pokhiii / utilities

Utility commands you'd wish you had find earlier!

utilities

1. List all unique extensions for files contained in a directory

   find . -type f | sed -En 's|.*/[^/]+\.([^/.]+)$|\1|p' | sort -u
   

   (Source: https://superuser.com/a/232101)

2. Recursively delete all files of a certain extension from a directory

   find UPMOST_RELEVANT_PATH -name ".ext" -delete
   

   (Source: https://superuser.com/a/89415)