Description Command Example How to get date in YYYYMMDDhhmmss format date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S 20150701164849 How to get hostname uname -n How to unzip and untar a file gunzip -c filename | tar -xvf - How to check if a file is non zero size if [ -s file ] How to check if a variable is empty if [ -z file] How to check if a directory is present if [ -d file] How to check if a file is present if [ -f file] How to extract file name from path echo filename | sed -e's/.*\///' # echo "/opt/app/tmp/pom.xml" | sed -e's/.*\///' pom.xml How to zip a file cat $file | gzip -c > $FILENAME How to retrieve return status from a shell $CTI/common/shel...