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Shell commands and Bash one-liners

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Describe a terminal task and get the command, what each part does and a safer alternative where relevant.

Prompt

Act as a Linux/macOS command-line expert.

OS and shell: [macOS zsh / Ubuntu bash / Windows WSL]
Task: [e.g. find all .log files larger than 100MB modified in the last 7 days and compress them]

Give me:
1. The command
2. A breakdown of each flag and part
3. A dry-run version that shows what would happen without changing anything
4. Warnings for anything destructive (rm, overwrite, permissions)
5. A reusable script version if it's longer than one line

Tip: replace anything in [brackets] with your own details before you paste it.

#bash#terminal#command line#linux
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