Commands tagged ls

Watches for file modifications in the current directory and tails the file.

This will show you the permissions on the directory you are currently in

zsh globbing and glob qualifier:

'**/*' = recursive

om = ouput by modification (last access)

[1,20] = twenty files.

The '-t' switch is provided to ls so that the files are ordered with the most recent at the top. For a more 'find' like output the following can be used.

print -rl **/*(om[1,20])

zsh: list of files sorted by size, greater than 100mb, head the top 5. '**/*' is recursive, and the glob qualifiers provide '.' = regular file, 'L' size, which is followed by 'm' = 'megabyte', and finally '+100' = a value of 100

Clear the screen and list file

On the Mac, the 'ls' function can sort based on month/day/time, but seems to lack ability to filter on the Year field (#9 among the long listed fields). The sorted list continuously increases the 'START' year for the most recently accessed set of files. The final month printed will be the highest month that appeared in that START year. The command does its magic on the current directory, and suitably discards all entries that are themselves directories. If you expect files dating prior to 2002, change the START year accordingly.

This alias is super-handy for me because it quickly shows the details of each file in the current directory. The output is nice because it is sortable, allowing you to expand this basic example to do something amazing like showing you a list of the newest files, the largest files, files with bad perms, etc..

A recursive alias would be:

From: http://www.askapache.com/linux/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html

ls -lhR

Lists everithing using -l "long listing format" wich includes the space used by the folder. Displays it in -h "human readable form" (i.e. 2.2G, 32K), and -R recurses subfolders.

grep -e using a regex, show lines containing the word "total" or a ":" at the end of the line (those with the name of the folder) only.

Substitute for #11720

Can probably be even shorter and easier.

Accidentally deleted some file while used by a program ? (Eg: a song)

Use this command to find the file handle and recover using

Sometimes I would like to see hidden files, prefix with a period, but some files or folders I never want to see (and really wish I could just remove all together).

This sorts files in multiple directories by their modification date. Note that sorting is done at the end using "sort", instead of using the "-ltr" options to "ls". This ensures correct results when sorting a large number of files, in which case "find" will call "ls" multiple times.

This doesn't require any non-standard programs.

for those without the tree command.

or

(rows presenting directory names become hidden)

List all commands present on system by folder.

shorter version. I believe find is faster than ls as well.

the

Compare the ls -Rl output of two directories in meld (you can also use diff -y instead of meld).