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Command 1: Find and Remove Large Files​

Find and remove files larger than 100MB:

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find . -type f -size +100M -exec rm -i {} \;

Essential bash one-liners for common DevOps and system administration tasks. Each command is designed to be typed and executed in a single line, with explanations of each component.Essential bash one-liners for common DevOps and system administration tasks. Each command is designed to be typed and executed in a single line, with explanations of each component.Essential bash one-liners for common DevOps and system administration tasks. Each command is designed to be typed and executed in a single line, with explanations of each component.

Use Case: Clean up disk space by finding and removing large files interactively

Command 1: Find and Remove Large Files## Command 1: Find and Remove Large Files## Command 1: Find and Remove Large Files​

Search and replace text across all .txt files on macOS:

Find and remove files larger than 100MB:```bash


find . -name "*.txt" -type f -exec sed -i '' 's/old_text/new_text/g' {} \;

find . -type f -size +100M -exec rm -i {} \;

For Linux systems with different sed syntax:

find . -type f -size +100M -exec rm -i {} \;

```bash

find . -name "*.txt" -type f -exec sed -i 's/old_text/new_text/g' {} \;``````

Use Case: Batch rename or update configuration values across many files