
linux - What is the shell command to display contents of a file ...
Feb 23, 2010 · 2 file : Display the type of file cat : Display the content of the file and outputs it on stdout. You can use vi, emacs command to edit the file in Unix environment. If you do not have …
Get Last Modified Date of File in Linux - Super User
Apr 3, 2014 · 1 ls -l shows the file's "modification time" (mtime), the time of last modification of the data in the file. ls -lc shows file's "change time" (ctime), the time of the last change to the file's …
linux - How can I create a file with a specific size from a command ...
Jun 19, 2013 · 130 How can I create a file (e.g. using the touch command or another similar way), but with a specific size (e.g. 14 MB)? The use case is to test FTP with various file sizes. If we …
linux - How to execute a command whenever a file changes?
I want a quick and simple way to execute a command whenever a file changes. I want something very simple, something I will leave running on a terminal and close it whenever I'm finished …
linux - How to clear the contents of a file from the command line ...
Jan 1, 2010 · I have a log file that has a bunch of stuff in it that I don't need anymore. I want to clear the contents. I know how to print the contents to the screen: cat file.log I know how to …
linux - How to check all timestamps of a file? - Super User
@FatalError, Birth time can be displayed with Linux stat command, see How to find creation date of file? and What file systems on Linux store the creation time?.
How can I edit a file if there is no vi, vim, joe, etc? - Super User
Aug 20, 2012 · Is there a way to edit a file if there are no vi, vim, joe, mcedit? In another words is there a way to edit a file using just the shell commands?
How to upload local file to server through Linux terminal?
Dec 10, 2014 · want to transfer my local file to server by using Linux Terminal.Suppose we used to access server by putty or ssh but not able to transfer there file by on same terminal.
dd - How do I create a 1GB random file in Linux? - Super User
156 I am using the bash shell and would like to pipe the out of the command openssl rand -base64 1000 to the command dd such as dd if={output of openssl} of="sample.txt bs=1G …
linux - Get file from remote over ssh, with simple "get ... - Super User
Mar 31, 2023 · Is there a way to get a file from a remote server you are connected to via ssh, by simply running a command like get file within the ssh session? Is there a method, or pre …