forwards-search and jump to next item with single type of C-s
I am using solution in unable to forward search Bash history similarly as with CTRL-r.
To search backward in the history for a particular string, type C-r. Typing C-s searches forward through the ...
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awk get column value from file 2 for file 1 if value matches in 2 columns [duplicate]
I have 2 files, trying to set column value that is taken from file2 into file1 when their columns match
file1:
signup||20200620|A3332|en|LA||ACTIVE
signup||20200620|B4443|en|CA|66001|ACTIVE
signup||...
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replace text in specific field with variables from loop
I have a huge file to parse & need to search and replace text but in specific fields, sharing a small sample for reference named dest. first row is header for reference.
cat dest
ID|NAME|COMPANY|...
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awk no print if value from file1 not match value in file2
file1:
G A 4
H B 3
I C 2
J D 1
file2:
M H 6
N H 5
O K 4
P J 3
Q I 2
R I 1
S G 0
T L 1
Desired:
M H 6
N H 5
P J 3
Q I 2
R I 1
S G 0
print only rows where $2 from file2 matches $1 from file1
I'm ...
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awk bring same field value from file1 and set in file2 [closed]
File1 (parent)
2210 1110 Earth
2211 1111 Marse
2212 1112 Saturn
2213 1113 Pluto
File2 (child)
3310 2210 Earth
3311 2210 Space
3312 2211 Mars
3313 2211 Space
3314 2212 Saturn
3315 2212 Space
3316 ...
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Global search + replace, but only in cases where a test passes
I want to do a global search and replace on a directory of files. There are various ways to do this (many editors, sed+find), but I have an extra requirement. I want, for each possible replacement to ...
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awk print only modified lines
I have file like this
d1000 1000
d1001 100
d1002 10
d1003 1
I want to modify second column where length is not equal 4.
But I want to print only lines that are modified, so original text in column 2 ...
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Where does "apt list" search?
apt list can list all packages available, does apt search in some database or file in some directory? apt list --installed can list all installed packages, where does apt search then?
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How to find the PHP file which prints an HTML element with a certain selector?
I store my MediaWiki 1.36.1 website with Skin:Timeless on NameCheap with a shared hosting environment with Cpanel file manager and SSH shell access.
In my website, there is a certain footer element ...
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Search & replace for a string separated by whitespace upon substring match found
Below is a sample file content:
cat sample.txt
-server -XX:+UseParallelGC -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -XX:+AggressiveHeap -XX:+PrintHeapAtGC -Djava.util.logging.FileHandler....
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Linux command for searching a log
I’m trying to search an Apache log for a specific error, displaying the lines descending with counts. What would be the best way to accomplish this?
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How can I see the line number of a searched text?
Suppose, I have a text file named output.txt which contains 1.46 million rows of data.
I want to search a text 27QL in the file.
If the text exists, Linux should return the line number.
How can I do ...
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Searching strings in raw disk image
I am currently writing a tool that should scan a readonly raw disk image for a a given pattern.
The task is to get the byte offset of the match.
I am able to find simple text documents with
grep -a -o ...
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Search and Remove Lines of Code from all files
I need help and need to search for and remove a 3 line bit of code from all files in a directory.
Code is:
if ( file_exists( plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . '/.' . basename( plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) )...
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Why is this mv command trying to write to a directory?
I'm using this search and replace string;
find . -name 'xna*jpg' -exec bash -c ' mv $0 ${0/\ (2018_05_28 14_04_27 UTC)/}' {} \;
So that it will replace "xna (2018_05_28 14_04_27 UTC).jpg" ...
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Replace dynamic word using sed command
I have a requirement where we need to replace a word in a file which can be different everytime I execute the script, the content of the file is
class DynamicContentToReplace > Something
Here I ...
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How do I configure ag so that it will also search for files beginning with a "."?
I'm using ag v 2.2. How do I configure ag so that it will search for files beginning with a "." in addition to all other files? I'm noticing I have a file like so
$ cat client/.env....
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How to have "apt search" give one-line summaries?
apt-cache gives one line summaries:
$ apt-cache search conway
golly - Game of Life simulator using hashlife algorithm
libclass-delegator-perl - Perl module for a simple and fast object-oriented ...
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Search PDF files with more than 100 pages and moving them into directory in UNIX/LINUX terminal
I'm trying to search for PDF files that have more than 100 pages and then moving them into a specific directory in the UNIX/LINUX terminal. Something a bit like this:
find . -name '*.pdf' -pagenumber&...
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Using anchor ^ pattern when using less / search command
When navigating through Linux man pages, sometimes you need to query the meaning of flags like -p or -al in the man pages.
The default text reader for man pages is less and I'm trying to use the / ...
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How can I make pacman search look better?
Currently I am using Arch. Pacman is a great package manager but can I make pacman search look better (pacman -Ss). For example if I search for a package it gives me result lik this:
extra/foomatic-db-...
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Is there a way to search in only properties file when using grep?
I am normally searching like this
grep -rnws '/path/to/directory/' -e 'JMSAppender'
However this does display all jar files and class files where it might be used. I need to check only inside log4j ...
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Search for all videos created on a Saturday
I am using Linux Mint. There are several years worth of files and folders scattered everywhere.
My goal is to find a way to search my entire hard drive for any video files that were created on a ...
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Is it possible to integrate pdfgrep into nemo search?
I often find myself looking for PDF documents. Luckily, I found pdfgrep that really does a great job at finding PDF documents by content.
Following command lets me search for documents that have my ...
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Finding duplicate files with same filename AND exact same size
I have a huge songs folder with a messy structure and files duplicated in multiple folders.
I need a recommendation for a tool or a script that can find and remove duplicates with simple two matches:
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How to search for a string in a very large file with very long lines?
It turns out I was accidentally using grep wrong yesterday. I just checked my bash history and saw what I was executing:
grep search-string-here -f large-file-with-long-lines.txt
And that was what ...
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Search for specific part of a line
I want to have this script which will store users in the format:<$AccountName> <$DOB> <$Username><$Password> <$Email> on a file called Register.txt. I want to have it ...
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Search with less
In the output of wget --help I would like to quickly go to the place where the --header option is explained.
I try searching with less. man less explains:
/pattern
Search forward in ...
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Checking files for a string using a loop
I'm trying to loop through files in a directory that start with the string stated in the for statement. Within the loop, I want to search for the pattern string foo within the file. If the string is ...
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How to loop through all files in the current and sub directories to find a string? [closed]
Hi I am trying to loop through a directory and all its subdirectories to find the string 'foo' in all the files, for example. I then want to display the file names (including full path) of all files ...
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