Standardize file/directory placeholders

ab

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # To send 100 requests with a concurency of 50 requests to a URL:
-ab -n 100 -c 50 <url>
+ab -n 100 -c 50 "<url>"
 
 # To send requests for 30 seconds with a concurency of 50 requests to a URL:
-ab -t 30 -c 50 <url>
+ab -t 30 -c 50 "<url>"

acl

@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 # Get ACL
-getfacl <file>
+getfacl "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Add or modify ACL on file
-setfacl -m u:username:rX <file>
-setfacl -m g:groupname:rw <file>
-setfacl -m o::- <file>
+setfacl -m u:username:rX "<path/to/file>"
+setfacl -m g:groupname:rw "<path/to/file>"
+setfacl -m o::- "<path/to/file>"
 
 # or provide all permissions at once
-setfacl -m u::rwx,g:groupname:rX,o::- <file>
+setfacl -m u::rwx,g:groupname:rX,o::- "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Copy ACL from file-A to file-B
 getfacl file-A | setfacl -M - file-B
 
 # Apply ACL recursivelly to directory
-setfacl -R -m u:username:rX <directory>
+setfacl -R -m u:username:rX "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # Delete ACL
-setfacl -x u:username,g:groupname <file>
+setfacl -x u:username,g:groupname "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Delete all ACL on file, including default
-setfacl -b <file>
+setfacl -b "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Same operations works for default ACLs
-setfacl -m d:u:username:rx <directory>
-setfacl -x d:u:username <directory>
+setfacl -m d:u:username:rx "<path/to/directory>"
+setfacl -x d:u:username "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # Delete only default ACLs
-setfacl -k <directory>
+setfacl -k "<path/to/directory>"

ag

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # To exclude a directory from a search:
-ag <phrase> --ignore-dir=<dir>
+ag <phrase> --ignore-dir="<path/to/directory>"
 
 # To exclude a file from a search:
-ag <phrase> --ignore=<file>
+ag <phrase> --ignore="<path/to/file>"
 
 # To force colorization:
 ag <phrase> --color | less -R

aria2c

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # To download a file:
 # The url can be a http(s), ftp, .torrent file or even a magnet link
-aria2c <url>
+aria2c "<url>"
 
 # To prevent downloading the .torrent file:
-aria2c --follow-torrent=mem <url>
+aria2c --follow-torrent=mem "<url>"
 
 # Download 1 file at a time (-j) 
 # continuing (-c) any partially downloaded ones

bat

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Display a single file on the terminal:
-bat <file>
+bat "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Display multiple files at once:
-bat <file> <file>
+bat "<path/to/file>" "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Show and highlight non-printable characters:
-bat -A <file>
+bat -A "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Display all supported languages:
 bat --list-languages

cat

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # To display the contents of a file:
-cat <file>
+cat "<path/to/file>"
 
 # To display file contents with line numbers
-cat -n <file>
+cat -n "<path/to/file>"
 
 # To display file contents with line numbers (blank lines excluded)
-cat -b <file>
+cat -b "<path/to/file>"

chown

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Change a file's owner:
-chown <user> <file>
+chown <user> "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Change a file's owner and group:
-chown <user>:<group> <file>
+chown <user>:<group> "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Set user to match group value
-chown <user>: <file>
+chown <user>: "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Set group to match user value
-chown :<group> <file>
+chown :<group> "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Change a directory's owner recursively:
-chown -R <user> <directory>
+chown -R <user> "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # Change ownership to match another file:
-chown --reference=<reference-file> <file>
+chown --reference=<reference-file> "<path/to/file>"

csplit

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # To split a file based on a pattern:
-csplit <file> '/PATTERN/'
+csplit "<path/to/file>" '/PATTERN/'
 
 # To use prefix/suffix to improve output file names:
-csplit -f 'prefix-' -b '%d.extension' <file> '/PATTERN/' '{*}'
+csplit -f 'prefix-' -b '%d.extension' "<path/to/file>" '/PATTERN/' '{*}'

cups

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 http://localhost:631 (in web browser)
 
 # To print a file:
-lp <file>
+lp "<path/to/file>"
 
 # To display the print queue:
 lpq

curl

@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # To download a file:
-curl <url>
+curl "<url>"
 
 # To download and rename a file:
-curl <url> -o <outfile>
+curl "<url>" -o <outfile>
 
 # To download multiple files:
-curl -O <url> -O <url>
+curl -O "<url>" -O "<url>"
 
 # To download all sequentially numbered files (1-24):
 curl http://example.com/pic[1-24].jpg
 
 # To download a file and pass HTTP authentication:
-curl -u <username>:<password> <url>
+curl -u <username>:<password> "<url>"
 
 # To download a file with a proxy:
-curl -x <proxy-host>:<port> <url>
+curl -x <proxy-host>:<port> "<url>"
 
 # To download a file over FTP:
 curl -u <username>:<password> -O ftp://example.com/pub/file.zip
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ curl -u <username>:<password> -O ftp://example.com/pub/file.zip
 curl ftp://username:[email protected]
 
 # To resume a previously failed download:
-curl -C - -o <partial-file> <url>
+curl -C - -o <partial-file> "<url>"
 
 # To fetch only the HTTP headers from a response:
-curl -I <url>
+curl -I "<url>"
 
 # To fetch your external IP and network info as JSON:
 curl http://ifconfig.me/all.json

dnf

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dnf provides <executable>
 dnf download <package>
 
 # To install the build dependencies for a SRPM or from a .spec file:
-dnf builddep <file>
+dnf builddep "<path/to/file>"
 
 # List installed packages
 dnf list installed

fd

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 fd <search query>
 
 # Specifying the root directory for the search:
-fd <search query> <directory>
+fd <search query> "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # Searching for a particular file extension:
 fd -e <file extension> <search query>

ffmpeg

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # To print file metadata:
-ffmpeg -i <file>
+ffmpeg -i "<path/to/file>"
 
 # To convert all m4a files to mp3
 for f in *.m4a; do ffmpeg -i "$f" -acodec libmp3lame -vn -b:a 320k "${f%.m4a}.mp3"; done

find

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ find . -type f -perm 777
 find . -xdev \( -perm -4000 \) -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l
 
 # To find files newer than 1 day old and copy elsewhere (remove -p flag in xargs to not be asked):
-find . -type f -ctime -1 -print0 | xargs -0 -p cp -t <dir>
+find . -type f -ctime -1 -print0 | xargs -0 -p cp -t "<path/to/directory>"
 # or:
-find . -type f -ctime -1 -print0 | xargs -0 -p -J % cp % <dir>
+find . -type f -ctime -1 -print0 | xargs -0 -p -J % cp % "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # To find files with extension '.txt' and remove them:
 find ./path/ -name '*.txt' -delete

fmt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # To format lines, 50 words in each line:
-cat <file> | fmt -w 50
+cat "<path/to/file>" | fmt -w 50

gdb

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ b, break <function>
 
 # To set a (conditional) breakpoint at a general location:
 b, break <loc> [if <condition>]
-  with <loc> as <function>|<file>:<line>|<line>|*<address>|-offset|+offset
+  with <loc> as <function>|"<path/to/file>":<line>|<line>|*<address>|-offset|+offset
 
 # To set a watchpoint, i.e., stop when expression changes its value:
 watch <expr>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ info breakpoints, info watchpoints
 clear, delete
 delete <num>
 clear <loc>
-  with <loc> as <function>|<file>:<line>|<line>|*<address>|-offset|+offset
+  with <loc> as <function>|"<path/to/file>":<line>|<line>|*<address>|-offset|+offset
 
 # To disable a breakpoint:
 dis, disable <num>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ni, nexti
 
 # To run until given location is reached
 advance <loc>
-  with <loc> as <function>|<file>:<line>|<line>|*<address>|-offset|+offset
+  with <loc> as <function>|"<path/to/file>":<line>|<line>|*<address>|-offset|+offset
 
 # To run until function ends, i.e., jump out of a function:
 fin, finish

git

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ git branch --merged | egrep -v "(^*|main|dev)" | xargs git branch -d
 git branch -u upstream/foo
 
 # To see who commited which line in a file:
-git blame <file>
+git blame "<path/to/file>"
 
 # To sync a fork with the master repo:
 git remote add upstream [email protected]:<username>/<repo>.git # Set a new repo

grep

@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 # To search a file for a pattern:
-grep <pattern> <file>
+grep <pattern> "<path/to/file>"
 
 # To perform a case-insensitive search (with line numbers):
-grep -in <pattern> <file>
+grep -in <pattern> "<path/to/file>"
 
-# To recursively grep for string <pattern> in <dir>:
-grep -R <pattern> <dir>
+# To recursively grep for string <pattern> in "<path/to/directory>":
+grep -R <pattern> "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # Read search patterns from a file (one per line):
-grep -f <pattern-file> <file>
+grep -f <pattern-file> "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Find lines NOT containing pattern:
-grep -v <pattern> <file>
+grep -v <pattern> "<path/to/file>"
 
 # Set how many lines to show before (-B) and after (-A) pattern:
-grep -B 3 -A 2 <pattern> <file>
+grep -B 3 -A 2 <pattern> "<path/to/file>"
 
 # To grep with regular expressions:
-grep "^00" <file>                                               # Match lines starting with 00
-grep -E "[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}" <file> # Find IP add
+grep "^00" "<path/to/file>"                                               # Match lines starting with 00
+grep -E "[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}" "<path/to/file>" # Find IP add
 
-# To find all files that match <pattern> in <dir>
-grep -rnw <dir> -e <pattern>
+# To find all files that match <pattern> in "<path/to/directory>"
+grep -rnw "<path/to/directory>" -e <pattern>
 
 # To exclude grep from your grepped output of ps:
 # (Add [] to the first letter. Ex: sshd -> [s]shd)

head

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# To show the first 10 lines of <file>:
-head <file>
+# To show the first 10 lines of "<path/to/file>":
+head "<path/to/file>"
 
-# To show the first <number> lines of <file>:
-head -n <number> <file>
+# To show the first <number> lines of "<path/to/file>":
+head -n <number> "<path/to/file>"
 
-# To show the first <number> bytes of <file>:
-head -c <number> <file>
+# To show the first <number> bytes of "<path/to/file>":
+head -c <number> "<path/to/file>"

hg

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ tags: [ vcs ]
 hg clone
 
 # To add files to hg tracker:
-hg add <file>
+hg add "<path/to/file>"
 
-# To add all files in <dir> to hg tracker:
-hg add <dir>
+# To add all files in "<path/to/directory>" to hg tracker:
+hg add "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # To create a commit with all tracked changes and a message:
 hg commit -m <message>

ls

@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-# To display everything in <dir>, excluding hidden files:
-ls <dir>
+# To display everything in "<path/to/directory>", excluding hidden files:
+ls "<path/to/directory>"
 
-# To display everything in <dir>, including hidden files:
-ls -a <dir>
+# To display everything in "<path/to/directory>", including hidden files:
+ls -a "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # To display all files, along with the size (with unit suffixes) and timestamp:
-ls -lh <dir>
+ls -lh "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # To display files, sorted by size:
-ls -S <dir>
+ls -S "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # To display directories only:
-ls -d */ <dir>
+ls -d */ "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # To display directories only, include hidden:
-ls -d .*/ */ <dir>
+ls -d .*/ */ "<path/to/directory>"
 
 # To display all files sorted by changed date, most recent first:
 ls -ltc 

more

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# To show <file> beginning at line number 5:
-more +5 <file>
+# To show "<path/to/file>" beginning at line number 5:
+more +5 "<path/to/file>"

mv

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ mv -i <src> <dest>
 mv -n <src> <dest>
 
 # To move listed file(s) to a directory
-mv -t <dest> <file>...
+mv -t <dest> "<path/to/file>"...

ncdu

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# To save results to <file>:
-ncdu -o <file>
+# To save results to "<path/to/file>":
+ncdu -o "<path/to/file>"
 
-# To read from <file>:
-ncdu -f <file>
+# To read from "<path/to/file>":
+ncdu -f "<path/to/file>"
 
 # To save results to a compressed file:
-ncdu -o- | gzip > <file>
+ncdu -o- | gzip > "<path/to/file>"
 
 # To read from a compressed file:
-zcat <file> | ncdu -f-
+zcat "<path/to/file>" | ncdu -f-