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PHP
Recursively Delete Directory
Remove a directory and everything under it. Defensive against symlinks (unlinks the symlink rather than recursing into it). Returns the count of items removed.
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PHP
Atomic File Write
Write a file in a way that other processes never see a half-written state. Write to a temp file in the same directory, then rename — rename is atomic on POSIX filesystems.
Rust
Atomic File Write (tempfile + persist)
Write to a temp file in the SAME directory, then atomically `persist` (rename). The `tempfile` crate handles cleanup if you crash before persisting.
Go
Atomic File Write (temp + rename)
Write to a temp file in the SAME directory, then `os.Rename` to the final name. Rename is atomic on POSIX — readers never see a half-written file.
Java
Path Operations — Resolve, Relativize, Normalize
`Path` (NIO) replaces `File` for new code. Operator-like methods compose paths cleanly across OSes — and the underlying file isn't touched until you do I/O.
Java
Atomic File Write (move with ATOMIC_MOVE)
Write to a temp file in the same directory, then `Files.move` with `ATOMIC_MOVE` to the target. Readers never see a half-written file — critical for config / state files.
Bash
Read File Line-By-Line (the safe way)
The classic `for line in $(cat file)` is wrong — it word-splits and globbing fires on filenames. Use `while IFS= read -r line` with input redirection.
Bash
Atomic File Write (write then rename)
Write to a temp file in the SAME directory, then `mv` to the final name. mv on the same filesystem is atomic — readers never see a half-written file.
Bash
Get Script's Own Directory
The "where am I" boilerplate that every nontrivial bash script needs. Resolves symlinks correctly with realpath, falls back gracefully if realpath is missing.
JavaScript
Download File from Client
Programmatically triggers a file download from a Blob, File object, or plain text/JSON string without a server round-trip. Creates a temporary anchor element with a download attribute and revokes the object URL after use to prevent memory leaks. Supports custom filenames and MIME types.
Python
Safe JSON Read/Write
Idiomatic helpers for reading + writing JSON to disk, with atomic writes and pretty-printed output. Catches the common "edit and save → corrupt file on crash" failure mode.
PHP
Find Files Modified in Last N Days
List every file under a directory that was modified within the last N days. Useful for incremental backups or detecting stale entries.
Bash
Recursive Directory Walker with Predicate
Use `find -print0` + `read -d ""` to safely iterate filenames that may contain spaces, newlines, or quotes. Standard bash for-loop over `find` output breaks on these.
PHP
Stream Large CSV with Generator
Iterate over a CSV file row-by-row without ever loading the whole file into memory. Uses a generator so consumers can foreach naturally and PHP cleans up the file handle.
Rust
CSV Read/Write with the csv Crate
`csv` + `serde` lets you read/write CSVs directly into typed structs. No manual field parsing; column order tolerant via headers.
Python
Stream Large CSV with DictReader
Iterate over a CSV row-by-row as a dict — never loading the whole file. Tolerant of UTF-8 BOMs (utf-8-sig). Generator wrapper makes consumers naturally use for/break.
Bash
Idempotent Append to File
Add a line to a file (e.g., a config or PATH export) only if it isn't already present. Common in install/setup scripts that need to be safe to re-run.