Listing options - again
Posted: 01 Apr 2015, 20:07
The ls command lists stuff. And there are lots of tips out there how this could be done. Everybody has some preferences - which is fine.
The ls command can be combined with a ton of commands by using ls --
Like this
To check out what commands (besides --format) I have available I wrote
And pressed tab (- NB I use ZSH I don't remember if you will get all the options in plain bash) and got the list:
That is a lot of options
(and these are not all)
And all of those options have a set of suboptions so to find out what the --format option had to offer I did a:
And pressed TAB and got these options:
So to show my listings with comma separation I would have to write;
Yup - that works. It might not look all that peachy but it shows everything.
To check out what the --sort option had to offer i wrote
and pressed TAB and got these options
That is handy so to list all your files by size you would do a
Lots of options and I have no clue what you prefer - I am not sure what I prefer so ...
The ls command can be combined with a ton of commands by using ls --
Like this
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ls --format=verboseTo check out what commands (besides --format) I have available I wrote
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ls --And pressed tab (- NB I use ZSH I don't remember if you will get all the options in plain bash) and got the list:
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--all -- list entries starting with .
--almost-all -- list all except . and ..
--author -- print the author of each file
--block-size -- specify block size
--classify -- append file type indicators
--color -- control use of color
--dereference -- list referenced file for sym link
--directory -- list directory entries instead of contents
--dired -- generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode
--escape -- print octal escapes for control characters
--file-type -- append file type indicators except *
--full-time -- list both full date and full time
--help -- display help information
--hide-control-chars -- hide control chars
--human-readable -- print sizes in human readable form
--ignore -- don't list entire matching pattern
--ignore-backups -- don't list entries ending with ~
--inode -- print file inode numbers
--kilobytes -- use block size of 1k
--literal -- print raw characters
--no-group -- inhibit display of group information
--numeric-uid-gid -- numeric uid, gid
--quote-name -- quote names
--recursive -- list subdirectories recursively
--reverse -- reverse sort order
--si -- sizes in human readable form; powers of 1000
--size -- display size of each file in blocks
--tabsize -- specify tab size
--time -- specify time to show
--time-style -- show times using specified style
--version -- display version information
--width -- specify screen width
--dereference-command-line --format --quoting-style --sort
--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir --indicator-style --show-control-chars That is a lot of options
(and these are not all)And all of those options have a set of suboptions so to find out what the --format option had to offer I did a:
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ls --format=And pressed TAB and got these options:
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across commas horizontal long single-column verbose vertical So to show my listings with comma separation I would have to write;
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ls --format=commasYup - that works. It might not look all that peachy but it shows everything.
To check out what the --sort option had to offer i wrote
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~/ ls --sort=
extension none size time version
That is handy so to list all your files by size you would do a
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ls --sort=sizeLots of options and I have no clue what you prefer - I am not sure what I prefer so ...