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A concise guide to understanding and utilizing the UNIX filesystem commands in an efficient manner. Introduction This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the UNIX filesystem commands, with a focus on macOS and GNU/Linux systems. Both of these systems are classified as UNIX, and they share many similarities in terms of their filesystem utilities. Although Windows has a different filesystem structure, users can still access and use similar utilities by installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10....

In the Linux, macOS, and UNIX operating systems, every file has three permissions: read, write, and execute. These permissions are represented by a string of characters when using the ls -al command. Understanding and changing file permissions is important for managing access to files and directories. Let’s dissect the permission string: drwxr-xr-x. The first character represents the type of file: - indicates a normal file d indicates a directory l indicates a link The next three sets of characters represent the permissions for the owner, group, and everyone else, respectively....

When it comes to optimizing images in Node.js scripts, my go-to choice is usually the sharp library. However, there are instances where I prefer using the ImageOptim macOS application with its intuitive graphical user interface (GUI). Recently, I had the need to invoke the ImageOptim app from a Node.js script, and I’d like to share how I accomplished this. To begin, I imported the child_process module, which is a built-in module in Node....