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debut · Joined: Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:33 pm Posts: 3

Hello,

As a newbie:

I know that ls -l list files in a directory.Can i get a Bash script
that prints the same information as ls -l but ib a user friendly way?

Thank you.

Nigel · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:33 pm Post subject: RE: ls -l information?

What do you mean by "user friendly" ?
What do you need to see ?
Check out the man pages for ls and see if any of the options do what you want.

Lejon · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject: RE: ls -l information?

try: alias ll="ls -lh"
and then type: ll
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linuxgirlie · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:48 pm Post subject: RE: ls -l information?

Or do you mean a graphical front end? An nice bash one is Xdialog, we use that with Karoshi...
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ollie · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:06 am Post subject: RE: ls -l information?

Also try "ls -la --color=always" this will colour code the results. Try "ls --help" for all the options.

Note: There are 2 dashes - with no gap in front of help and color, also note the "American" spelling of colour.