linux conmmands issue

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Posted Jan 23, 2009 at 2:40:20 AM
Subject: linux conmmands issue
hai all i have some doubts in linux commands can any one tell me how to make a directory inside a directory using a single command(like a tree) eg: a/b/c/d/ where a, b,c ..are directories.. and how to list the files and folders without the color schemes? plz reply soon regards faheem
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Rubberman
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Posted: Jan 23, 2009 3:39:26 AM
1. Making directories with subdirectories (note, the $ is the prompt. DON'T TYPE IT IN!): $ mkdir a a/b a/b/c This will create directory a, directory b under a, and directory c under a/b. 2. Listing files without color schemes. This happens because the 'ls' command is an alias for the real 'ls' command. Do this: $ unalias ls Now, the 'ls' command will not display the colors. I agree, it is sometimes uninformative, or distracting. However, it does help to find soft links that have lost their target (blinking red). I usually prefer the command: ls -aFC which will show directories with a terminating / and hidden files that start with a dot.

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Binary Snake
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Posted: Jan 23, 2009 9:00:09 AM
you can create directories inside directories using "mkdir -p /a/b/c/d", this will try to create the d directory, and if it doesn't find its parent directories it will create them (i.e if you don't already have a/b/c it will create them for you.). [Modified by: Binary Snake on January 23, 2009 10:01 AM]
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freemen
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Posted: Jan 23, 2009 10:22:20 AM
Thanks a lot to all
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Rubberman
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Posted: Jan 23, 2009 9:01:22 PM
Indeed. I learned all the command-line stuff way back in Unix's early middle-ages (my first Unix box was back in the early 80's), and as I recall I don't think there was a -p option to mkdir. Maybe I should update my knowledge base? :-)

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mikjp
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Posted: Jan 24, 2009 8:56:15 AM
The Linux Documentation Project is a great source of information for Newbies. See for example http://tldp.org/LDP/GNU-Linux-Tools-Summary/html/GNU-Linux-Tools-Summary.html Greetings, Mikko http://lightlinux.blogspot.com
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