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Day 5 of 14 30 minfindgrepRegex basics
Find files by name, type, size and age with find, and search inside files with grep. Learn grep's most useful options, simple regular expressions, searching whole folders, and how to locate programs with which.
By the end of today you can
- Find files by name, type and size with find
- Search inside files with grep, ignoring case and showing line numbers
- Search whole folders with grep -r and list only matching files
- Use simple regular expressions like ^, $ and .
- Locate programs with which and type
What's inside
- 4 sections
- 2 diagrams and mind maps
- 7 code examples you can run
- 5-question quiz
- 1find: locate files
- 2grep: search inside files
- 3Patterns: regular expressions
- 4Where is that program? which and type
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