Display date-clock with simple bash command and while loop

Posted on November 2nd, 2008 by linux

Here is a simple example on how to display date/watch with simple bash command:

$ while true; do clear; date; sleep 1; done

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List only hidden files with ls command

Posted on October 19th, 2008 by linux

We all know how to list non-hidden and hidden files with ls command on shell. However I could not find out how to list only hidden files ( starting with “.” ) with only ls command. One, but not complete solution could by to using TAB key. For example ls . and pressing 2xTAB will [...]

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List all files and directories recursively but do not include full path

Posted on August 10th, 2008 by linux

ls -R will list all files recursively. The output of such a command will produce a output containing not only a files but also full path the the each file or directory. One way to clean this output is to use grep and invert selection with -v option. Each path from ls -R command contains [...]

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