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Find Pages Missing Meta Descriptions

You need to list HTML pages without a meta description.

Command

find public -name '*.html' -print | while read -r f; do grep -qi 'name="description"' "$f" || echo "$f"; done

Before you run this

System impact: Read-only. Can create load on large logs, directories, filesystems, or process tables.

When not to use it: Do not use it to judge description quality; it only checks whether the tag exists.

Expected output

A list of HTML files missing name="description".

System impact

Read-only, can be slow. Nothing changes. The command reads each HTML file and prints pages missing description metadata.

Scope this to the smallest useful path or service on busy systems.

Recovery / rollback: no state is changed.

When to use it

Use after adding new templates or when checking page metadata.

When not to use it

Do not use it to judge description quality; it only checks whether the tag exists.

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