User:Scott/03

Useful Directory and File Commands

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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