Question: I’m trying to run a find command for all JavaScript files, but how do I exclude a specific directory? Here is the find code we’re using. for file in $(find . -name ‘*.js’) do java -jar config/yuicompressor-2.4.2.jar –type js $file -o $file done Answer: Use the -prune switch. For example, if you want to …
Question: I have a C++ application, running on Linux, which I’m in the process of optimizing. How can I pinpoint which areas of my code are running slowly? Answer: If your goal is to use a profiler, use one of the suggested ones. However, if you’re in a hurry and you can manually interrupt your …
Question: I’m trying to find a way to scan my entire Linux system for all files containing a specific string of text. Just to clarify, I’m looking for text within the file, not in the file name. When I was looking up how to do this, I came across this solution twice: find / -type …