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pushd .> /dev/null; cd /; for d in `echo $OLDPWD | sed -e 's/\// /g'`; do cd $d; echo -n "$d "; ls -ld .; done; popd >/dev/null
2009-10-22 12:32:11
User: syladmin
Functions: cd echo ls sed
Tags: permissions
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Show current folder permission recursively from /, useful for debugging ssh key permission

Can easily be scripted in order to show permission "tree" from any folder. Can also be formated with

column -t

{ pushd .> /dev/null; cd /; for d in `echo $OLDPWD | sed -e 's/\// /g'`; do cd $d; echo -n "$d "; ls -ld .; done; popd >/dev/null ; } | column -t

from http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/3731/using-column-to-format-a-directory-listing

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ls | xargs -n1 gzip
2009-10-15 03:10:38
User: haplo
Functions: ls xargs
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GZip all files in a directory separately
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a=($(ls *html)) && a=${a[$(expr ${#a[@]} - 1)]} && rm $a
2009-10-12 16:40:06
User: linuxrawkstar
Functions: expr ls rm
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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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ls -d */
2009-10-08 22:07:22
User: brianmuckian
Functions: ls
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List only the directories

-d: list directory entries instead of contents, and do not dereference symbolic links

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ls -F|grep /
2009-10-08 16:35:15
User: romulusnr
Functions: grep ls
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List only the directories

No need for -l and the output can be sent directly into another function expecting directory names.

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(printf "PERMISSIONS LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM PROG-NAME\n" \ ; ls -l | sed 1d) | column -t
2009-10-08 11:53:38
User: opexxx
Functions: column ls printf sed
Tags: sed ls column printf
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Using column to format a directory listing

Using column to format a directory listing

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ls -alh #mycomment
2009-10-06 13:55:06
User: servermanaged
Functions: ls
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Insert a comment on command line for reminder

Comments can be used directly on the command line so I can save in the history a brief description of what command does.

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ls [FILENAME] | xargs openssl sha1
2009-10-03 02:05:43
User: m00dimus
Functions: ls xargs
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Generate SHA1 hash for each file in a list

List files and pass to openssl to calculate the hash for each file.

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ls -A
2009-09-29 15:22:04
User: linuxrawkstar
Functions: ls
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List dot-files and dirs, but not . or ..
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ls .??*
2009-09-29 14:40:37
User: Paula
Functions: ls
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List dot-files and dirs, but not . or ..

Works 99.9% of the time; so far never required a more complex expression in manual input.

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ls .[!.]*
2009-09-29 13:50:13
User: danam
Functions: ls
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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.

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enscript jrandom.txt -o - | ps2pdf - ~/tmp/jrandom.pdf (from file) or: ls | enscript -o - | ps2pdf - ~/tmp/ls.pdf (from stdout)
2009-09-27 15:15:16
User: bartonski
Functions: ls
Tags: pdf postscript enscript
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create pdf files from text files or stdout.
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tar -cvf /dev/null . | while read i; do ls -l $i; done
2009-09-16 16:59:15
User: lbonanomi
Functions: ls read tar
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ls -lR with a full path

I find the ouput of ls -lR to be un-satisfying (why is the path data up there?) and find syntax to be awkward. Running 'du -a' means you will have likely to trim-off filesize data before feeding filenames to the next step in the pipe.

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ls -lt|grep ^-|awk 'NR>5 { print $8 }'|xargs -r rm
2009-09-16 07:43:03
User: karel1980
Functions: awk grep ls xargs
Tags: ls
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Delete all but the latest 5 files, ignoring directories
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ls -t | tail +6 | xargs rm
2009-09-16 06:33:07
User: negyvenot
Functions: ls tail xargs
Tags: ls
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Delete all but the latest 5 files

yes 6 (tail from 6th line)

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ls -t | awk 'NR>5 {system("rm \"" $0 "\"")}'
2009-09-16 04:58:08
User: haivu
Functions: awk ls
Tags: awk ls
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Delete all but the latest 5 files

I have a directory containing log files. This command delete all but the 5 latest logs. Here is how it works:

* The ls -t command list all files with the latest ones at the top

* The awk's expression means: for those lines greater than 5, delete.

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cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list > /tmp/listin ; ls /proc/*/exe |xargs -l readlink | grep -xvFf /tmp/listin; rm /tmp/listin
2009-09-09 18:09:14
User: kamathln
Functions: cat grep ls readlink rm xargs
Tags: Debian find dpkg
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Find running binary executables that were not installed using dpkg

This helped me find a botnet that had made into my system. Of course, this is not a foolproof or guarantied way to find all of them or even most of them. But it helped me find it.

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ls -ldct /lost+found |awk '{print $6, $7}'
2009-09-08 06:16:04
User: realist
Functions: awk ls
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When was your OS installed?
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ls -lct /etc/ | tail -1 | awk '{print $6, $7, $8}'
2009-09-04 16:52:50
User: peshay
Functions: awk ls tail
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When was your OS installed?

shows also time if its the same year or shows year if installed before actual year and also works if /etc is a link (mac os)

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ls -lct /etc | tail -1 | awk '{print $6, $7}'
2009-09-03 10:26:37
User: MrMerry
Functions: awk ls tail
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When was your OS installed?

Show time and date when you installed your OS.

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ls -shF --color
2009-09-03 05:45:33
User: Viperlin
Functions: ls
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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)

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ls *.c | while read F; do gcc -Wall -o `echo $F | cut -d . -f 1 - ` $F; done
2009-08-28 13:01:56
User: pichinep
Functions: cut gcc ls read
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Compile all C files in a directory

Compile *.c files with "gcc -Wall" in actual directory, using as output file the file name without extension.

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ls | while read f; do mv "$f" "${f// /_}";done
2009-08-27 16:43:56
User: liam
Functions: ls mv read
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Replace spaces in filenames with underscorees
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find ./ -size +10M -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -Ssh1 --color
2009-08-25 18:40:47
User: eastwind
Functions: find ls xargs
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Sort file greater than a specified size in human readeable format including their path and typed by color, running from current directory

1. find file greater than 10 MB

2. direct it to xargs

3. xargs pass them as argument to ls

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locate -e somefile | xargs ls -l
2009-08-23 13:16:59
User: nadavkav
Functions: locate ls xargs
Tags: Filesystem xargs locate search,
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locate a filename, make sure it exists and display it with full details

use the locate command to find files on the system and verify they exist (-e) then display each one in full details.

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