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A directory or folder is a virtual container within a digital file system, in which groups of computer files and other directories can be kept and organized.

A directory or folder is a virtual container within a digital file system, in which groups of computer files and other directories can be kept and organized.

A typical file system may contain thousands (or even hundreds of thousands) of directories. Files are kept organized by storing related files in the same directory. A directory contained inside another directory is called a subdirectory or child of that directory. Together, the directories form a hierarchy, or tree structure.

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How do I find all files containing specific text on Linux?

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…
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How can I get the source directory of a Bash script from within the script itself?

How do I get the path of the directory in which a Bash script is located, inside that script? I want to use a Bash script as a launcher for another application. I want to change the working directory to the one where the Bash script is located, so I…
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How can I safely create a nested directory?

What is the most elegant way to check if the directory a file is going to be written to exists, and if not, create the directory using Python? Here is what I tried: import os file_path = "/my/directory/filename.txt" directory =…
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How can I add an empty directory to a Git repository?

How can I add an empty directory (that contains no files) to a Git repository?
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How do I list all files of a directory?

How can I list all files of a directory in Python and add them to a list?
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How to delete a file or folder?

How do I delete a file or folder in Python?
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Find current directory and file's directory

In Python, what commands can I use to find: the current directory (where I was in the terminal when I ran the Python script), and where the file I am executing is?
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How to change permissions for a folder and its subfolders/files in one step?

I would like to change the permissions of a folder and all its subfolders and files in one step (command) in Linux. I have already tried the below command but it works only for the mentioned folder: chmod 775 /opt/lampp/htdocs Is there a way to set…
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Download a single folder or directory from a GitHub repo

How can I download only a specific folder or directory from a remote Git repo hosted on GitHub? Say the example GitHub repo lives here: git@github.com:foobar/Test.git Its directory structure: Test/ ├── foo/ │ ├── a.py │ └── b.py └── bar/ …
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How to find if directory exists in Python

In the os module in Python, is there a way to find if a directory exists, something like: >>> os.direxists(os.path.join(os.getcwd()), 'new_folder')) # in pseudocode True/False
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Listing only directories using ls in Bash?

This command lists directories in the current path: ls -d */ What exactly does the pattern */ do? And how can we give the absolute path in the above command (e.g. ls -d /home/alice/Documents) for listing only directories in that path?
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How do I get the full path of the current file's directory?

I want to get the current file's directory path. I tried: >>> os.path.abspath(__file__) 'C:\\python27\\test.py' But how can I retrieve the directory's path? For example: 'C:\\python27\\'
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If a folder does not exist, create it

I use a FileUploader control in my application. I want to save a file to a specified folder. If this folder does not exist, I want to first create it, and then save my file to this folder. If the folder already exists, then just save the file in…
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How do I ignore a directory with SVN?

I just started using SVN, and I have a cache directory that I don't need under source control. How can I ignore the whole directory/folder with SVN? I am using Versions and TextMate on OS X and commandline.
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In a Git repository, how to properly rename a directory?

I think it should work to copy the directory to be renamed to a new directory with desired name, and delete the old directory, and git add, git commit and push everything. But is this the best way?
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