Re: general linux questions

2000-10-06 Thread will trillich
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 04:13:27PM +0200, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: > will trillich wrote: > > i keep forgetting about xargs. very clever gizmo! > > > > to sort the output by date, it's rather simple: > > > > locate | xargs ls -dlt > > > > the -d is so directoriy contents wouldn't be liste

Re: general linux questions

2000-10-06 Thread Allan M. Wind
On 2000-10-05 16:26:40, will trillich wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 04:40:52PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 04:22:06PM +0200, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: > > >> When searching for filenames using "locate" and displaying them i

Re: general linux questions

2000-10-06 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Phil Brutsche wrote: > Use a regular expression: > > find -name "[Ss]yncpp" The one Ethan Benson suggested is actually what I looked for, unfortunaty the man page on my system ('98) does not contain this option. > > can I generaly launch "startx" out of 3 terminals and keep them all up > > at

Re: general linux questions

2000-10-06 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
will trillich wrote: > i keep forgetting about xargs. very clever gizmo! > > to sort the output by date, it's rather simple: > > locate | xargs ls -dlt > > the -d is so directoriy contents wouldn't be listed, only the directory > item itself; -l says 'gimme a long listing' and -t says 'sort

Re: general linux questions

2000-10-06 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Ethan Benson wrote: > > how can I search for filenames which only differ in upper & lowercase > > letters? > > Something in the kind of: > > find -name "syncppp" > > ...but should be able to find "Syncpp" (even if it doesn't exist in > > reality) > > find -iname "syncppp" > > read the find man

Re: general linux questions

2000-10-05 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 04:40:52PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 04:22:06PM +0200, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: > >> When searching for filenames using "locate" and displaying them in > >> the order of their date something like "locate

Re: general linux questions

2000-10-05 Thread Colin Watson
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 04:22:06PM +0200, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: >> When searching for filenames using "locate" and displaying them in >> the order of their date something like "locate | ", >> (does the database include other parameters than just filena

Re: general linux questions

2000-10-05 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 04:22:06PM +0200, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: > Would someone kindly help in the following questions? > > > how can I search for filenames which only differ in upper & lowercase > letters? > Something in the kind of: > find -name "syncppp" > ...but should be able to find "

general linux questions

2000-10-05 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Would someone kindly help in the following questions? how can I search for filenames which only differ in upper & lowercase letters? Something in the kind of: find -name "syncppp" ...but should be able to find "Syncpp" (even if it doesn't exist in reality) When searching for filenames using "