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ls:ai:1cda4 Lists files in two columns

$ ls -C

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ls:ai:2c05e find all directories only in the current directory sort by month date time

$ ls -l -t -d */ | awk '{print $6,$7,$8,$9}' | sed 's/ /-/g' | awk '{print $1, $2, $4, $3}' | jq -nR '${inputs | split("-") | {month: .[0}, day: .${1}, time: .${2}, directory: .${3}}]'

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ls:ai:38a23 List all pdf files inside directory then, using a for cycle, print on scren each filename in alphabetical order adding "_num" before the extension, where "num" is a 3-digit counter starting from 001

$ ls -1 *.pdf | awk '{ printf "%s_%03d\n", substr($0, 0, length($0)-4), NR }' | sort

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ls:ai:38f90 List all pdf files, sort by size, and rename by progressive number

$ ls -Sl --format='json' | awk 'BEGIN{c=1} {print "mv -i ",$0, "",c++.".pdf"}' | bash

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ls:ai:561ba List all pdf files inside directory then print on scren each filename in alphabetical order, adding "_num" before the extension, where "num" is a 3-digit counter starting from 001

$ ls | grep .pdf | awk '{print $0, "_" sprintf("%03d", NR) }' | sort | awk '{print "{\"filename\": \""$1"\"}"}' | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/,\n/g'

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ls:ai:6ba8f what to do if dvb stick and tuner is recognized but i don't have the directory frontend0

$ ls /dev/dvb/

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ls:ai:735c8 This command will list the file size in a human-readable format.

$ ls -lh ${filename}

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ls:ai:85022 Lists the inode number of the specified file

$ ls -i ${filename}

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ls:ai:a3c1f Lists files in the current directory and filters out directories

$ ls -p | grep -v /

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ls:ai:b3c0e find all directories sort by month date time

$ ls -ltF --time-style=long-iso | grep '^d'

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ls:ai:b5019 List the contents of the /home directory

$ ls /home

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ls:ai:bb455 How to re-run a command when files in a directory are updated using entr

$ ls | entr ${your command here}

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ls:ai:f5a4d List the permissions for the file 'foo'

$ ls -l foo

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ls:ai:ffff8 find all directories in the current directory sort by month date time

$ ls -lt --time-style=long-iso --group-directories-first

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ls:tldr:48011 ls: Long format list of all files, sorted by modification date (oldest first).

$ ls -ltr

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ls:tldr:5f7f4 ls: List all files, with trailing `/` added to directory names.

$ ls -F

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ls:tldr:79e2f ls: Long format list with size displayed using human-readable units (KiB, MiB, GiB).

$ ls -lh

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ls:tldr:7f9e5 ls: Only list directories.

$ ls -d */

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ls:tldr:a2da9 ls: Long format list (permissions, ownership, size, and modification date) of all files.

$ ls -la

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ls:tldr:c52fd ls: List all files, including hidden files.

$ ls -a

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ls:tldr:de51c ls: Long format list sorted by size (descending).

$ ls -lS

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ls:tldr:f52d3 ls: List files one per line.

$ ls -1

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