usefull alias
Bash's ls can show different time formats when used with the -l option:
alias ls='ls --color=auto' alias l='ls -ha -l --time-style=long-iso'
IT'S WEBTUESDAY: LIVE DEMO TIME
unblu shows their "screenshare" innovation.
And start now to explain how it works :-)
compare to directories for file presence
I came to the situation while building a php package, that I needed to know which new files I have added.
You can use diff for that :-)
# show changed files: diff -rq php5 php5-20100428-144057 # show only added or removed ones: diff -rq php5 php5-20100428-144057 | grep ^Only
1-3/3