Back to basics with this one, the linux wc command (word count) can be used to count lines, words and bytes in a file and
Print the Newest File in a Given Directory and Other Directory Listing Examples
Linux directory listing command ls is another must. This command lists files oldest to newest piped to grep which excludes directories piped to awk which
Figuring Out Linux sort By Examples
The Linux sort – it’s incredibly fast, runs well on files larger than ram, and a must to master for any good sysadmin. Here are
How to Recursively List Out Files In a Directory in Linux
A few examples on using the Linux find command to list out all files matching a file type. The find command is on just about
Quickly Create 100 Thousand Random Files In a Folder Linux
This command very quickly creates 100k randomly sized binary files in the directory you run it in. Took 6 minutes 37 seconds to run on
Counting files in a Folder at the Linux Command Line
This command combines ls (directory list) with wc (word count) command to count the number of files in a directory. I just used it to
