Files & Folders
Find, show, organize and compress files from the file manager or the command line.
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Unpack .zip files from the terminal — the format Windows and macOS send you every day.
Make a timestamped backup copy before editing a config or document.
Remove files and directory trees from the shell — with the guard rails you should always use.
Find which file contains a specific phrase — with file name and line number — using grep's recursive search.
Give a file or folder a new name without copying it.
List the biggest files in your home folder that are eating disk space.
Fix 'Permission denied' when running a shell script on macOS by adding the execute permission with chmod.
Detect true file types from magic bytes, not from the filename extension.
Stream new log lines as they appear — the classic way to debug services on Linux.
Sum file sizes recursively with Get-ChildItem and Measure-Object Length -Sum to see how much space a folder occupies.
Toggle Windows' 'show hidden files' and 'show protected OS files' options by editing the Explorer Advanced registry values with reg add.
Launch a terminal pre-positioned in whatever folder you are working in.