The command to list the contents of a folder/directory in Unix and Unix-like systems.
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ls -la symbolics… what does that last symbol mean? [duplicate]
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what does the @ mean on the output of ls on os x terminal?
when I type ls -la I get this familiar output...
drwxr-xr-x+ 38 kent staff 1292 Nov 6 11:09 .
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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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what is the @ after the permissions for in ls -l on a mac? [duplicate]
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ls -la symbolics… what does that last symbol mean?
Consider the following output from ls -l on OS X 10.5.8
drwxr-xr-x 3 user staff 102 Aug 26 20:21 ...
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What does the @ in ls -al mean? [duplicate]
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ls -la symbolics… what does that last symbol mean?
What does the @ in the below execution of ls -al mean?
atom:Lib fak$ ls -al
total 1056
drwxr-xr-x 5 fak staff ...
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How to list folders using bash commands?
Is there any way to list just the folders in a directory using bash commands? ( as the ls command lists all the files and folders )
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What is the + at the end of Unix permissions in a long listing format?
Here's an example
drwxr-xr-x+ 6 reza reza 204 Mar 5 20:23 .ssh/
Although I am the owner of this directory, I cannot modify it without using sudo!
Why is that? how can I remove '+' here ...
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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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Unix: ls, how to sort first directories then files etc
I would like to use ls command to first show direcotries and then files. I tried
ls -la | sort -k 1
But I got a wrong order.
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Icon? file on OS X desktop
When I ls my Desktop from terminal (by using ls ~/Dekstop), I see a file, 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 Icon? ...
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How to find all soft links (symbolic links) in current directory?
Question relates to shell-scripting in bash.
How to check with a script which files within the current directory are soft links?
In case I have used the wrong term, when I say soft links, I am ...
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Mac OS X: Is there a straightforward way to color ls output according to Finder label colors?
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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Recursive ls with conditions
Why can't I use a command like this to find all the pdf files in a directory and subdirectories? How do I do it? (I'm using bash in ubuntu)
ls -R *.pdf
EDIT
How would I then go about deleting all ...
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Making ls aware of “hidden” file flag
Is it possible to make ls aware of the hidden file flag on Mac OS X?
Currently, a simple ls -lO produces:
$ ls -lO
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 84 danielbeck staff - 2856 29 Mai 22:44 Applications
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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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What does the number after Unix/Linux file permissions like “-rw-rw-r--. 1 ” mean in “ls -l” output
Can any one explain "-rw-rw-r--. 1 " and give some "detailed" information on ls -lart command.
Why does the number change after "-rw-rw-r--. 1 " <----
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What is the magic separator between filenames in ls output?
The output of ls (with no arguments) appears to separate filenames with linebreaks.
Evidence:
ls | grep foo works as expected, with grep treating each filename as a separate line of input.
ls > ...
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What does the + mean in the ACL output of “ls -l”?
ls -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 885 2010-07-08 13:55 /etc/backup-number-of-files*
-rwxrwxr-x+ 1 levchuk Users 1067 2010-08-30 14:37 /etc/backup-running-time*
Please notice the + on the 2nd ...
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Why are some files in ls -l on Mac OSX (Snow Leopard) tagged with “@”? [duplicate]
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What does the @ in ls -al mean?
When doing an ls -l some files are tagged with "@" like this:
-rw-r--r--@ 1 master staff 2074042 Feb 3 19:26 ...
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iTerm2 loses “ls” colors if I ssh to a server
Why do I lose ls' colors when I ssh to a server?
I would like those colors to be preserved. Is this possible? Should one do something on the server side?
