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Searching a Whole Tree

A whole tree of files, and you need three things from it. Search by extension, by content, and by link.

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Commands practised here

• find . -name "*.sh"Every matching filename in the tree.
• grep -r "port=8080" .Search file contents recursively.
• head -n 1 fPrint the first line, often a shebang.
• ls -l linkShow where a symlink points.

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