Search and Replace my file type in nested directory
find -type f -name "*.md" -exec sed -i '' 's/dg-publish/publish/g' {} +for macOS: have to do sed -i '' instead of sed -i because it’s different by OS.
display the absolute path for files inside of the current working directory:
ls | xargs -I {} readlink -f {}defines what you want to use as the input placeholder
xargs -I {}this command will output the full path of the file passed to it
readlink -f path/to/fileXargs examples and Gotcha’s
use the -p flag in order to prompt the user before running each command with each files.
This is the clearest video on the applications of xargs (watch for a review)
decrypting stenography cover images
the alias to use encrypt/decrypt program is stenog
if you want to specify the output directory you can do it with ending the command with:
-o output/directoryfull command to encrypt is
stenog -cli -e -c /path/to/cover/image -f /path/to/secret/filefull command to decrypt is:
stenog -cli -d -c /path/to/cover/image