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Python Regex: The 5 Exclusive Examples

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 Regular expressions (regex) are powerful tools for pattern matching and text manipulation in Python. Here are five Python regex examples with explanations: 01 Matching a Simple Pattern import re text = "Hello, World!" pattern = r"Hello" result = re.search(pattern, text) if result:     print("Pattern found:", result.group()) Output: Output: Pattern found: Hello This example searches for the pattern "Hello" in the text and prints it when found. 02 Matching Multiple Patterns import re text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." patterns = [r"fox", r"dog"] for pattern in patterns:     if re.search(pattern, text):         print(f"Pattern '{pattern}' found.") Output: Pattern 'fox' found. Pattern 'dog' found. It searches for both "fox" and "dog" patterns in the text and prints when they are found. 03 Matching Any Digit   import re text = "The price of the

How to Find Folder Space in Linux Easily

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Here's an example that shows how to use find command to get directory utilized space in Linux. Many of a time during production support, or when crontab jobs failed, the reasons behind is space shortage of a directory. The find is handy you can use to get utilized space of a directory. That helps you to delete unnecessary files (that actually make some space). Linux find command Here's the find command that I  have used in our project . You will find here the detailed explanation of this command and how to use it. find  /home/srini -xdev -ls | sort +6rn | head -20 Part#1: Directory path In the first part,  after the find you need to give the directory's path for which  folder you are going to find  space. Part#2: Option -xdev The second part is  -xdev , which gives the space usage of all the subdirectories. Part#3: Option -ls The next part is the -ls option that provides a sorted list of all the subdirectories.  Part#4: Sort command Then, the sort command sorts based on the