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Sort files by size
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ls -l | sort -nk5

lme · 2009-03-20 12:28:34 39
List files above a given threshold

List files above a given size threshold. Show Sample Output
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```
./tapestry/tapestry-project-4.1.5-full.zip: 46M
./tapestry/tapestry-bin-5.1.0.1.zip: 29M
./tapestry/tapestry-bin-5.1.0.2.tar.bz2: 29M
./tapestry/tapestry-bin-5.1.0.0.zip: 29M
./tapestry/tapestry-project-4.1.3-full.tar.bz2: 27M
./tapestry/tapestry-bin-5.1.0.0.tar.gz: 29M
```
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find . -type f -size +25000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $8 ": " $5 }'

benajnim · 2009-04-02 15:01:17 8
Follow the most recently updated log files

This command finds the 5 (-n5) most frequently updated logs in /var/log, and then does a multifile tail follow of those log files. Alternately, you can do this to follow a specific list of log files: sudo tail -n0 -f /var/log/{messages,secure,cron,cups/error_log} Show Sample Output
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```
==> /var/log/cron <==

==> /var/log/messages <==

==> /var/log/lastlog <==

==> /var/log/wtmp <==

==> /var/log/secure <==

==> /var/log/lastlog <==

==> /var/log/wtmp <==
&#65533;1pts/4ts/4myusermyhost.example.com&#65533;fJ&#65533;&#65533;?
==> /var/log/secure <==
Jul 21 18:36:19 thost sshd[12730]: Accepted password for myuser from 192.168.100.7 port 50066 ssh2
Jul 21 18:36:19 thost sshd[12730]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user myuser by (uid=0)
```
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ls -drt /var/log/* | tail -n5 | xargs sudo tail -n0 -f

kanaka · 2009-07-22 14:44:41 22
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) Show Sample Output
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```
Jul 15 11:46
or
Dec 24 2006
```
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ls -lct /etc/ | tail -1 | awk '{print $6, $7, $8}'

peshay · 2009-09-04 16:52:50 5
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 -alh #mycomment

servermanaged · 2009-10-06 13:55:06 8
Finding all files on local file system with SUID and SGID set
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find / $ -local -o -prune $ $ -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000 $ -type f -exec ls -l {} \;

jerzy · 2010-01-13 22:49:57 5
See a full last history by expanding logrotated wtmp files

When your wtmp files are being logrotated, here's an easy way to unpack them all on the fly to see more than a week in the past. The rm is the primitive way to prevent symlink prediction attack.
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( last ; ls -t /var/log/wtmp-2* | while read line ; do ( rm /tmp/wtmp-junk ; zcat $line 2>/dev/null || bzcat $line ) > /tmp/junk-wtmp ; last -f /tmp/junk-wtmp ; done ) | less

DoNotRememberMe · 2010-03-16 04:17:16 3
vim read stdin
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ls | vim +'set bt=nowrite' -

kev · 2011-12-24 07:33:49 6
gawk gets fixed width field
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ls -l | gawk -v FIELDWIDTHS='1 3 3 3' '{print $2}'

kev · 2012-02-08 08:18:25 97
for newbies, how to get one line info about all /bin programs

Get simple description on each file from /bin dir, in list form, usefull for newbies. Show Sample Output
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```
sed (1p)             - stream editor
pwd (1)              - print name of current/working directory
mount (2)            - mount and unmount filesystems
ln (1)               - make links between files
...
```
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ls -1 /bin | xargs -l1 whatis 2>/dev/null | grep -v "nothing appropriate"

stinger · 2009-02-17 14:46:01 7
Show latest changed files
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ls -ltcrh

susannakaukinen · 2009-03-06 19:11:12 6

If run in bash, this will display all executables that are in your current $PATH Show Sample Output

ls `echo $PATH | sed 's/:/ /g'`

archlich · 2009-03-09 19:01:41 8

Substitute spaces in filename with underscore

Substitute spaces in filename with underscore, it work on the first space encountered.
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ls -1 | rename 's/\ /_/'

servermanaged · 2009-03-17 17:33:41 7
list and sort files by size in reverse order (file size in human readable output)

This command list and sort files by size and in reverse order, the reverse order is very helpful when you have a very long list and wish to have the biggest files at the bottom so you don't have scrool up. The file size info is in human readable output, so ex. 1K..234M...3G Tested with Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Edition)
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ls -S -lhr

rez0r · 2009-04-28 01:28:57 5
List files by quoting or escaping special characters.

Tested and works on Linux. Show Sample Output
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```
escape:
Some\ Directory

shell:
'Some Directory'

c:
"Some Directory"
```
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ls --quoting-style={escape,shell,c}

stubby · 2010-08-17 16:50:38 3
Customize time format of 'ls -l'

the --time-style argument to 'ls' takes several possible modifiers: full-iso, long-iso, iso, locale, +FORMAT. The +FORMAT modifier uses the same syntax as date +FORMAT. --time-style=+"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" strikes a happy medium between accuracy and verbosity: ls -lart --time-style=long-iso doesn't show time down to the nearest second, ls -lart --time-style=full-iso displays time to 10E-9 second resolution, but with no significant digits past the full seconds, also showing the timezone: -rw-r--r-- 1 bchittenden bchittenden 0 2011-02-10 12:07:55.000000000 -0500 bar Show Sample Output
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```
$ ls -lart --time-style=+"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" demoroniser.1 bar
-rw-r--r-- 1 bchittenden bchittenden 6723 2003-09-16 08:44:30 demoroniser.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 bchittenden bchittenden    0 2011-02-10 12:07:55 bar
```
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ls -l --time-style=+"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

bartonski · 2011-02-10 17:15:37 10
list all file extensions in a directory

Works on current directory, with built-in sorting. Show Sample Output
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```
.jpeg
.tar.gz
.txt
```
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ls -Xp | grep -Eo "\.[^/]+$" | sort | uniq

Amarok · 2011-02-10 20:47:59 7
bulk rename files with sed, one-liner

Renames all files in a directory named foo to bar. foobar1 gets renamed to barbar1 barfoo2 gets renamed to barbar2 fooobarfoo gets renamed to barobarfoo NOTE: Will break for files with spaces AND new lines AND for an empty expansion of the glob '*'
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ls * | sed -e 'p;s/foo/bar/' | xargs -n2 mv

windfold · 2011-04-30 00:21:10 11
Sort files in multiple directories by date

This sorts files in multiple directories by their modification date. Note that sorting is done at the end using "sort", instead of using the "-ltr" options to "ls". This ensures correct results when sorting a large number of files, in which case "find" will call "ls" multiple times.
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find . -type f -exec ls -l --full-time {} + | sort -k 6,7

quadcore · 2012-08-03 22:22:51 14
List directories recursively showing its sizes using only ls and grep

ls -lhR Lists everithing using -l "long listing format" wich includes the space used by the folder. Displays it in -h "human readable form" (i.e. 2.2G, 32K), and -R recurses subfolders. grep -e using a regex, show lines containing the word "total" or a ":" at the end of the line (those with the name of the folder) only. Show Sample Output
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```
.:
total 60K
./documents:
total 2.2G
./error:
total 32K
```
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ls -lhR | grep -e "total\|:$"

Sebasg · 2013-01-22 04:58:51 10
Slow down the screen output of a command

(example above is the 'ls' command with reduced output speed)
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ls -lart|lolcat -a

knoppix5 · 2016-11-18 02:45:39 21
List only the directories

This command would be useful when it is desirable to list only the directories. 'egrep' chooses only the lines that begin with 'd'. Show Sample Output
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```
$ ls -l 
drwxrwx--- 2 sim sim 4096 2009-02-08 14:19 adir
-rwxrwx--- 1 sim sim   52 2009-02-05 13:11 a.sh
-rw-rw---- 1 sim sim    0 2009-02-05 13:09 x.txt
-rw-rw---- 1 sim sim    0 2009-02-05 13:09 y.txt
-rw-rw---- 1 sim sim    0 2009-02-05 13:09 z.txt

$ ls -l | egrep ^d
drwxrwx--- 2 sim sim 4096 2009-02-08 14:19 adir
```
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ls -l | egrep ^d

ergut · 2009-02-08 22:21:55 13
Shows physically connected drives (SCSI or SATA)

This will show all physically connected SATA (and SCSI) drives on your system. This is particularly useful when troubleshooting hard disks.... or when a mount point seems to be missing. Show Sample Output
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```
bradyc@mteb:~$ ls /sys/bus/scsi/devices/
0:0:0:0 1:0:0:0 2:0:0:0
```
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ls /sys/bus/scsi/devices

TheoreticalFunk · 2009-02-25 18:49:27 5
Symlink all files from a base directory to a target directory

Symlinks all files in the base directory to the target directory then lists all of the created symlinks.
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for f in $(ls -d /base/*); do ln -s $f /target; done && ls -al /target

damiancarrillo · 2009-02-26 04:48:19 5
files and directories in the last 1 hour

added alias in ~/.bashrc alias lf='find ./* -ctime -1 | xargs ls -ltr --color' Show Sample Output
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```
reduces my time in displaying the last created files / directories
```
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find ./* -ctime -1 | xargs ls -ltr --color

gnuyoga · 2009-06-05 13:53:26 7
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Make vim open in tabs by default (save to .profile)

I always add this to my .profile rc so I can do things like: "vim *.c" and the files are opened in tabs.

diff 2 remote files

DELETE all those duplicate files but one based on md5 hash comparision in the current directory tree

This one-liner will the *delete* without any further confirmation all 100% duplicates but one based on their md5 hash in the current directory tree (i.e including files in its subdirectories). Good for cleaning up collections of mp3 files or pictures of your dog|cat|kids|wife being present in gazillion incarnations on hd. md5sum can be substituted with sha1sum without problems. The actual filename is not taken into account-just the hash is used. Whatever sort thinks is the first filename is kept. It is assumed that the filename does not contain 0x00. As per the good suggestion in the first comment, this one does a hard link instead: $ find . -xdev -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum | sort | perl -ne 'chomp; $ph=$h; ($h,$f)=split(/\s+/,$_,2); if ($h ne $ph) { $k = $f; } else { unlink($f); link($k, $f); }'

Write comments to your history.

A null operation with the name 'comment', allowing comments to be written to HISTFILE. Prepending '#' to a command will *not* write the command to the history file, although it will be available for the current session, thus '#' is not useful for keeping track of comments past the current session.

Change the window title of your xterm

If you are using an xterm emulation capable terminal emulator, such as PuTTY or xterm on Linux desktop, this command will replace the title of that terminal window. I know it is not nice to have seventeen terminals on your desktop with title PuTTY, you can not tell which one is connected to which server and doing what. Even though the string between the quotes is typed as literals, it needs a little more finesse to make it work. Here is how it is done key-by-key: echo "( ctrl-v then ctrl-[ )0;Enter_Title_String_Here( ctrl-v then ctrl-g )"( enter ) ctrl-v : means hold down ctrl key and hit v at the same time like you are pasting in windoze ; also please don't type the parentheses, i.e., ( and )

After typing lots of commands in windows, save them to a batch file quickly

After typing the command below, you will be greeted with nothing. press the up arrow to find the previous command you typed, press enter. repeat this as many times as you need, then hit CTRL-Z and press enter to save to the 'batchfilename.bat' file.

List out classes in of all htmls in directory

Lists out all classes used in all *.html files in the currect directory. usefull for checking if you have left out any style definitions, or accidentally given a different name than you intended. ( I have an ugly habit of accidentally substituting camelCase instead of using under_scores: i would name soemthing counterBox instead of counter_box) WARNING: assumes you give classnames in between double quotes, and that you apply only one class per element.

Function that outputs dots every second until command completes

Very useful in shell scripts because you can run a task nicely in the background using job-control and output progress until it completes. Here's an example of how I use it in backup scripts to run gpg in the background to encrypt an archive file (which I create in this same way). $! is the process ID of the last run command, which is saved here as the variable PI, then sleeper is called with the process id of the gpg task (PI), and sleeper is also specified to output : instead of the default . every 3 seconds instead of the default 1. So a shorter version would be sleeper $!; The wait is also used here, though it may not be needed on your system. $ echo ">>> ENCRYPTING SQL BACKUP" $ gpg --output archive.tgz.asc --encrypt archive.tgz 1>/dev/null & $ PI=$!; sleeper $PI ":" 3; wait $PI && rm archive.tgz &>/dev/null Previously to get around the $! not always being available, I would instead check for the existance of the process ID by checking if the directory /proc/$PID existed, but not everyone uses proc anymore. That version is currently the one at http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html but I plan on upgrading to this new version soon.

Check if a web page has changed last time checked.

Checks if a web page has changed. Put it into cron to check periodically. Change http://www.page.de/test.html and mail@mail.de for your needs.

Convert Squid unixtime logs in human-readable ones

On-the-fly conversion of Unix Time to human-readable in Squid's access.log

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