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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Run an ls without getting the full path
I want a simple list of files in a directory that is not my current directory. I run ls /other/directory/*.txt and get:
/other/directory/file1.txt
/other/directory/file2.txt
I want:
file1.txt
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ConEmu + ls -- 256 colors not working
I'm using ConEmu (specifically Cmder's version). Running 'cmd', it supports 256 colors (top).
However, I can't get other programs to run in 256 color mode. I've tried Perl (middle) and ls (bottom), ...
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How can I sort the output of 'ls' by last modified date?
How can I sort the output of ls by last modified date?
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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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'ls' command very slow
I have about 17k files in a directory. When I run ls directory, I have to wait for about 15-20 seconds before the results are displayed. On the other hand, when I run ls directory | wc -l or ls ...
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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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Is there a straightforward way to color ls output according to Finder label colors in macOS?
I have a client with a directory tree that has a number of high-level directories that I need to have on my local development machine. I rarely look at them unless something goes awry.
I've marked ...
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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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How to produce a Linux-like `ls` output in Powershell?
I don't want the output of ls(Get-ChildItem) to be vertical (one file one line) in Powershell. I want it to be horizontal (like a table in Linux). After searching the web I don't know how to do that.
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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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How come the ls command prints in multiple columns on tty but only one column everywhere else?
Even after using Unix-like OSes for a couple years, this behaviour still baffles me.
When I use the ls command in a directory that has lots of files, the output is usually nicely formatted into ...
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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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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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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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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 make ls show hidden files then directories then regular files in order
Is there a way to get ls to show all dot files including hidden directories first then regular directories then regular files? I have read throughout the ls man page but come up with nothing. I have ...
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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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How to create a fixed size virtual disk with qemu-img?
What's the best way to create a fixed size disk with qemu-img ?
I tried doing this., and it always seems to be creating a virtual /growing disk, doing a ls returns the actual small size of the vmdk.
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How do I `cd` and then* `ls` automatically in linux?
I have found myself keep doing cd some_dir quickly followed by ls for quite some time now, and have been trying to write a bash alias to let me do this, such as:
alas cd="cd $@; ls";
Problem with ...
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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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How do I recursively list the contents of all files in a repository (extension-agnostic) into a single text file?
I know that using "ls -R ." in bash you can recursively list the filenames.
Can I use some similar command to list the contents of each file just the way their names are displayed using the ls ...
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Alternatives to cd/ls for command line navigation?
I generally work a fair amount from the command line in order to launch vim, git, ssh and so on. However, I find the Finder's columnar view more natural for browsing through my files. Unfortunately, ...
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How to have Linux ls command show second in time stamp
Something annoying about ls -l command is it shows only hour and minute for a file(like 08:30). How can I see the second portion(like 08:30:44)?
man 1 ls and search for 'second' does not give any ...
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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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How to physically reorder files `03.mp3 01.mp3 02.mp3` (`ls -f`) in a directory?
The physical order of the files matters when I copy them onto my USB stick and listen in car mp3 player. Most of my music album folders are unsorted, e.g. ls -f may produce:
03.song3.mp3
01.song1.mp3
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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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Get the last file name in a variable in bash?
In a directory, I have the following files:
myfile_v01.txt
myfile_v02.txt
myfile_v03.txt
How to make a bash script that detects the value of the last version and put the filename of this last ...
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How to diff file names in two directories (without writing to intermediate files)?
I am trying to do something along the lines of:
diff `ls -1a ./dir1` `ls -1a ./dir2`
But that doesn't work for obvious reasons. Is there a better way of achieving this (in 1 line), than this?
ls -...
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What does the @ mean on the output of "ls" on OS X' terminal?
When doing an ls in a directory I get the following output:
drwxr-xr-x@ 12 xonic staff 408 22 Jun 19:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 xonic staff 306 22 Jun 19:42 ..
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 xonic staff 6148 25 ...
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ls linux command: how to filter files in other directories
I know what ls folder/ and ls *abc* do in linux. I want to filter out some files in a specific folder.
I tried this: ls folder/ *abc but it does not return correct values.
Any idea?
Thanks
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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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How do I change the color of binaries listed by 'ls'?
In Mac OS X, when I do ls the binary files have red color, how change this color to green?
Similar to other Unix.
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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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How can I make "ls" show dotfiles first?
Somewhere along the way I screwed up my ls command and now I get this ordering when running
$ ls -AhHl --color=auto
-rwxr-xr-x 1 clang clang 640 Mar 1 02:46 apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png
-rwxr-...
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How to list files recursively and sort them by modification time?
How do I list all files under a directory recursively and sort the output by modification time?
I normally use ls -lhtc but it doesn't find all files recursively. I am using Linux and Mac.
ls -l on ...
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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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Icon? file on OS X desktop
When I ls my Desktop from terminal (by using ls ~/Desktop), I see a file named Icon?. As far as I can tell, it's empty (nano Icon? shows nothing). It doesn't show up on my actual Desktop, and open ...
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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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Ignore NTUSER.DAT files when ls on Git Bash?
I use Git Bash as my terminal on Windows. When I ls in my Home directory, I see some NTUSER.DAT entries, which I assume are system files. They don't appear when I run dir in the default Windows Prompt....
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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 do I get ls --color=auto to work on Mac OS X?
I'm trying to move my bash configuration from Ubuntu to Mac OS X and it looks like ls is slightly different. For instance, it won't accept the --color option.
How do I get this to work?
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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 ...