Questions tagged [ls]
The command to list the contents of a folder/directory in Unix and Unix-like systems.
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Powershell shortcut to list all files and folders (including hidden files) and order them by date
I'm basically looking for something like ls -alt, but in Powershell (Windows 11). Currently I'm using
gci -fo | sort LastWriteTime -Descending
but it's a bit of a doozy, and definitely not easy to ...
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ls to list directories sorted by date in timestamp AND by date in filename appendix results in little satisfaction
For listing of directories I always use commands like
ls -la --time-style=long-iso <directoryname>
And all is at best.
Yet on some cases I append a date-time suffix to the filename. This is ...
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The Ranger file manager for Linux hangs with just "loading...ranger"
When I run Ranger, it prints its standard message:
loading...ranger
But then hangs forever. What is the root cause?
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ls with range name of file
I have files with numeric as it's file name.
10asdfsfl.txt
11sdfkf.txt
20sdfdf.txt
22sdfdf.txt
30saadf.txt
40asdfdf.txt
51sadfsf.txt
62ddgfg.txt
if I use
ls -l [40-50]*
it returning list of files
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hiding files with Windows "hidden" attribute in msys2 "ls"
I'm running msys2 on Windows 11:
$ uname -a
MINGW64_NT-10.0-22621 couch-potato 3.4.9.x86_64 2023-09-15 12:15 UTC x86_64 Msys
And I have it configured to use my Windows home directory (/c/Users/<...
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How to understand the hardlinks field of a directory
I've run ls -l command but I have got a big confusion:
Ouput of ls -l in home directory:
$ ls -l
total 16
drwxr-x--- 19 farah farah 4096 اگست 18 18:40 farah
drwxr-x--- 40 hussain hussain 4096 ...
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ls -R instead of find
I can see ls -R lists all files and folders. I can grep the file name from the list.
What are the advantages of "find" ?
Also, any caveats if I use ls -R instead of find?
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Difficulty performing complex sorting when listing files in a directory with the ls command
The behavior I'm seeking is a nested sort with the ls command where sorting by one method doesn't cancel out sorting by a second method. The exact desired behavior is essentially:
First sort with ...
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ls ignoring extensions when colorizing with LS_COLORS
I'm trying to set LS_COLORS to colorize my ls output, but for some reason it is ignoring any file match patterns. It is correctly coloring executables, directories, etc., but it seems to be ...
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Why UNIX socket files end with and equal sign in ls?
When I list (ls) files in directory, I see the equal sign = after some files. All these files in my case are UNIX domain socket files:
user@Debian11:~/src/unix_sock$ l
a.out* cli_stream* ...
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How to list only tar files
I have a silly problem
usr01@srvlnx01:~$ sudo ls /var/opt/gitlab/backups/
1685014011_2023_05_25_13.2.3_gitlab_backup.tar 1685016443_2023_05_25_13.2.3_gitlab_backup.tar tmp
but
usr01@srvlnx01:~$ ...
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What is the difference between different options for 'ls' colored output in zsh?
I want to display colored output for the 'ls' command in the terminal for my MAC but I do not understand the differences between some of the methods. On some articles and reddit posts I saw people ...
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set colored-stats ignores $LS_COLORS
Problem
I am trying to make auto-completed files be colored according to $LS_COLORS in bash. But autocompletion ignores my $LS_COLORS variable and gets color values from some-place else.
Setting
I ...
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file hyperlink not working under tmux
When using tmux hyperlink feature does not work.
For example:
ls --hyperlink *.pdf
list .pdf files and provide a link to click and open when using under terminal emulator, but fails when using tmux. ...
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Ubuntu - ls -Z only shows question marks and file names
When I'm using ls -Z /etc I only get question marks and filenames. I don't get anything about the security context. Does anyone know anything about this?
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Are /var/mail/root and /var/spool/mail/root hardlinks for the same inode?
Just found out this:
# diff /var/mail/root /var/spool/mail/root
# (nothing)
# ls -i /var/mail/root /var/spool/mail/root
1284 /var/mail/root 1284 /var/spool/mail/root
Same content, same 1284 inode ...
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Why does `ls 'C:\$Recycle.Bin\'` show nothing?
I have a lot of files in Recycle Bin, yet using either ls 'C:\$Recycle.Bin\' or Get-ChildItem 'C:\$Recycle.Bin\' in PowerShell 7.1.5 there is no result. Do you know why?
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With `ls -sh` is 1K a kilobyte, a kilobit, 1000 bytes, 1024 bytes, or what?
Preface to my question (this isn't my question):
I've been looking for a command-line tool to that tells me how many bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, etc. that a file is (not some other form of ...
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Can you underline directories in zsh with ls?
I would like to underline directories when I do ls. Is this possible in a default Mac terminal and zsh? Or do I need something like iTerm2 + ohmyzsh. From what I found LSCOLORS doesn't support ...
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How can I watch a folder on an sftp server for new files?
I log in to a sftp server, and to see the files I type ls. Is there any way to recursively watch a folder? For now I just keep typing ls -tlh. Is there a way for that to happen without me typing it? ...
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How to refresh terminal after function call
I've written a simple function to search the current folder when I press ctrl+f with exa and peco, after I choose a directory I want to cd into it.
(ll is modified version of ls)
pecofunc() {
ll | ...
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How to restrict a user from seeing hierarchy of files?
Is it possible to restrict a user from seeing hierarchy of files?
The user shouldn't be able to see the hierarchy of files with ls or any other commands.
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How to ls files with output starting on a specific letter?
I want to ls all files from /bin that starts with letter s, and this is the furthest I could think, but it does not print out information:
ls /bin | grep ^s
Does anyone have a hint?
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Folder that is not hidden does not appear in `ls`, autocomplete or Finder
I have a folder ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft that does not appear at all in ls, autocomplete or Finder. If I navigate to the directory in the terminal and use open ., Finder opens up to the ...
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How to separate mixed Home directory files and User created files - Ubuntu 20.04
I have download android source code in /home/username/ directory, without creating separate folder(/home/username/folder).
Now my home directory files and downloaded files are mixed. How to find and ...
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Linux permissions varies between parent directory and double dots
I have a directory content:
[root@myserver ~]# ll -a /home/user/.ssh
drwx------. 2 thomas water 48 26 nov. 15:57 .
drwxrwxrwx. 12 thomas water 4096 25 nov. 11:36 ..
-rwx------. 1 thomas water ...
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ls: cannot access file, bad message
i can't see the Downloads folder from GUI, a message appear "The location could not be displayed" pointing one pdf file so i enter using the terminal but when i run the ls -l command i see ...
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Kali Linux chmod 666
I'm using a user I created with adduser that I logged into. I created a directory through this user (not root) and changed permissions from the standard 644 to 666 (no pun intended) with chmod 666 &...
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Why doesn't ls -U list files in alphabetical order?
On my Xubuntu install, in some folders, if I list all the files with ls -U, sometimes they are not listed in alphbetical order. For example, once I had it list every single file in alphabetical order ...
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Why does `xargs` not work with `echo` but work with `ls`?
root@home:~$ ls
root@home:~$ echo abc > z1
root@home:~$ echo xyz > z2
root@home:~$ ls
z1 z2
root@home:~$ ls | xargs -I{} cat {}
abc
xyz
root@home:~$ echo z1 z2 | xargs -I{} cat {}
cat: 'z1 z2': ...
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Why find is giving inaccurate responses for 1M and 1G size?
Why find is giving inaccurate/weird responses when I try to look for files that are 1 megabyte size or 1 gigabyte size ? Or even less than 1 megabyte or 1 gigabyte.
[root@server1 ~]# ls -lh
total 7.8M
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What is a purple file from the LS command?
I am working on a c++ project and had a failed compilation (normal kind of errors). When I ran ls (a bit of a habit), it showed a file with a seemingly random sequence of characters:
'!4'$'\377\377\...
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Why ls -l total is 0 even even there are files in the directory?
I have a directory, inside that, I have created 2 files and have written some content in these files when I run ls -l. It still displays the total as 0. Why? It should return some positive integer.
I ...
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How do I change the color ls in the console for files if group owner is `root`?
I am inside a mounted folder: /mnt/hgfs because of this all the files' owner is root.
In this folder when I do ls color for all the files show up as green and for all the folders, there is green ...
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Can't run the ls command on the root directory without using sudo
CentOS 7.6.180
GNOME-CLASSIC 3.28.2
I've always been able to run ls on the / directory in the system above.
Now it just hangs when I run ls. Same if I try to see the / dir with software other than ...
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Trying to copy files with multi-patterns from directory to another directory?
I am trying to copy all files that start with specific pattern from directory to another directory
I tried using the command below,
cp 8405T* 1208T* 1783T* 6321T* 9269T* 479T* 1743T* 6527T* 6153T* ...
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ls doesn't work in mobaxterm local terminal
I'm having a strange issue running mobaxterm v20.2 on Windows 10:
I am unable to use ls to see the contents of the local directory. For example, in this screenshot, the output of ls is empty, but the ...
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Pipe the output of “ls -G1” to “sed” while retaining output colors in macOS
When using the terminal in macOS I created an alias in ~/.bash_profile that lets me list folders and files in one column and with color using the -G1 option like this:
something = "ls -G1"
This work ...
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Long listing format ls command [special character file data]
When using the ls -l command files that are not Character special file (c) or Block special file (b) before the last modification date they have just one number; the file size. Those 2, have 2 number ...
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List only files for current user
How can I limit ls to only show files where I am the owner?
I might be able to string together something using find along with ls, but I'm looking for an ls only solution.
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How to ls --group-directories-last?
The question is basically the same of this post, however there are 2 things that I don't like in the accepted answer:
it breaks the natural column structure of ls;
tac inverts the order of the output ...
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Bash Script to delete oldest files but keep latest files including sub-directories
I'm trying to delete old files but should keep latest 3 days log files.i tried below command,
ls -tr /home/httpd/htdocs/pathname/pathname/config//build/logs/apps/.log | tail -n +4 | xargs rm --
but ...
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Why does the `ls` command sort files like this?
As I was trying to reverse engineer the ls command, I came upon an interesting behavior. When I make 3 files, foo.png, foopa.png, and fooqa.png, ls sorts them as foopa.png, foo.png, and fooqa.png. I ...
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Use awk command to output of ls command
I have a e-book directory that has following format:
<authorname> <authorsurname> - <bookname>
I want to separate the books by authors. I use the below command in a for-loop for ...
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How to align the columns of ls command output in Xubuntu 16.04.6?
I have this function in .bashrc :
{ ls -lhNGhgF --color=always --group-directories-first --time-style="+%d-%b-%Y $newline%H:%M" | awk '
{
$3 ="\033[1;31m" $3 "\033[0m"...
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Why an empty directory has large volume?
All the directories below are empty
[user@xxxx ~]$ ls -lah /home/1m
total 387M
drwxr-xr-x 22 foo foo 4.0K Apr 17 22:49 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 foo foo 4.0K Apr 17 22:49 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 foo foo 9.2M Apr 17 ...
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Run `ls` recursively with wildcards
I'm trying to find all the project files of a particular file type with:
ls -ltR *.mb
I know there are the files I want in several folders, but I get no results back. What did I do wrong?
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Enumerate files *.pdf exclude *_book.pdf
How can enumerate all file file in dir, exclude by pattern.
For example: all *.pdf exclude *_book.pdf. I try so:
for $PDF in $(ls *.pdf | grep -v *_book.pdf);
do
echo "File $PDF"
done
It is a ...
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dir / ls not displaying files outside of root directory in Windows 10
I've been trying to point to files and directories via my command line or powershell in windows, but for whatever reason the dir or ls command will not display files or folders within the directory ...
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Exclude system entries with "ls" or "find"
Compare Cygwin:
$ ls -1 -N /cygdrive/c
$Recycle.Bin
cygwin64
Documents and Settings
pagefile.sys
PerfLogs
Program Files
Program Files (x86)
ProgramData
Recovery
System Volume Information
Users
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