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byRameshNatarajanonNovember8,2010
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Thisarticleprovidespracticalexamplesfor50most
frequentlyusedcommandsinLinux/UNIX.
Thisisnotacomprehensivelistbyanymeans,butthisshouldgiveyouajumpstartonsomeofthe
commonLinuxcommands.Bookmarkthisarticleforyourfuturereference.
DidImissanyfrequentlyusedLinuxcommands?Leaveacommentandletmeknow.
1.tarcommandexamples
Createanewtararchive.
$tarcvfarchive_name.tardirname/
Extractfromanexistingtararchive.
$tarxvfarchive_name.tar
Viewanexistingtararchive.
$tartvfarchive_name.tar
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Moretarexamples:TheUltimateTarCommandTutorialwith10PracticalExamples
2.grepcommandexamples
Searchforagivenstringinafile(caseinsensitivesearch).
$grepi"the"demo_file
Printthematchedline,alongwiththe3linesafterit.
$grepA3i"example"demo_text
Searchforagivenstringinallfilesrecursively
$grepr"ramesh"*
Moregrepexamples:GetaGripontheGrep!15PracticalGrepCommandExamples
3.findcommandexamples
Findfilesusingfilename(caseinsensitvefind)
#findiname"MyCProgram.c"
Executecommandsonfilesfoundbythefindcommand
$findiname"MyCProgram.c"execmd5sum{}\;
Findallemptyfilesinhomedirectory
#find~empty
Morefindexamples:Mommy,Ifoundit!15PracticalLinuxFindCommandExamples
4.sshcommandexamples
Logintoremotehost
sshljsmithremotehost.example.com
Debugsshclient
sshvljsmithremotehost.example.com
Displaysshclientversion
$sshV
OpenSSH_3.9p1,OpenSSL0.9.7aFeb192003
Moresshexamples:5BasicLinuxSSHClientCommands
5.sedcommandexamples
WhenyoucopyaDOSfiletoUnix,youcouldfind\r\nintheendofeachline.Thisexampleconverts
theDOSfileformattoUnixfileformatusingsedcommand.
$sed's/.$//'filename
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Printfilecontentinreverseorder
$sedn'1!G;h;$p'thegeekstuff.txt
Addlinenumberforallnonemptylinesinafile
$sed'/./='thegeekstuff.txt|sed'N;s/\n//'
Moresedexamples:AdvancedSedSubstitutionExamples
6.awkcommandexamples
Removeduplicatelinesusingawk
$awk'!($0inarray){array[$0];print}'temp
Printalllinesfrom/etc/passwdthathasthesameuidandgid
$awkF':''$3==$4'passwd.txt
Printonlyspecificfieldfromafile.
$awk'{print$2,$5;}'employee.txt
Moreawkexamples:8PowerfulAwkBuiltinVariablesFS,OFS,RS,ORS,NR,NF,FILENAME,
FNR
7.vimcommandexamples
Gotothe143rdlineoffile
$vim+143filename.txt
Gotothefirstmatchofthespecified
$vim+/searchtermfilename.txt
Openthefileinreadonlymode.
$vimR/etc/passwd
Morevimexamples:HowToRecordandPlayinVimEditor
8.diffcommandexamples
Ignorewhitespacewhilecomparing.
#diffwname_list.txtname_list_new.txt
2c2,3
<JohnDoe>JohnMDoe
>JasonBourne
Morediffexamples:Top4FileDifferenceToolsonUNIX/LinuxDiff,Colordiff,Wdiff,Vimdiff
9.sortcommandexamples
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Sortafileinascendingorder
$sortnames.txt
Sortafileindescendingorder
$sortrnames.txt
Sortpasswdfileby3rdfield.
$sortt:k3n/etc/passwd|more
10.exportcommandexamples
Tovieworaclerelatedenvironmentvariables.
$export|grepORACLE
declarexORACLE_BASE="/u01/app/oracle"
declarexORACLE_HOME="/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0"
declarexORACLE_SID="med"
declarexORACLE_TERM="xterm"
Toexportanenvironmentvariable:
$exportORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0
11.xargscommandexamples
Copyallimagestoexternalharddrive
#ls*.jpg|xargsn1icp{}/externalharddrive/directory
Searchalljpgimagesinthesystemandarchiveit.
#find/name*.jpgtypefprint|xargstarcvzfimages.tar.gz
DownloadalltheURLsmentionedintheurllist.txtfile
#caturllist.txt|xargswgetc
12.lscommandexamples
Displayfilesizeinhumanreadableformat(e.g.KB,MBetc.,)
$lslh
rwr1rameshteamdev8.9MJun1215:27archlinux.txt.gz
OrderFilesBasedonLastModifiedTime(InReverseOrder)Usinglsltr
$lsltr
VisualClassificationofFilesWithSpecialCharactersUsinglsF
$lsF
Morelsexamples:UnixLSCommand:15PracticalExamples
13.pwdcommand
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pwdisPrintworkingdirectory.Whatelsecanbesaidaboutthegoodoldpwdwhohasbeenprinting
thecurrentdirectorynameforages.
14.cdcommandexamples
Usecdtotogglebetweenthelasttwodirectories
Useshoptscdspelltoautomaticallycorrectmistypeddirectorynamesoncd
Morecdexamples:6AwesomeLinuxcdcommandHacks
15.gzipcommandexamples
Tocreatea*.gzcompressedfile:
$gziptest.txt
Touncompressa*.gzfile:
$gzipdtest.txt.gz
Displaycompressionratioofthecompressedfileusinggzipl
$gzipl*.gz
compresseduncompressedratiouncompressed_name
237099797575.8%asppatchrpms.txt
16.bzip2commandexamples
Tocreatea*.bz2compressedfile:
$bzip2test.txt
Touncompressa*.bz2file:
bzip2dtest.txt.bz2
Morebzip2examples:BZisEazy!bzip2,bzgrep,bzcmp,bzdiff,bzcat,bzless,bzmoreexamples
17.unzipcommandexamples
Toextracta*.zipcompressedfile:
$unziptest.zip
Viewthecontentsof*.zipfile(Withoutunzippingit):
$unzipljasper.zip
Archive:jasper.zip
LengthDateTimeName
4099511309823:50METAINF/MANIFEST.MF
3216908259821:07classes_
1596408259821:07classes_names
1054208259821:07classes_ncomp
18.shutdowncommandexamples
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Shutdownthesystemandturnthepoweroffimmediately.
#shutdownhnow
Shutdownthesystemafter10minutes.
#shutdownh+10
Rebootthesystemusingshutdowncommand.
#shutdownrnow
Forcethefilesystemcheckduringreboot.
#shutdownFrnow
19.ftpcommandexamples
Bothftpandsecureftp(sftp)hassimilarcommands.Toconnecttoaremoteserveranddownload
multiplefiles,dothefollowing.
$ftpIP/hostname
ftp>mget*.html
Toviewthefilenameslocatedontheremoteserverbeforedownloading,mlsftpcommandasshown
below.
ftp>mls*.html
/ftptest/features.html
/ftptest/index.html
/ftptest/othertools.html
/ftptest/samplereport.html
/ftptest/usage.html
Moreftpexamples:FTPandSFTPBeginnersGuidewith10Examples
20.crontabcommandexamples
Viewcrontabentryforaspecificuser
#crontabujohnl
Scheduleacronjobevery10minutes.
*/10****/home/ramesh/checkdiskspace
Morecrontabexamples:LinuxCrontab:15AwesomeCronJobExamples
21.servicecommandexamples
ServicecommandisusedtorunthesystemVinitscripts.i.eInsteadofcallingthescriptslocatedinthe
/etc/init.d/directorywiththeirfullpath,youcanusetheservicecommand.
Checkthestatusofaservice:
#servicesshstatus
Checkthestatusofalltheservices.
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servicestatusall
Restartaservice.
#servicesshrestart
22.pscommandexamples
pscommandisusedtodisplayinformationabouttheprocessesthatarerunninginthesystem.
Whiletherearelotofargumentsthatcouldbepassedtoapscommand,followingaresomeofthe
commonones.
Toviewcurrentrunningprocesses.
$psef|more
Toviewcurrentrunningprocessesinatreestructure.Hoptionstandsforprocesshierarchy.
$psefH|more
23.freecommandexamples
Thiscommandisusedtodisplaythefree,used,swapmemoryavailableinthesystem.
Typicalfreecommandoutput.Theoutputisdisplayedinbytes.
$free
totalusedfreesharedbufferscached
Mem:3566408158022019861880203988902960
/+buffers/cache:4732723093136
Swap:400017604000176
IfyouwanttoquicklycheckhowmanyGBofRAMyoursystemhasusethegoption.boption
displaysinbytes,kinkilobytes,minmegabytes.
$freeg
Mem:311000
/+buffers/cache:02
Swap:303
Ifyouwanttoseeatotalmemory(includingtheswap),usethetswitch,whichwilldisplayatotal
lineasshownbelow.
ramesh@rameshlaptop:~$freet
Mem:3566408159214819742600204260912556
/+buffers/cache:4753323091076
Swap:400017604000176
Total:756658415921485974436
24.topcommandexamples
topcommanddisplaysthetopprocessesinthesystem(bydefaultsortedbycpuusage).Tosorttop
outputbyanycolumn,PressO(uppercaseO),whichwilldisplayallthepossiblecolumnsthatyou
cansortbyasshownbelow.
CurrentSortField:Pforwindow1:Def
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Selectsortfieldviafieldletter,typeanyotherkeytoreturn
a:PID=ProcessIdv:nDRT=DirtyPagescount
d:UID=UserIdy:WCHAN=SleepinginFunction
e:USER=UserNamez:Flags=TaskFlags
........
Todisplaysonlytheprocessesthatbelongtoaparticularuseruseuoption.Thefollowingwillshow
onlythetopprocessesthatbelongstooracleuser.
$topuoracle
Moretopexamples:CanYouTopThis?15PracticalLinuxTopCommandExamples
25.dfcommandexamples
Displaysthefilesystemdiskspaceusage.Bydefaultdfkdisplaysoutputinbytes.
$dfk
Filesystem1KblocksUsedAvailableUse%Mountedon
/dev/sda12953040032331042479723212%/
/dev/sda2120367992501715966408206044%/home
dfhdisplaysoutputinhumanreadableform.i.esizewillbedisplayedinGBs.
ramesh@rameshlaptop:~$dfh
FilesystemSizeUsedAvailUse%Mountedon
/dev/sda129G3.1G24G12%/
/dev/sda2115G48G62G44%/home
UseToptiontodisplaywhattypeoffilesystem.
ramesh@rameshlaptop:~$dfT
FilesystemType1KblocksUsedAvailableUse%Mountedon
/dev/sda1ext42953040032331202479721612%/
/dev/sda2ext4120367992501715966408206044%/home
26.killcommandexamples
Usekillcommandtoterminateaprocess.Firstgettheprocessidusingpsefcommand,thenusekill9
tokilltherunningLinuxprocessasshownbelow.Youcanalsousekillall,pkill,xkilltoterminatea
unixprocess.
$psef|grepvim
ramesh72437222922:43pts/200:00:00vim
$kill97243
Morekillexamples:4WaystoKillaProcesskill,killall,pkill,xkill
27.rmcommandexamples
Getconfirmationbeforeremovingthefile.
$rmifilename.txt
Itisveryusefulwhilegivingshellmetacharactersinthefilenameargument.
Printthefilenameandgetconfirmationbeforeremovingthefile.
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$rmifile*
Followingexamplerecursivelyremovesallfilesanddirectoriesundertheexampledirectory.Thisalso
removestheexampledirectoryitself.
$rmrexample
28.cpcommandexamples
Copyfile1tofile2preservingthemode,ownershipandtimestamp.
$cppfile1file2
Copyfile1tofile2.iffile2existspromptforconfirmationbeforeoverwrittingit.
$cpifile1file2
29.mvcommandexamples
Renamefile1tofile2.iffile2existspromptforconfirmationbeforeoverwrittingit.
$mvifile1file2
Note:mvfisjusttheopposite,whichwilloverwritefile2withoutprompting.
mvvwillprintwhatishappeningduringfilerename,whichisusefulwhilespecifyingshell
metacharactersinthefilenameargument.
$mvvfile1file2
30.catcommandexamples
Youcanviewmultiplefilesatthesametime.Followingexampleprintsthecontentoffile1followed
byfile2tostdout.
$catfile1file2
Whiledisplayingthefile,followingcatncommandwillprependthelinenumbertoeachlineofthe
output.
$catn/etc/logrotate.conf
1 /var/log/btmp{
2 missingok
3 monthly
4 create0660rootutmp
5 rotate1
6 }
31.mountcommandexamples
Tomountafilesystem,youshouldfirstcreateadirectoryandmountitasshownbelow.
#mkdir/u01
#mount/dev/sdb1/u01
Youcanalsoaddthistothefstabforautomaticmounting.i.eAnytimesystemisrestarted,the
filesystemwillbemounted.
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32.chmodcommandexamples
chmodcommandisusedtochangethepermissionsforafileordirectory.
Givefullaccesstouserandgroup(i.eread,writeandexecute)onaspecificfile.
$chmodug+rwxfile.txt
Revokeallaccessforthegroup(i.eread,writeandexecute)onaspecificfile.
$chmodgrwxfile.txt
Applythefilepermissionsrecursivelytoallthefilesinthesubdirectories.
$chmodRug+rwxfile.txt
Morechmodexamples:7ChmodCommandExamplesforBeginners
33.chowncommandexamples
chowncommandisusedtochangetheownerandgroupofafile.\
Tochangeownertooracleandgrouptodbonafile.i.eChangebothownerandgroupatthesame
time.
$chownoracle:dbadbora.sh
UseRtochangetheownershiprecursively.
$chownRoracle:dba/home/oracle
34.passwdcommandexamples
Changeyourpasswordfromcommandlineusingpasswd.Thiswillpromptfortheoldpassword
followedbythenewpassword.
$passwd
Superusercanusepasswdcommandtoresetotherspassword.Thiswillnotpromptforcurrent
passwordoftheuser.
#passwdUSERNAME
Removepasswordforaspecificuser.Rootusercandisablepasswordforaspecificuser.Oncethe
passwordisdisabled,theusercanloginwithoutenteringthepassword.
#passwddUSERNAME
35.mkdircommandexamples
Followingexamplecreatesadirectorycalledtempunderyourhomedirectory.
$mkdir~/temp
Createnesteddirectoriesusingonemkdircommand.Ifanyofthesedirectoriesexistalready,itwillnot
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displayanyerror.Ifanyofthesedirectoriesdoesntexist,itwillcreatethem.
$mkdirpdir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/
36.ifconfigcommandexamples
UseifconfigcommandtovieworconfigureanetworkinterfaceontheLinuxsystem.
Viewalltheinterfacesalongwithstatus.
$ifconfiga
Startorstopaspecificinterfaceusingupanddowncommandasshownbelow.
$ifconfigeth0up
$ifconfigeth0down
Moreifconfigexamples:Ifconfig:7ExamplesToConfigureNetworkInterface
37.unamecommandexamples
UnamecommanddisplaysimportantinformationaboutthesystemsuchasKernelname,Host
name,Kernelreleasenumber,
Processortype,etc.,
SampleunameoutputfromaUbuntulaptopisshownbelow.
$unamea
Linuxjohnlaptop2.6.3224generic#41UbuntuSMPThuAug1901:12:52UTC2010i686GNU/Linux
38.whereiscommandexamples
WhenyouwanttofindoutwhereaspecificUnixcommandexists(forexample,wheredoesls
commandexists?),youcanexecutethefollowingcommand.
$whereisls
ls:/bin/ls/usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz/usr/share/man/man1p/ls.1p.gz
Whenyouwanttosearchanexecutablefromapathotherthanthewhereisdefaultpath,youcanuseB
optionandgivepathasargumenttoit.Thissearchesfortheexecutablelsmkinthe/tmpdirectory,and
displaysit,ifitisavailable.
$whereisuB/tmpflsmk
lsmk:/tmp/lsmk
39.whatiscommandexamples
Whatiscommanddisplaysasinglelinedescriptionaboutacommand.
$whatisls
ls
(1)listdirectorycontents
$whatisifconfig
ifconfig(8)configureanetworkinterface
40.locatecommandexamples
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Usinglocatecommandyoucanquicklysearchforthelocationofaspecificfile(orgroupoffiles).
Locatecommandusesthedatabasecreatedbyupdatedb.
Theexamplebelowshowsallfilesinthesystemthatcontainsthewordcrontabinit.
$locatecrontab
/etc/anacrontab
/etc/crontab
/usr/bin/crontab
/usr/share/doc/cron/examples/crontab2english.pl.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/crontab.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/anacrontab.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/crontab.5.gz
/usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/crontab.vim
41.mancommandexamples
Displaythemanpageofaspecificcommand.
$mancrontab
Whenamanpageforacommandislocatedundermorethanonesection,youcanviewthemanpage
forthatcommandfromaspecificsectionasshownbelow.
$manSECTIONNUMBERcommandname
Following8sectionsareavailableinthemanpage.
1. Generalcommands
2. Systemcalls
3. Clibraryfunctions
4. Specialfiles(usuallydevices,thosefoundin/dev)anddrivers
5. Fileformatsandconventions
6. Gamesandscreensavers
7. Miscellaneous
8. Systemadministrationcommandsanddaemons
Forexample,whenyoudowhatiscrontab,youllnoticethatcrontabhastwomanpages(section1and
section5).Toviewsection5ofcrontabmanpage,dothefollowing.
$whatiscrontab
crontab(1)maintaincrontabfilesforindividualusers(V3)
crontab(5)tablesfordrivingcron
$man5crontab
42.tailcommandexamples
Printthelast10linesofafilebydefault.
$tailfilename.txt
PrintNnumberoflinesfromthefilenamedfilename.txt
$tailnNfilename.txt
Viewthecontentofthefileinrealtimeusingtailf.Thisisusefultoviewthelogfiles,thatkeeps
growing.ThecommandcanbeterminatedusingCTRLC.
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$tailflogfile
Moretailexamples:3MethodsToViewtailfoutputofMultipleLogFilesinOneTerminal
43.lesscommandexamples
lessisveryefficientwhileviewinghugelogfiles,asitdoesntneedtoloadthefullfilewhileopening.
$lesshugelogfile.log
Oneyouopenafileusinglesscommand,followingtwokeysareveryhelpful.
CTRL+Fforwardonewindow
CTRL+Bbackwardonewindow
Morelessexamples:UnixLessCommand:10TipsforEffectiveNavigation
44.sucommandexamples
Switchtoadifferentuseraccountusingsucommand.Superusercanswitchtoanyotheruserwithout
enteringtheirpassword.
$suUSERNAME
Executeasinglecommandfromadifferentaccountname.Inthefollowingexample,johncanexecute
thelscommandasrajusername.Oncethecommandisexecuted,itwillcomebacktojohnsaccount.
[john@devserver]$surajc'ls'
[john@devserver]$
Logintoaspecifieduseraccount,andexecutethespecifiedshellinsteadofthedefaultshell.
$sus'SHELLNAME'USERNAME
45.mysqlcommandexamples
mysqlisprobablythemostwidelyusedopensourcedatabaseonLinux.Evenifyoudontrunamysql
databaseonyourserver,youmightendupusingthemysqlcommand(client)toconnecttoamysql
databaserunningontheremoteserver.
Toconnecttoaremotemysqldatabase.Thiswillpromptforapassword.
$mysqlurootph192.168.1.2
Toconnecttoalocalmysqldatabase.
$mysqlurootp
Ifyouwanttospecifythemysqlrootpasswordinthecommandlineitself,enteritimmediatelyafterp
(withoutanyspace).
46.yumcommandexamples
Toinstallapacheusingyum.
$yuminstallhttpd
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Toupgradeapacheusingyum.
$yumupdatehttpd
Touninstall/removeapacheusingyum.
$yumremovehttpd
47.rpmcommandexamples
Toinstallapacheusingrpm.
#rpmivhhttpd2.2.322.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
Toupgradeapacheusingrpm.
#rpmuvhhttpd2.2.322.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
Touninstall/removeapacheusingrpm.
#rpmevhttpd
Morerpmexamples:RPMCommand:15ExamplestoInstall,Uninstall,Upgrade,QueryRPM
Packages
48.pingcommandexamples
Pingaremotehostbysendingonly5packets.
$pingc5gmail.com
Morepingexamples:PingTutorial:15EffectivePingCommandExamples
49.datecommandexamples
Setthesystemdate:
#dates"01/31/201023:59:53"
Onceyouvechangedthesystemdate,youshouldsyncronizethehardwareclockwiththesystemdate
asshownbelow.
#hwclocksystohc
#hwclocksystohcutc
50.wgetcommandexamples
Thequickandeffectivemethodtodownloadsoftware,music,videofrominternetisusingwget
command.
$wgethttp://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagios/nagios3.2.1.tar.gz
Downloadandstoreitwithadifferentname.
$wgetOtaglist.ziphttp://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=7701
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Morewgetexamples:TheUltimateWgetDownloadGuideWith15AwesomeExamples
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MaybeitwouldbeinterestingtodifferbetweenusingLinux/Unixasanadminorasanon
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pwdisPrintworkingdirectory.Whatelsecanbesaidaboutthegoodoldpwdwhohasbeen
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CanbesaidthatpwdPshowstherealpathifyoucdintoalink..
Example
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Writeashellscripttodisplayalllinesofafilefrombottomtotop.
Canyouhelpmewiththis??
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Krupali,
Youcanusethefairlystandardtacutility(inDebianscoreutilspackage).Thereareplenty
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Krupali,
Haveyoubeenabletoscripttodisplayalllinesofafilefrombottomtotop?Itriedwithno
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Krupali,
Youmaytrythis:
#!/bin/sh
cpfile.txttemp.txt
n=`catfile.txt|wcl`
while[$nge0]
do
tail1temp.txt>>result.txt
sedi$dtemp.txt
n=`expr$n1`
done
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ducommandisalsousedforcheckingdiskspaceusage.
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EirikB.January3,2015,10:24pm
Hereisasafealternativeto$seds/.$//filename,
whichwillonlyremove\r\nattheendoflines(as.matches*any*character.):
$perlpes/\r\n$/\n/gfilename
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goodstuff
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