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Common solutions to common problems when working with CLI tools.

Contents 1 Problems and Solutions 1.1 Get the last element from a path 1.2 Find files matching a certain pattern - weird filename safe & multicore capable 1.3 Some light relief with Roulette

Problems and Solutions

Get the last element from a path

if you have /path/sub/over/unter/filename.txt and you want to get the filename.txt basename does the trick:

 echo /path/sub/over/unter/filename.txt | basename

Find files matching a certain pattern - weird filename safe & multicore capable

WHATEVER is the pattern you are looking for, 4 is the number of cpus you have available for the job.

find . -type f -print0 | xargs -P 4 -0 echo grep -H WHATEVER

Some light relief with Roulette

# [ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo "You live"