Shell One-Liners: 50 Essential Bash Commands
50 powerful shell one-liners for file processing, log analysis, network checks, and system inspection. Copy-paste ready with explanations.
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Shell One-Liners: 50 Powerful Bash Commands Every Developer Should Know These are the shell one-liners I reach for regularly — organized by category, each with a brief explanation. No padding, no theory — just commands that work. --- File Processing 1. Find files modified in the last 24 hours: 2. Find the 10 largest files in a directory: 3. Count lines in all files of a type: 4. Delete files matching a pattern older than 7 days: 5. List files sorted by modification time (newest first): 6. Find duplicate files by content hash: 7. Rename multiple files (e.g., change extension): 8. Watch a directory for changes: --- Text Manipulation 9. Extract unique lines from a file: 10. Count occurrences of each line: 11. Print lines matching a pattern (with context): 12. Replace text across multiple…
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