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Batch File Rename with awk and sed
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ls foo*.jpg | awk '{print("mv "$1" "$1)}' | sed 's/foo/bar/2' | /bin/sh

opexxx · 2009-07-30 13:54:12 17
When was your OS installed?
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ls -ldct /lost+found |awk '{print $6, $7}'

realist · 2009-09-08 06:16:04 5
Delete all but the latest 5 files

yes 6 (tail from 6th line)
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ls -t | tail +6 | xargs rm

negyvenot · 2009-09-16 06:33:07 3
Using column to format a directory listing

Using column to format a directory listing Show Sample Output
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```
PERMISSIONS  LINKS  OWNER  GROUP  SIZE        MONTH  DAY  HH:MM  PROG-NAME
-rw-r--r--   1      root   root   61167       12.    Nov  2008   120253snmp.log
-rw-r--r--   1      root   root   246313      6.     M?r  2008   120_43.log
-rw-r--r--   1      root   root   22947       14.    Mai  09:42  120discovery.log
```
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(printf "PERMISSIONS LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM PROG-NAME\n" \ ; ls -l | sed 1d) | column -t

opexxx · 2009-10-08 11:53:38 5
A function to find the newest file in a directory
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newest () { find ${1:-\.} -type f |xargs ls -lrt ; }

mobidyc · 2010-02-04 14:52:17 8
rename all jpg files with a prefix and a counter
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ls *.jpg | grep -n "" | sed 's,.*,0000&,' | sed 's,0*$...$:$.*$.jpg,mv "\2.jpg" "image-\1.jpg",' | sh

pepin · 2010-02-16 23:59:28 3

list files in mtime order

Simple but useful; list files in the current directory in mtime order. Useful if you've been working on something and then take a day or two off. Show Sample Output

ls -lt | more

eludom · 2010-05-27 12:44:39 5

List just the executable files (or directories) in current directory

A bit shorter ;)
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ls -F | grep '*$'

bashrc · 2010-12-18 01:11:18 4
Find out current working directory of a process

This is an alternative to another command using two xargs. If it's a command you know there's only one of, you can just use: ls -l /proc/$(pgrep COMMAND)/cwd Show Sample Output
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```
$ eval ls -l /proc/{$(pgrep -d, vim)}/cwd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 splante 20000 0 Apr 14 09:25 /proc/11611/cwd -> /home/splante/p
lrwxrwxrwx 1 splante 20000 0 Apr 14 09:26 /proc/11680/cwd -> /tmp
$ sudo ls -l /proc/$(pgrep X)/cwd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 13 18:31 /proc/3945/cwd -> /
```
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eval ls -l /proc/{$(pgrep -d, COMMAND)}/cwd

splante · 2011-04-14 13:41:58 7

Numeric zero padding file rename

rename file name with fixed length nomeric format pattern Show Sample Output

ls *.jpg | awk -F'.' '{ printf "%s %04d.%s\n", $0, $1, $2; }' | xargs -n2 mv

hute37 · 2011-05-01 13:32:58 6

ls only directories

Like normal ls, but only lists directories. Can be used with -l to get more details (ls -lad */) Show Sample Output
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```
dir1/ dir2/
dir3/ dir4/
```
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ls -ad */

tbekolay · 2011-12-10 17:08:07 5
bash find function

basic find implementation for systems that don't actually have find, like an android console without busybox installed.
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find (); { ls $1 | while read line; do [[ -d $1/$line ]] && find $1/$line $2 || echo $1/$line | grep $2; done; }

a8ksh4 · 2013-07-28 22:21:39 36
Show most common words in filenames

I'm sure there's a more elegant sed version for the tr + grep section.
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ls | tr '[[:punct:][:space:]]' '\n' | grep -v "^\s*$" | sort | uniq -c | sort -bn

qdrizh · 2014-10-14 09:52:28 9
access to last touched or created file with arrow_up_key immediately after displaying the file list

Display recursive file list (newest file displayed at the end) and be free to access last file in the list simply by pressing arrow_up_key i.e. open it with joe editor. BTW IMHO the list of files with newest files at the end is often more informative. Put this 'lsa' function somewhere in your .bashrc and issue . ~/.bashrc or source ~/.bashrc to have access to the 'lsa' command immediately. . (the function appends command "joe last_file_in_the_list" at the end of command history)
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lsa() { ls -lart; history -s "joe \"$(\ls -apt|grep -v /|head -1)\"" ; }

knoppix5 · 2016-07-07 21:27:55 30
finding more large files
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find / -xdev -size +1024 -exec ls -al {} \; | sort -r -k 5

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:50:44 10
Sort files by date

Show you the list of files of current directory sorted by date youngest to oldest, remove the 'r' if you want it in the otherway.
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ls -lrt

guidouil · 2009-02-17 19:51:08 145
Find out current working directory of a process
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echo COMMAND | xargs -ixxx ps -C xxx -o pid= | xargs -ixxx ls -l /proc/xxx/cwd

ento · 2009-02-25 05:49:03 8
Print the last modified file
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ls -t1 | head -n1

neW1 · 2009-02-26 09:12:36 9
Show every subdirectory (zsh)
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ls -ld **/*(/)

H4rpy · 2009-02-27 08:31:34 16
Replace "space" char with "dot" char in current directory file names
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ls -1 | while read a; do mv "$a" `echo $a | sed -e 's/\ /\./g'`; done

nablas · 2009-02-27 13:34:12 9
Convert embedded spaces in filenames to "_" (underscore)

This command converts filenames with embedded spaces in the current directory replacing spaces with the underscore ("_") character. Show Sample Output
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```
$ # before
$ ls -1
big world keeps turning
bye bye
fred
hello world
$ ls -1 | grep " " | awk '{printf("mv \"%s\" ",$0); gsub(/ /,"_",$0); printf("%s\n",$0)}' | sh # rename filenames: spaces to "_"
$ # after
$ ls -1
big_world_keeps_turning
bye_bye
fred
hello_world
```
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ls -1 | grep " " | awk '{printf("mv \"%s\" ",$0); gsub(/ /,"_",$0); printf("%s\n",$0)}' | sh # rename filenames: spaces to "_"

mpb · 2009-03-15 18:42:43 18
Scrollable Colorized Long Listing - Hidden Files Sorted Last

To sort hidden files first, simply switch the two inner `ls` commands. I have this aliased to `dira` `dir` is aliased to the simpler version with no hidden files: ls -l --color=always | less -R
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less -Rf <( cat <(ls -l --color=always) <(ls -ld --color=always .*) )

asmoore82 · 2009-05-30 23:51:16 9
Check if filesystem hangs

When a fs hangs and you've just one console, even # ls could be a dangerous command. Simply put a trailing "&" and play safe
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ls /mnt/badfs &

ioggstream · 2009-06-30 14:40:22 9
Find all dot files and directories
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ls -d .*

yooreck · 2009-11-23 15:58:52 4
Get names of files in /dev, a USB device is attached to

This command lists the names of your USB devices connected and what file in /dev they are using. It's pretty useful if you don't have an automount option in your desktop or you don't have any graphical enviroment. Show Sample Output
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```
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 nov 25 10:49 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Kingston_DataTravelerMini_5B770600001E-0:0 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 nov 25 10:49 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Kingston_DataTravelerMini_5B770600001E-0:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 nov 25 10:57 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-RockChip_USB_MP3_USBV1.00-0:0 -> ../../sdc
```
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ls -la /dev/disk/by-id/usb-*

casidiablo · 2009-11-25 16:02:06 3
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Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection

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Suspend, background, and foreground a process

1. Start a process, such as 'top' command 2. # suspend process {ctrl-Z} 3. # background process bg 4. # list all backgrounded jobs jobs 5. # bring it back to foreground fg

List your installed Firefox extensions

Create commands to download all of your Google docs

Create commands to download all of your Google docs to the current directory.

Prepend a text to a file.

Using the sed -i (inline), you can replace the beginning of the first line of a file without redirecting the output to a temporary location.

watch snapshots commit in VMware ESX

To monitor .vmdk files during snapshot deletion (commit) on ESX only (ESXi doesn't have the watch command): 1. Navigate to the VM directory containing .vmdk files. # watch "ls -tough --full-time *.vmdk" where: -t sorts by modification time -o do not list group information (to narrow the output) -u sorts by access time -g only here for the purpose to easily remember the created mnemonic word 'tough' -h prints sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) --full-time sets the time style to full-iso and does not list user information (to narrow the output) optionally useful parameters to the watch command: -d highlight changes between updates -n seconds to wait between updates (default is 2) -t turn off printing the header

Spell check the text in clipboard (paste the corrected clipboard if you like)

xclip -o > /tmp/spell.tmp # Copy clipboard contents to a temp file aspell check /tmp/spell.tmp # Run aspell on that file cat /tmp/spell.tmp | xclip # Copy the results back to the clipboard, so that you can paste the corrected text I'm not sure xclip is installed in most distributions. If not, you can install x11-apps package

Selecting a random file/folder of a folder

Also looks in subfolders

randomize hostname and mac address, force dhcp renew. (for anonymous networking)

this string of commands will release your dhcp address, change your mac address, generate a new random hostname and then get a new dhcp lease.

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