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HPR4043: Uncommon Commands, Episode 1

Hosted by Deltaray on 2024-01-31 00:00:00
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Commands covered in this episode:

  • look
  • shuf
  • xargs

The find command for running file:

find . -type f -size +10M | xargs file

The grep syntax for matching 4 to 8 character long words:

grep -E "^[a-z]{4,8}$"

The full diceware making command:

look . | grep -E "^[a-z]{4,8}$" | shuf | xargs -n4 | head

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