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Commands using ls

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find / -perm +6000 -type f -exec ls -ld {} \;
2011-10-14 22:19:58
User: aguslr
Functions: find ls
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Find all SUID binaries
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ls -Fart
2011-09-19 13:07:47
User: jambino
Functions: ls
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list all files in a directory, sorted in reverse order by modification time, use file descriptors.

It's both silly, and infinitely useful. Especially useful in logfile directories where you want to know what file is being updated while troubleshooting.

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ls -saltS [dirname]
2011-09-18 22:03:11
User: ztank1013
Functions: ls
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Salty detailed directory listing...

It lists files and folder under dirname adding at the beginning of each line the file allocated size in blocks (-s). It also sorts output by file size (-S) from bigger to smaller. Actually the -t option in that precise position does not give any effect... (challenge: can you tell me why?) but of course gives to the ls command some salty taste! :)

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ls -l
2011-09-16 15:40:13
User: Nitin_malani
Functions: ls
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To display a listing of files and directory

ghgh rty uty tr uyuyuyu

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ls -i1 filename
2011-09-15 19:42:40
User: totti
Functions: ls
Tags: file inode
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Identify files uniquly in a FS with inode numer
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ls -trF | grep -v \/ | tail -n 1
2011-09-14 20:05:37
User: mrpollo
Functions: grep ls tail
Tags: find stat mtime
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Hunt for the newest file.

Sort by time and Reverse to get Ascending order, then display a marker next to the a file, negate directory and select only 1 result

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myreadlink() { [ ! -h "$1" ] && echo "$1" || (local link="$(expr "$(command ls -ld -- "$1")" : '.*-> \(.*\)$')"; cd $(dirname $1); myreadlink "$link"; }
2011-09-13 11:02:27
User: keymon
Functions: cd command dirname echo ls
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'readlink' equivalent using shell commands, and following all links

This is a equivalent to the GNU ' readlink' tool, but it supports following all the links, even in different directories.

An interesting alternative is this one, that gets the path of the destination file

myreadlink() { [ ! -h "$1" ] && echo "$1" || (local link="$(expr "$(command ls -ld -- "$1")" : '.*-> \(.*\)$')"; cd $(dirname $1); myreadlink "$link" | sed "s|^\([^/].*\)\$|$(dirname $1)/\1|"); }
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ls -l /etc/**/*killall
2011-08-30 05:57:49
User: xeor
Functions: ls
Tags: bash find globbing
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find builtin in bash v4+

This command will give you the same list of files as "find /etc/ -name '*killall' | xargs ls -l".

In a simpler format just do 'ls /etc/**/file'.

It uses shell globbing, so it will also work with other commands, like "cp /etc/**/sshd sshd_backup".

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lsr() { find "${@:-.}" -print0 |sort -z |xargs -0 ls $LS_OPTIONS -dla; }
2011-08-15 03:10:58
User: h3xx
Functions: find ls sort xargs
Tags: sort find ls xargs function list
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Sorted, recursive long file listing

Tells you everything you could ever want to know about all files and subdirectories. Great for package creators. Totally secure too.

On my Slackware box, this gets set upon login:

LS_OPTIONS='-F -b -T 0 --color=auto'

and

alias ls='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS'

which works great.

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ls -1d */
2011-08-10 05:40:15
User: weldabar
Functions: ls
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List only directories, one per line

omit the 1 (one) if you don't need one-per-line

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cd $(ls -ltr|grep ^d|head -1|sed 's:.*\ ::g'|tail -1)
2011-08-10 03:39:35
User: timothyhmchen101
Functions: cd grep head ls sed tail
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change dir to n-th dir that you listed

Replace the head -1 with head -n that is the n-th item you want to go to.

Replace the head with tail, go to the last dir you listed.

You also can change the parameters of ls.

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ls -l | grep ^d | sed 's:.*\ ::g'
2011-08-08 12:36:28
User: bormarek
Functions: grep ls sed
Tags: bash sed ls grep
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List only directories, one per line

nothing special

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ls -1d */
2011-08-07 05:10:12
User: Avenger
Functions: ls
Tags: bash ls
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List only directories, one per line
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ls -l | grep ^d | sed 's:.*\ ::g'
2011-08-06 23:52:46
User: LinuxMan
Functions: grep ls sed
Tags: bash sed ls grep
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List only directories, one per line

Normally, if you just want to see directories you'd use brianmuckian's command 'ls -d *\', but I ran into problems trying to use that command in my script because there are often multiple directories per line. If you need to script something with directories and want to guarantee that there is only one entry per line, this is the fastest way i know

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mplayer $(ls -l /proc/$(pgrep -f flash)/fd/* |grep Flash | cut -d" " -f8)
2011-08-06 08:21:57
User: RazZziel
Functions: cut grep ls
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mplayer all flash videos being streamed in Chromium
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find . -type l | (while read FN ; do test -e "$FN" || ls -ld "$FN"; done)
2011-08-02 14:48:47
User: pathcl
Functions: find ls read test
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find broken symbolic links

find broken symbolic links

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ls *.zip|awk '{$a="zip -fo "$1" FILENAME"; system($a);}'
2011-07-27 10:22:21
User: youkey
Functions: awk ls
Tags: awk zip
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Updates file in all the zips

- all zips are in current folder

- FILENAME is file name that should be subsitute in all zips (new version of this file is in current folder)

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locate -i yourfilename | sed 's/ /\\ /g' | xargs ls -lah | less
2011-07-26 13:00:39
User: unixmonkey23919
Functions: locate ls sed xargs
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do a full file listing of every file found with locate

Escapes spaces in paths.

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alias cd1='cd $( ls -1t | grep ^d | head -1)'
2011-07-22 18:56:37
User: frOOgz
Functions: alias grep head ls
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cd into the latest directory
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ls -Fhitlar
2011-07-11 10:29:34
User: ringzero
Functions: ls
Tags: ls
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list files in 'hitlar' mode

Was playing with the shell. It struck to me, just by rearranging the parameters, i was able to remember what they did and in a cool way.

Enter the 'hitlar' mode.

bash-3.2$ ls -hitlar

Shows all items with inodes, in list view, human readable size, sorted by modification time in reverse,

bash-3.2$ ls -Fhitlar

Shows the same with classification info. Add the hitlar mode alias to your .bashrc.

bash-3.2$ echo "alias hitlar='ls -Fhitlar'" >> ~/.bashrc

bash-3.2$ hitlar

bash-3.2$ hitlar filename

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nice -n0 ls | mpg321 -@- &
2011-07-10 11:50:46
User: kev
Functions: ls mpg321 nice
Tags: mpg321
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play all songs under current directory smoothly as background job
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cd $(ls -1t --color=never | head -1)
2011-06-29 15:23:50
User: tchepo
Functions: cd head ls
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open the last folder created
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alias cd1='cd $( ls -lt | grep ^d | head -1 | cut -b 51- )'
2011-06-22 11:45:15
User: soulonfire
Functions: alias cut grep head ls
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cd into the latest directory
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ls -d */* | wc -l
2011-06-21 10:21:01
User: mrkva
Functions: ls wc
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Count all the files in the directory and child directories
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ls -lart
2011-05-28 15:01:39
User: shardservant
Functions: ls
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get newest file in current directory

-l for long list, -r for recursive, -a for display of hidden files, and -t for modification date

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