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look what's running

Thanks to pooderbill for the idea :-) Show Sample Output

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for a in $(ls /usr/sbin /usr/bin); do ps -fC $a;done|grep -v PPID

knoppix5 · 2015-04-27 18:15:56 10

Display directory hierarchy listing as a tree

Shows the current directory and those below it in a simple tree structure. Recommended use: alias lt='$command_above'
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ls -R | grep : | sed -e '\''s/:$//'\'' -e '\''s/[^-][^\/]*\//--/g'\'' -e '\''s/^/ /'\'' -e '\''s/-/|/'\''

scw · 2009-02-09 22:32:01 16
LSD: List directory files in current directory
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ls -l !* | /usr/bin/grep '^d'

JackTourette · 2009-02-18 13:17:21 11
List only hidden files

List only hidden files (or directories). You also can use: ls -lad .*
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ls -ad .*

osantana · 2009-02-18 15:22:39 6
Convert *.mp3 files to *.wav for recording audio cd's
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ls |while read line ; do mpg321 -w "$line.wav" "$line" ; done

headshot · 2009-02-18 21:04:52 6
Ultimate current directory usage command

use manpages, they give you "ultimate commands" "ls -SshF --color" list by filesize (biggest at the top) "ls -SshFr --color" list by filesize in reverse order (biggest at the bottom) Show Sample Output
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```
> ls
total 24K
4.0K css/  4.0K images/  8.0K index.html  8.0K index.html~
```
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ls -shF --color

Viperlin · 2009-09-03 05:45:33 9

List dot-files and dirs, but not "." and ".."

Although rm is protected against it, there are many commands that would wreak havoc on entering the obvious ".*" to address "dot-files". This sweet little expression excludes the dirs "." and ".." that cause the problems. Show Sample Output

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ls .[!.]*

danam · 2009-09-29 13:50:13 5

remove the last of all html files in a directory

plays with bash arrays. instead of storing the list of files in a temp file, this stores the list in ram, retrieves the last element in the array (the last html file), then removes it.
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a=($(ls *html)) && a=${a[$(expr ${#a[@]} - 1)]} && rm $a

linuxrawkstar · 2009-10-12 16:40:06 5
List all symbolic links in current directory

ls -l may vary depending on operating system, so "print $8" may have to be changed
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ls -l `ls -l |awk '/^l/ {print $8}'`

yooreck · 2009-11-23 16:02:18 3
List files that DO NOT match a pattern

no need to use grep.
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ls *[^p][^a][^t]* ; # or shopt -s extglob; ls !(*pattern*)

unixmonkey7109 · 2009-11-25 01:19:02 5
Convert all .wav to .mp3
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ls *.wav | while read f; do lame "$f" -o "$(echo $f | cut -d'.' -f1)".mp3; done;

glaudiston · 2010-02-22 14:10:39 7
Sort files by size
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ls -lS

javamaniac · 2010-04-08 14:37:46 4
LIST FILENAMES OF FILES CREATED TODAY IN CURRENT DIRECTORY
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ls -la | grep $(date +%Y-%m-%d) | egrep -v -e '\.{1,2}' | sed "s/.*\:[0-9]\{2\} $.\+$$/\\1/g"

cicatriz · 2010-07-29 14:37:51 3
list all file extensions in a directory

All with only one pipe. Should be much faster as well (sort is slow). Use find instead of ls for recursion or reliability. Edit: case insensitive Show Sample Output
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```
$ ls | perl -lne '++$x{lc $1} if /[.](.+)$/ }{ print for keys %x'
bash
py
txt
tar.gz

$ find . -maxdepth 1 -name "*.*" | perl -lne '++$x{lc $1} if /[.](.+)$/ }{ print for keys %x'
bash
py
txt
tar.gz
```
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ls | perl -lne '++$x{lc $1} if /[.](.+)$/ }{ print for keys %x'

recursiverse · 2010-08-13 20:05:15 4
Replace spaces in filename

all files in the directory get moved, in doing so the new name of the file is the original name with out spaces (using translate command)
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ls | while read -r FILE; do mv -v "$FILE" `echo $FILE | tr -d ' '`; done

IgnitionWeb · 2010-08-14 14:10:48 33
sudo for launching gui apps in background

Take advantage of sudo keeping you authenticated for ~15 minutes. The command is a little longer, but it does not require X (it can run on a headless server).
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sudo ls ; sudo gedit /etc/passwd &

aporter · 2010-10-05 21:01:34 5
Print last modified time in 'date -- file' format
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ls -alt /directory/ | awk '{ print $6 " " $7 " -- " $9 }'

gamefiend · 2011-02-17 12:50:38 5
Selecting a random file/folder of a folder

I use this command to select a random movie from my movie collection.. Show Sample Output
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```
Selected srandom.awk
```
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ls -1 | awk 'BEGIN{srand()} {x[NR] = $0} END{print "Selected", x[1 + int(rand() * NR)]}'

saibbot · 2011-03-13 20:05:06 3
Selecting a random file/folder of a folder
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echo Selected $(ls -1 | sort -R | head -n 1)

Juluan · 2011-03-13 22:06:54 3
open the last folder created
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cd $(ls -1t --color=never | head -1)

tchepo · 2011-06-29 15:23:50 3
Count all files in a directory

ls -1 shows one file per line (update: -1 was not really needed) wc -l counts the lines received from the previous command Show Sample Output
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```
345
```
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ls | wc -l

Sebasg · 2013-01-22 03:35:35 10
Find top 5 big files

Find top 5 big files
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find . -type f -exec ls -s {} \; | sort -n -r | head -5

opexxx · 2013-03-19 12:16:24 5
Listen and sort your music, with prompt for deleting

Old drive with lots of music or unsorted drive? This command will play all mp3 files in a folder and after playing one song or pressing q, it will ask you if you want to delete the file.
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for i in $(ls *.mp3); do mplayer $i && echo "delete it? [y/n]" && read trash && if [ "$trash" == "y" ]; then rm $i; fi; do

wibbel4 · 2013-12-23 20:09:56 9
Muestra el crecimiento de un archivo por segundo

Muestra el crecimiento de un archivo por segundo. Cambia el texto "FILE" por el nombre del archivo a monitorear. Comando LS + AWK Show Sample Output
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```
18720 Bps
```
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while true; do A=$(ls -l FILE | awk '{print $5}'); sleep 1; B=$(ls -l FILE | awk '{print $5}'); echo -en "\r"$(($B-$A))" Bps"; done

Zort · 2016-06-27 20:33:02 13
List all executable files in the current directory
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ls -F | grep '\''\*'\'' | sed '\''s/\*$//'\

int19h · 2009-02-16 01:16:49 44
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Generate SHA1 hash for each file in a list

All output is placed in file SHA1SUMS which you can later check with 'sha1sum --check'. Works on most Linux distros where 'sha1sum' is installed.

Fast, built-in pipe-based data sink

This is shorter and actually much faster than >/dev/null (see sample output for timings) Plus, it looks like a disappointed face emoticon.

Copy your ssh public key to a server from a machine that doesn't have ssh-copy-id

If you use Mac OS X or some other *nix variant that doesn't come with ssh-copy-id, this one-liner will allow you to add your public key to a remote machine so you can subsequently ssh to that machine without a password.

Multi line grep using sed and specifying open/close tags

This line does not include your closing tag in the output.

change up n directories

Change n directories up, without parameters change one up

Find files that were modified by a given command

This has helped me numerous times trying to find either log files or tmp files that get created after execution of a command. And really eye opening as to how active a given process really is. Play around with -anewer, -cnewer & -newerXY

List the most recent dates in reverse-chronological order

bash brace expansion, sequence expression

Change the ownership of all files owned by one user.

Finds all files in /home owned by UID 1056 and changes to 2056.

Remount root in read-write mode.

Saved my day, when my harddrive got stuck in read-only mode.

list block devices

Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

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