Some very interesting Linux shell tricks.
A couple of ways to list a directory without using ls. This could be a very useful Linux tip.
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How to use find on Linux to find and display a list of files.
The Linux find command is very useful for finding certain files. I will show how to search a folder and return a listing of files. This example below shows how to list all webm and gif files in the directory and all subdirectories. 4.4 Fri Feb 21 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $…
Read MoreUsing the Linux stat command to get information about a file.
The Linux stat command allows information to be shown about a file on your file-system. jason@darknet:~/Documents$ stat /bin/ls File: ‘/bin/ls’ Size: 118280 Blocks: 232 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 801h/2049d Inode: 10616940 Links: 1 Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2016-02-01 08:55:40.145487505 +1100 Modify:…
Read MoreVoyager probe leaving us and thoughts on the end of the world and Perl.
The Voyager probe is finally approaching the edge of the heliosphere; the massive sphere that encloses the entire solar system; very soon the lonely probe will finally be entering deep space and it will be truly alone. This probe is travelling at just about 38,000 miles per hour and it…
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