Back to the main page

Mailing List Logs for ShadowRN

Message no. 1
From: What's this button do? <GRAFF85@********.CORTLAND.EDU>
Subject: UNIX
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 15:40:26 -0400
I need some help here from all you UNIX gurus:

can some one give me a run down of the ls command and the -?? switches??

thanx
--Phlatline

----v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^-
David Graff | GEEK CODE v1.0.1
339 Randall Hall | GS(CS)@ d+(---) p(-p+) c+(+++) l u- e* m---(*) s !n(n---)
Cortland, Ny 13045| h* f+(--) g++ w+++ t++(---) r(++) y+
607.753.2783 |
--------------------------------------------------------Phlatline-------------
Love is only true when it cuts as you leave the person you have come to know
almost as well as yourself.
Message no. 2
From: "Dylan Northrup (PHY)" <northrup@*****.CAS.USF.EDU>
Subject: Re: UNIX
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 17:22:36 -0500
On Thu, 3 Mar 1994, What's this button do? wrote:

> I need some help here from all you UNIX gurus:
>
> can some one give me a run down of the ls command and the -?? switches??

try typing man ls

>
> thanx

Anytime

Doc X
*****************************************************************************
* Dylan Northrup <northrup@*****.cas.usf.edu> * Letter for the day : 3 *
*********************************************** Number for the day : F *
* Most recent song overheard : Rock Me - Great White *
*****************************************************************************
Message no. 3
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: UNIX
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 16:28:29 -0600
On Thu, 3 Mar 1994, What's this button do? wrote:

> I need some help here from all you UNIX gurus:
>
> can some one give me a run down of the ls command and the -?? switches??

it varies by platform.

try 'man ls'

AND REMEMBER:
without UNIX, there would be no virgins.
____ Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu
\ /__ -=-=-=-=- <=> -=-=-=-=-
\/ / Finger for Geek Code Info <=> In the United States, they
\/ Finger for PGP 2.3a Public Key <=> first came for us in Colorado...
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
(GEEK CODE 1.0.1) GAT d- -p+(---) c++(++++) l++ u++ e+/* m++(*)@ s-/++
n-(---) h+(*) f+ g+ w++ t++ r++ y+(*)
Message no. 4
From: "I.M. Legion" <legion@***.SC.COLOSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: UNIX
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 15:34:56 -0700
> I need some help here from all you UNIX gurus:
> can some one give me a run down of the ls command and the -?? switches??

man ls

--
Legion
Students for War & Oppression
@@@@ @ @ @@@@ Counter productive, highly destructive!
@ @ @@ @ @ @ ---
@@@@ @ @@ @ @ @ Celebrating the occurences of War &
@ @ @@ @ @ @ Oppression since the dawn of time
@@@@ @@@@ @@@@ -- Even the planets were born in turmoil... --
Message no. 5
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: UNIX
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 16:34:33 -0600
Type 'man ls'
Message no. 6
From: "Bryan D. Jones" <bdj@****.UARK.EDU>
Subject: Re: UNIX
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 17:45:41 -0600
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

"In an earlier message What's this button do? quoted to Bryan..."

>I need some help here from all you UNIX gurus:

>can some one give me a run down of the ls command and the -?? switches??

Okay here we go straight from the man page. :)
You can combine these in any fashion you wish.
See what neat words you and your friends can make

-a List all entries, including those that begin with a
dot (.), which are normally not listed.

-b Force printing of non-printable characters to be in
the octal \ddd notation.

-c Use time of last modification of the i-node (file
created, mode changed, and so forth) for sorting (-t)
or printing (-l).

-C Multi-column output with entries sorted down the
columns. This is the default output format.

-d If an argument is a directory, list only its name (not
its contents); often used with -l to get the status of
a directory.

-f Force each argument to be interpreted as a directory
and list the name found in each slot. This option
turns off -l, -t, -s, and -r, and turns on - a; the
order is the order in which entries appear in the
directory.

-F Put a slash (/) after each filename if the file is a
directory, an asterisk (*) if the file is an execut-
able, and an ampersand (@) if the file is a symbolic
link.

-g The same as -l, except that the owner is not printed.

-i For each file, print the i-node number in the first
column of the report.

-l List in long format, giving mode, number of links,
owner, group, size in bytes, and time of last modifica-
tion for each file (see above). If the file is a spe-
cial file, the size field instead contains the major
and minor device numbers rather than a size. If the
file is a symbolic link, the filename is printed fol-
lowed by ``->'' and the pathname of the referenced
file.

-L If an argument is a symbolic link, list the file or
directory the link references rather than the link
itself.

-m Stream output format; files are listed across the
page, separated by commas.

-n The same as - l, except that the owner's UID and
group's GID numbers are printed, rather than the asso-
ciated character strings.

-o The same as -l, except that the group is not printed.

-p Put a slash (/) after each filename if the file is a
directory.

-q Force printing of non-printable characters in file
names as the character question mark (?).

-r Reverse the order of sort to get reverse alphabetic or
oldest first as appropriate.

-R Recursively list subdirectories encountered.

-s Give size in blocks, including indirect blocks, for
each entry.

-t Sort by time stamp (latest first) instead of by name.
The default is the last modification time. (See -n and
-c.)

-u Use time of last access instead of last modification
for sorting (with the -t option) or printing (with the
-l option).

-x Multi-column output with entries sorted across rather
than down the page.

-1 Print one entry per line of output.

- --
Bryan D. Jones Computing Services
Internet: bdj@****.uark.edu University of Arkansas
Internet: bdj@****.uark.edu Bitnet bdj@*******
GAT d--(?) -p+ c++(++++) l+(-) u++ e*/+ m---(*) s/- n---(+) h* f+
g- w++ t++ r++ y+

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 2.3a

iQBVAgUBLXZ2mZO/DWpy1U5xAQEgJQIAnFBlHFp1G1pihoyJB4chX6KnN1yuI9+9
VVrmMIJvw979SVt+NGNjMeLf5AYedBlUawJTt/3LffJoCohFKA+d3Q==
=NMRY
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Message no. 7
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: UNIX
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 19:30:20 -0600
I think that maybe this discussion should be taken to private e-mail, I doubt
it really is a "Discussion of the Fantasy game ShadowRun." =-)

Sorry if I sound nasty, though.
Message no. 8
From: What's this button do? <GRAFF85@********.CORTLAND.EDU>
Subject: Re: UNIX
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 21:31:08 -0400
>I think that maybe this discussion should be taken to private e-mail, I doubt
>it really is a "Discussion of the Fantasy game ShadowRun." =-)
>
>Sorry if I sound nasty, though.

agreed because I already have the info from bryan jones

--Phlatline

----v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^---v^-
David Graff | GEEK CODE v1.0.1
339 Randall Hall | GS(CS)@ d+(---) p(-p+) c+(+++) l u- e* m---(*) s !n(n---)
Cortland, Ny 13045| h* f+(--) g++ w+++ t++(---) r(++) y+
607.753.2783 |
--------------------------------------------------------Phlatline-------------
Love is only true when it cuts as you leave the person you have come to know
almost as well as yourself.

Further Reading

If you enjoyed reading about UNIX, you may also be interested in:

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.

Thwap!