Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?B?SeKAmW0=?= A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I =?UTF-8?B?Q2Fu4oCZdA==?= Live Without Date: 14 Aug 2025 01:08:00 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <107gp14$3ko4l$1@dont-email.me> <107j076$4861$5@dont-email.me> <107j7tr$652c$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 3I3MecXpJsRvPjLbQi62KwmbV2utfV1lY8Il2c7n2J4hYXGmUc Cancel-Lock: sha1:D6UdmWNdS8OVAOr7swPBD2OsVwI= sha256:fzOy6jDEUcLQ1y+gz74wWtD+jW3+5BrMPZ7EfHe1SaI= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:70972 On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:42:51 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:40:20 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> On 2025-08-13 23:31, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:34:11 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>> >>>> How about a list of favourite options to common commands? Mine is "ls >>>> -ltr", which shows files in chronological order. Often I'm looking >>>> for a file I worked on recently but can't remember its exact name; it >>>> shows up near the end of an ls -ltr list. >>> >>> Or drop the “r” and have it show up near the top. >> >> The top is out of the screen and not visible. > > *nix user 101: figure out at least 3 simple (i.e. routine) > command-line techniques for dealing with that. ls -lrt | less less also adds the search functions which can be handy.