Questions tagged [recursive]
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PowerShell command for ffmpeg to process items in a folder recursively
I'm trying to figure out what PowerShell command [or script if necessary] might allow ffmpeg to recursively traverse a directory, pull stills via the -vf flag, and put all the stills into a folder ...
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Recursively list dependencies of a package in arch linux
I'm trying to download driver of the AUR to install on a newly installed system (having no internet connection), however when I type
makepkg -s
It requires other packages to be installed. Being that ...
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What command can delete duplicates in a directory tree?
When I migrated a user from Google Drive to OneDrive using Multcloud, there were created duplicates of a lot of directories and files. Not all, but a big lot. We're talking thousands of directories, ...
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diff won't work recursively
I'm trying to recursively diff two directories using the command line diff util. I have two folders, diff1 and diff2, with contents like this:
diff2 is empty. But when I do diff -r diff1 diff2 I only ...
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Batch rename file names, retain ext?
(Win10) In a batch file, how do I recursively rename filesnames in a folder? Not the extension.
e.g.
Files to rename: heavy.doc, bright.jpg, fast.docx, quiet.png, etc
Rename to: A1.*, A2.*, A3.*, ...
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How to remove folders with same name recursively?
I have folder, that contains a lot of subfolders. Each subfolder contains folder with name __pycache__.
How to remove folders with name __pycache__ in each subfolder from command line in Windows?
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if one nameserver goes down, does that periodically reduce query performance?
If I have multiple NS records for a zone, and one of those authoritative name servers goes down for an extended period of time, does that occasionally slow down all queries because the recursive DNS ...
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Recursively delete files of a certain extension - File name is too long (Win Server 2012)
A while back, I created .hash files for all files in a given folder structure for verification purposes. I no longer need them and they are minor annoyance/cause for alarm. I am trying to ...
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How to recursively copy and rename files in the same directory using Windows command line
I'd like to avoid using a batch file, if possible.
Based on this answer to a question about recursive renaming or moving, I've came up with the following command (for copying all files named web.foo....
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making sense of wget -r output
This is the output of tree command in one directory:
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|-- asdf.txt
|-- asd.txt
|-- fabc
| |-- fbca
| `-- file1.txt
|-- fldr1
|-- fldr2
| `-- index.html
|-- fldr3
| |-- cap.txt
| `-- f01
`--...
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The status of folders and metadata in VLC
When using Random in VLC, the probability of a folder being played is equal to that of a root file. In other words, the sampling is stratified by the top folder in the root. However, once a folder is ...
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Why is entire website not downloaded?
I tried to make a copy of the site wiredhealthresources.net using the command:
wget -rpkl inf wiredhealthresources.net
But the command only downloaded 54 files! Most of the pages are missing, e.g. /...
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How to retrieve a complete directory from a URL [duplicate]
Is there a method on Windows or Linux for downloading all files* within an online directory, specifically:
http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/
so I have a local repository I can work on? Any ...
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rm -rf / on a virtual machine?
So, this is probably a stupid question, but I'm genuinely interested. Would it be safe to recursively delete everything on a virtual machine from a command line, just for fun? I'd assume so, given ...
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Copy linux directory into another one - delete contents
BIG EDIT:
I currently have a directory with folders and files inside:
-css
--addons
---myaddon
----addon
-----firsfile.xml
-----secondfile.xml
----cfg
-----anotherfile.cfg
-----lastcfg.cfg
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