Tag: Bash
Exclude directories (and avoid traversing) with find
bash06 January, 2026Time to read: 3 minsExclude directories (and avoid traversing) with find
Edit binary files with dd: replacing, deleting, and copying bytes
bash01 January, 2026Time to read: 1 mins3 useful things you can do with the dd utility: replace, remove, and copy specific byte ranges within files.
Download git submodules
bashgit28 December, 2025Time to read: 1 minsSome commands to start working with git submodules.
Git rebase and create new timestamps (dates)
bashgit28 December, 2025Time to read: 1 minsGit rebase and create new timestamps (dates)
Parsing JSON/XML/YML in the command line with jq/yq/xq
bash28 December, 2025Time to read: 3 minsLearn how to parse, filter, and transform JSON, XML, and YAML directly from the command line using jq, yq, and xq, with practical examples.
Get windows error description from exception codes
bashpowershell27 December, 2025Time to read: 1 minsFind out what the Windows exception codes mean in the event manager.
Get a list of all shell built-ins
bash05 July, 2023Time to read: 1 minsGet information about all the shell built-in commands with the help built-in command.
Inspect text that contains control characters in bash
bashunicode05 July, 2023Time to read: 2 minsInspect text that contains control characters with the xxd command. xxd can also be useful when you want to see the bytes of UTF-8 (Unicode) encoded files.
Join the lines of two files based on a common column
bashSQL04 July, 2023Time to read: 3 minsSee how to join the lines of two files in bash, based on a common column with the join command. You'll also see how to perform SQL-like joins on files.
Get specific rows from a file
bash29 June, 2023Time to read: 2 minsUser awk's NR built-in variable to print only specific rows from a file.
Split the even and the odd lines of one column into two separate columns
bash27 June, 2023Time to read: 3 minsSee how the paste command works by splitting the even and the odd lines of one column into two separate columns
Get specific columns from multiple files and paste (combine) them into a new file
bash25 June, 2023Time to read: 1 minsUse the cut or awk commands to extract specific columns from files and create a new file that has all the previous columns with the paste command.