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Useful Directory and File Commands
Home Page user:scott Tech Support user:scott/02 Dir & Files user:scott/03 Network user:scott/04 Troubleshoot user:scott/05 Resources user:scott/06
Favorite Commands
- history (!2054)
- gksudo nautilus /home
- gconf-editor (configuration)
Locate Files
List Files
ls -Ra [-R recursive] [-a all] ls -ti [-t sort by time] [-i inode] ls -nr [-n UID & GID] [-r reverse order] ls -1 [-1 line by line]
DU
du -h | less (directory usage -h human readable) du -h /home/bob/Downloads/ (list all directories in Download) du -ha /home/bob/Downloads/ (list all files & directories in Download)
du -ha /home/bob/Downloads/ | grep -i firefox (find all instances of firefox and -i ignore case)
Search
sudo updatedb locate /dir/dir | grep file find -name filename ???
whoami
finger (who is logged in) id (uid=1000(sjnSUSE) gid=100(users) groups=100(users) date & cal