Snipplr Recent snippets posted on Snipplr.com https://snipplr.com/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:51:25 +0000 (Other) How to search for a string in a selection of files using find and grep - retry https://snipplr.com/view/8892/how-to-search-for-a-string-in-a-selection-of-files-using-find-and-grep <p></p> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:52:50 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/8892/how-to-search-for-a-string-in-a-selection-of-files-using-find-and-grep (Other) Convert a String variable in the form ccyymmdd to a Date variable in the form dd.mm.ccyy - retry https://snipplr.com/view/7933/convert-a-string-variable-in-the-form-ccyymmdd-to-a-date-variable-in-the-form-ddmmccyy <p></p> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:50:59 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/7933/convert-a-string-variable-in-the-form-ccyymmdd-to-a-date-variable-in-the-form-ddmmccyy (Other) Recursively compress a directory with zip in Unix - retry https://snipplr.com/view/7614/recursively-compress-a-directory-with-zip-in-unix <p></p> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:32:28 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/7614/recursively-compress-a-directory-with-zip-in-unix (Other) Remove leading whitespace from a text file - retry https://snipplr.com/view/7574/remove-leading-whitespace-from-a-text-file <p>This one-liner will remove all leading whitespace (including tabs) from a text file and write the output to STDOUT.</p> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:07:57 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/7574/remove-leading-whitespace-from-a-text-file (SQL) Convert an Oracle SQL DATE to a STRING in the form CCYYMMDD - retry https://snipplr.com/view/7573/convert-an-oracle-sql-date-to-a-string-in-the-form-ccyymmdd <p>This Oracle SQL snippet converts an Oracle SQL DATE to a STRING in the form CCYYMMDD.</p> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:52:15 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/7573/convert-an-oracle-sql-date-to-a-string-in-the-form-ccyymmdd (Other) Convert a DATE variable into a STRING variable in the form CCYYMMDD - retry https://snipplr.com/view/7572/convert-a-date-variable-into-a-string-variable-in-the-form-ccyymmdd <p>This syntax creates a new STRING variable from a DATE variable in the form CCYYMMDD.</p> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:32:12 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/7572/convert-a-date-variable-into-a-string-variable-in-the-form-ccyymmdd (Perl) Remove newline characters from text - retry https://snipplr.com/view/7571/remove-newline-characters-from-text <p>This Perl one-liner will remove all newline characters from a text file, replacing them with a space. In the source, all newline characters in the file gear_list.xml are replaced with spaces, and the original file is saved as gear_list.xml.bak</p> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:17:03 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/7571/remove-newline-characters-from-text