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ls *.jpg | xargs -n1 -i cp {} /external-hard-drive/directory
2013-05-09 08:33:01
User: techie
Functions: cp ls xargs
Tags: ls xargs
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Copy all images to external hard-drive
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svn ls -R | egrep -v -e "\/$" | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -0 svn blame | awk '{print $2}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr
2013-04-10 19:37:53
User: rymo
Functions: awk egrep ls sort tr uniq xargs
Tags: svn count
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Prints total line count contribution per user for an SVN repository

make usable on OSX with filenames containing spaces. note: will still break if filenames contain newlines... possible, but who does that?!

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ssh -t myserver.org 'sudo ls /etc'
2013-04-09 04:23:37
User: patko
Functions: ls ssh
Tags: ssh sudo
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Execute sudo command remotely with ssh

This command will ask for remote sudo password before executing a remote command.

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ls
2013-04-06 14:23:25
User: wadi077
Functions: ls
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ps with parent/child process tree
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ls -R | grep ":$" | sed -e 's/:$//' -e 's/[^-][^\/]*\//--/g' -e 's/^/ /' -e 's/-/|/'
2013-04-04 05:08:54
User: checarsner
Functions: grep ls sed
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Graphically display directory structure

A way to display directory structure

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ls -lad
2013-04-03 09:58:31
User: techie
Functions: ls
Tags: ls
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Find out the permissions of the current directory

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

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ps aux | grep [process] | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -I % ls /proc/%/fd | wc -l
2013-04-03 09:40:03
User: auser
Functions: awk grep ls ps wc xargs
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Get the number of open sockets for a process
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while true; do ls -all myfile; spleep 1; clear; done
2013-03-26 09:13:19
User: ivodeblasi
Functions: ls
Tags: monitoring monitor
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Monitoring file change while a copy

Sometime you need to monitor file or direcory change in dimension or other attributes. This command output file (called myfile in the example) attributes in the top of the screen, updating each 1 second.

You should change update time, command ( e.g., ls -all ) or target ( myfile, mydir, etc...).

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ls -tl **/*(om[1,20])
2013-03-24 00:14:03
User: khayyam
Functions: ls
Tags: ls zsh
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show 20 last modified files in current directory including subdirectories

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])

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ls -Sh **/*(.Lm+100) | tail -5
2013-03-21 20:22:11
User: khayyam
Functions: ls tail
Tags: tail ls zsh
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Find top 5 big files

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

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find -type f | xargs ls -1tr
2013-03-20 16:43:54
User: unixmonkey50727
Functions: find ls xargs
Tags: find ls xargs
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Find files and list them sorted by modification time
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find . -type f -exec ls -s {} \; | sort -n -r | head -5
2013-03-19 12:16:24
User: opexxx
Functions: find head ls sort
Tags: sort find head,
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Find top 5 big files

Find top 5 big files

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ls
2013-03-14 01:28:01
User: yingkailiang
Functions: ls
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ls
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ls -qahlSr # list all files in size order - largest last
2013-03-13 09:52:07
User: mpb
Functions: ls size
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ls -qahlSr # list all files in size order - largest last

I find it useful, when cleaning up deleting unwanted files to make more space, to list in size order so I can delete the largest first.

Note that using "q" shows files with non-printing characters in name.

In this sample output (above), I found two copies of the same iso file both of which are immediate "delete candidates" for me.

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ls -l | grep ^d
2013-03-09 10:16:10
User: Rodia
Functions: grep ls
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list directories only

Long listing alternative

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ls -qaltr # list directory in chronological order, most recent files at end of list
2013-02-25 14:14:44
User: mpb
Functions: at ls
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ls -qaltr # list directory in chronological order, most recent files at end of list

I find it very handy to be able to quickly see the most recently modified/created files in a directory.

Note that the "q" option will reveal any files with non-printable characters in their filename.

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ls -ltrhd */
2013-02-25 12:46:57
User: cyberion11
Functions: ls
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list only directories in reverse order

list only directories in reverse order

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ls -lT -rt | grep "^-" | awk 'BEGIN {START=2002} (START <= $9){ print $10 ;START=$9 }' | tail -1
2013-02-24 23:39:22
User: Glamdring
Functions: awk grep ls tail
Tags: ls date osx
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Order all files oldest to newest then get the last one touched

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.

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ls -d */
2013-02-15 14:37:35
User: huazhihao
Functions: ls
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list directories only
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ls -a | du --max-depth=1 -h 2>/dev/null |sort -h
2013-02-13 12:28:47
User: majar
Functions: du ls sort
Tags: disk usage size sort hidden
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Shows size of dirs and files, hidden or not, sorted.
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touch file{1..10}.txt ; ls *txt| sed -e "p;s/\.txt$/\.csv/"|xargs -n2 mv
2013-02-08 15:09:20
User: nomankhn
Functions: ls sed touch xargs
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rename multiple files with different name, eg converting all txt to csv
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for x in `ps -u 500 u | grep java | awk '{ print $2 }'`;do ls /proc/$x/fd|wc -l;done
2013-02-02 20:29:31
User: akashrpatel
Functions: awk grep ls wc
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Count open file handles for a specific user ID
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cd $(ls -1 | sed -n '<N>p')
2013-01-29 22:16:57
User: davidp670
Functions: cd ls sed
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cd Nst subdir
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cd $(ls -1 | sed -n <N>p)
2013-01-28 03:26:38
User: huazhihao
Functions: cd ls sed
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cd Nst subdir
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for i in `pfiles pid|grep S_IFREG|awk '{print $5}'|awk -F":" '{print $2}'`; do find / -inum $i |xargs ls -lah; done
2013-01-24 13:57:19
User: giorger
Functions: awk find grep ls xargs
Tags: find solaris10 inode pfiles S_IFREG inum
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How to find all open files by a process in Solaris 10

Executing pfiles will return a list of all descriptors utilized by the process

We are interested in the S_IFREG entries since they are pointing usually to files

In the line, there is the inode number of the file which we use in order to find the filename.

The only bad thing is that in order not to search from / you have to suspect where could possibly be the file.

Improvements more than welcome.

lsof was not available in my case

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