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Effect of slash (/) suffixes on symlink names for `ls` with the `-F` option
By way of example, I have a directory structure like this:
$ \ls -F
dir/ lnk@
$ \ls -F dir
FILE
$ \ls -l lnk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user group d Mon hh:mm lnk -> dir
My ls command is aliased. I am using \...
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Bash script selecting folder
I am trying to list all the directory latest modified folder first using select, but I am stuck.
Let's say I have:
Folder1
ThisIsAnotherDir
Directory
New Directory
This IS not_Same Directory
When I ...
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On a Mac, how can I list contents of a non-current directory without showing backup files (ending with ~), preferably with BSD command ls?
My system:
OS: MacOS / Mac OS X (Mojave 10.14.5)
OS core: Darwin (18.6.0)
Kernel: Darwin Kernel / XNU (18.6.0 / xnu-4903.261.4~2/RELEASE_X86_64)
ls: version unknown, but man ls gives a page from the ...
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What is -- and -td options on ls command?
Could you please explain what each option on this ls command does: ls -td -- */?
The result of such command would look like below:
$ ls
$ ls -al
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 68 Jun 4 09:58 .
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How to order several options of a command (ls)?
Why doesn't ls behave the same after exchanging the order of options -l and -f?
$ ls -l -f
0821131236.jpg 0823130821.jpg
$ ls -f -l
total 33176
-rw-rw-r-- 1 t t 364186 Jan 6 16:06 ...
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What's the -alhF flag in ls?
What is the -alhF flag in ls? I can't find it in the man page.
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What does the option -C achieve in ls output?
In the man pages it says:
-C list entries by columns
However, I really cannot notice any difference between the output of ls or ls -C, could someone explain this to me?
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Why does ls accept duplicate switches?
I'm curious - is there a difference between ls -l and ls -lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll?
The output appears to be the same and I'm confused on why ls allows duplicate switches. Is this a standard ...
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wc - setting a terminating character
I've got that far: wc --files0-from=FILE lets one get the word count of a list of files. Each entry in this list mus be terminated with an ASCII NUL character.
Question: A way to set a terminating ...
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syntax of ls --hide= and ls --ignore=
ls --hide and ls --ignore provides the possibility leave out files defined through regular expressions set after the --ignore= part. The latter makes sure that this option isn't turned off via -a, -A. ...
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why does ls -d also list files, and where is it documented?
when specifying ls --directory a* it should list only directories starting with a*
BUT it lists files AND directories starting with a
Questions:
where might I find some documentation on this, other ...
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