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how to output file names surrounded with quotes in SINGLE line?

I would like to output the list of items in a folder in the folowing way: "filename1" "filename2" "file name …

bash unix find xargs
Highlight all searched words

In my RichtextBox, if I have written as below. This is my pen, his pen is beautiful. Now I search …

c# winforms find richtextbox highlight
Tarballing without Git metadata

My source tree contains several directories which are using Git source control, and I need to tarball the whole tree …

find packaging tar xargs grep
How to find text files not containing text on Linux?

How do I find files not containing some text on Linux? Basically I'm looking for the inverse of the following …

linux find text-processing
Limit search to specified Folders or File Types in Visual Studio?

Is there a way to limit a search (via the "Find and Replace" dialog) in Visual Studio to specified folders …

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Using semicolon (;) vs plus (+) with exec in find

Why is there a difference in output between using find . -exec ls '{}' \+ and find . -exec ls '{}' \; …

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How to remove trailing whitespaces for multiple files?

Are there any tools / UNIX single liners which would remove trailing whitespaces for multiple files in-place. E.g. one that …

shell find whitespace removing-whitespace in-place
Capitalize first letter of each word in a selection using vim

In vim, I know we can use ~ to capitalize a single char (as mentioned in this question), but is there …

regex vim replace find capitalize
Jquery - How to find an element using class and attribute

I am trying to figure out the most efficient way to find my element. Following i smy structure: <div …

jquery class find attributes element
Linux why can't I pipe find result to rm?

sorry if this is a noobie question but I can't find a good answer. To find then remove something I …

linux bash find pipe rm