Commands by unixmonkey8594 (1)

  • Stat each file in a directory

    This will run stat on each file in the directory. Show Sample Output


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    find -name `egrep -s '.' * | awk -F":" '{print $1}' | sort -u` -exec stat {} \;
    unixmonkey8594 · 2010-04-26 20:01:44 6

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