[NTLUG:Discuss] command help

[Wayne Walker]

Brian is right.  I offered something like:

Linux:
ls -lSr

Portable:
ls -l | sort -n +4

I've spent so long on Linux exclusively that my examples are probably
full of things that only work on Linux.

On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 04:25:41PM -0500, Brian Koontz wrote:
> Just keep in mind that not all options presented here will work on all
> *nix platforms.  ls, especially, is widely variant between *nix
> flavors.  Personally, I prefer pipes that use basic commands over
> esoteric options.
> 
>   --Brian
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 05:37:02PM +0000, m m wrote:
> > > what is the command to list (and ordered) first 20 biggest size file in any 
> > > directory?
> 
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