Difference between revisions of "Ls"

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# ls -l -S -h # sort by size in human readable format
 
# ls -l -S -h # sort by size in human readable format
 
# ls -Slhr | grep -v '^d' # exclude directories from sort by size with ls
 
# ls -Slhr | grep -v '^d' # exclude directories from sort by size with ls
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=== View  access timestamp (atime), the modified timestamp (mtime), and the changed timestamp (ctime) with ls ===
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# ls -l myfile.c # shows mtime
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# ls -lu myfile.c # shows atime
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# ls -lc myfile.c # shows ctime
 
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Latest revision as of 12:57, 2 November 2020

Linux sort files by size with ls

# ls -S -l
# ls -l -S | sort -k 5 -n  # sort top 5 largest files in reverse order
# ls -l -S -h # sort by size in human readable format
# ls -Slhr | grep -v '^d' # exclude directories from sort by size with ls

View access timestamp (atime), the modified timestamp (mtime), and the changed timestamp (ctime) with ls

# ls -l myfile.c # shows mtime
# ls -lu myfile.c # shows atime
# ls -lc myfile.c # shows ctime