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Useful Unix commands
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Useful Unix commands
--- Show numerical permissions ---
ls -l | awk '{k=0;for(i=0;i<=8;i++)k+=((substr($1,i+2,1)~/[rwx]/) \ *2^(8-i));if(k)printf("%0o ",k);print}'
OR THIS
find . -printf "%m:%f\n"
********* .bashrc *********
# Remove CVS directories
alias purgecvs='find . -name CVS -prune -exec rm -rf {} \;'
-- To find out what version of Linux (distro) you are running, enter the following command at the shell prompt: --
cat /etc/*-release
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