LINUX commands needed

Astonk · 06-18-2009, 12:47 PM

ls
1. Give a command that will list all files in your present directory in long format, and order them from oldest to newest by modification date. Oldest should be at the top of the list.

2. Give a command that will list all of the files in long format except for . and .. ordered by size of the file, which should be human readable. The largest files should be at the top of the list.
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du
1. Give a command that will show you the human readable size of the directories in your present directory and subdirectories.
2. Give a command that will show you the summarized size of your current directory in human readable format without showing each directory and sub individually.
3. What argument would you use to show the size of files as well as directories?
4. What is the difference between running ‘du –sh’ and ‘du –sh *’?
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mkdir
1. Give a command that you would use to make the directory user/public/test. The parent directories user and public do not exist. You may only run one command and you may only run it one time.
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find
1. Give a command to find only directories that are named Bing in your present directory or any sub directories. The results should not return any files named Bing and should not return any directories named bing.
2. Give a command that would find any files or directories named bing or Bing that exist in the present directory or up to 3 subdirectories deeper than your present directory.

**Done_Fishin** · 06-18-2009, 02:54 PM

Is this some sort of school project or homework ???

shuuhen · 06-18-2009, 03:51 PM

This information can easily be found by reading the man or info pages of the programs listed.

Are you having specific trouble with commands? We cannot do your homework for you.

Astonk · 06-18-2009, 06:02 PM

Can you provide ans for those? want to know the use of this forum :(

Astonk · 06-18-2009, 06:06 PM

hope the best.

**wmorri** · 06-18-2009, 08:55 PM

Hi,

Astonk, I am not sure what you are asking for. If you are asking for the answers to those questions you should have a look at our rules. You will see that we aren't able to help you with homework, or anything that appears to be homework.

If you need help with the man pages then that is an easy answer. You just need to type "man ls" without "" and then you will get the description of what the command does.

I hope that you understand where we are coming from. While we are here to help people we aren't here to learn for you. The best way to learn is to do the task yourself, not be able to follow the directions of others.

Cheers!

**Done_Fishin** · 06-19-2009, 12:30 PM

The best way we can help you is to help you to help yourself .. Anyone can be a parrot but parrots that know what they are talking about are a very rare bird.

Please answer our questions and we will be happy to help you answer yours

06-18-2009, 12:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Astonk Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: 2000	LINUX commands needed ls 1. Give a command that will list all files in your present directory in long format, and order them from oldest to newest by modification date. Oldest should be at the top of the list. 2. Give a command that will list all of the files in long format except for . and .. ordered by size of the file, which should be human readable. The largest files should be at the top of the list. ----------- du 1. Give a command that will show you the human readable size of the directories in your present directory and subdirectories. 2. Give a command that will show you the summarized size of your current directory in human readable format without showing each directory and sub individually. 3. What argument would you use to show the size of files as well as directories? 4. What is the difference between running ‘du –sh’ and ‘du –sh *’? ---------- mkdir 1. Give a command that you would use to make the directory user/public/test. The parent directories user and public do not exist. You may only run one command and you may only run it one time. ------------- find 1. Give a command to find only directories that are named Bing in your present directory or any sub directories. The results should not return any files named Bing and should not return any directories named bing. 2. Give a command that would find any files or directories named bing or Bing that exist in the present directory or up to 3 subdirectories deeper than your present directory.

06-18-2009, 02:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,526 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: LINUX commands needed Is this some sort of school project or homework ??? __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

06-18-2009, 03:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 988 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	Re: LINUX commands needed This information can easily be found by reading the man or info pages of the programs listed. Are you having specific trouble with commands? We cannot do your homework for you. __________________ Has it been a few days since I replied to your thread? Don't panic! I'm a busy college student and may forget a post if I'm extra busy (or it might just take me a while to be able to do a decent reply). If you still need help and are awaiting my reply after a few days, PM me about it. When posting what errors you get, please give the full message. It makes helping you much easier.

06-18-2009, 06:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
Astonk Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: 2000	Re: LINUX commands needed Can you provide ans for those? want to know the use of this forum :(

06-18-2009, 06:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
Astonk Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: 2000	Re: LINUX commands needed hope the best.

06-18-2009, 08:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,835 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: LINUX commands needed Hi, Astonk, I am not sure what you are asking for. If you are asking for the answers to those questions you should have a look at our rules. You will see that we aren't able to help you with homework, or anything that appears to be homework. If you need help with the man pages then that is an easy answer. You just need to type "man ls" without "" and then you will get the description of what the command does. I hope that you understand where we are coming from. While we are here to help people we aren't here to learn for you. The best way to learn is to do the task yourself, not be able to follow the directions of others. Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!

06-19-2009, 12:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,526 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: LINUX commands needed The best way we can help you is to help you to help yourself .. Anyone can be a parrot but parrots that know what they are talking about are a very rare bird. Please answer our questions and we will be happy to help you answer yours __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner