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Dan Berlyoung

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On This Page:

  1. 1 Human Readable ls and df commands
  2. 2 Get all files in ftp server directory using WGET
  3. 3 Reverse DNS from command line
  4. 4 Search for open files that won't allow you to unmount a server volume

Human Readable ls and df commands

to osx bash unix linux commandline terminal by danb on Sep 04, 2007 1 Comments
Simple but useful to know...

To get a ls (file list) or df (disk free) to show in K,M or G instead of *huge* numbers of bytes without commas, use the -h flag. 

ls -lh
df -h

Get all files in ftp server directory using WGET

to shell osx mac unix ftp wget by danb on Jul 30, 2007
It's a PITA to recursively get all files in a directory using ftp. Instead use wget.

wget -r ftp://account_name:password@example.com/directoryname

Reverse DNS from command line

to shell osx unix linux by danb on Nov 24, 2005 2 Comments
Quick and easy way to look up a domain name given an IP address.

dig -x 17.254.3.183


Search for open files that won't allow you to unmount a server volume

to shell osx mac server command line by danb on Aug 09, 2005
lsof | grep "Office Server"

Lists out all open files on a given volume ("Office Server" in this case.) Good to find those peskey open files that won't let you eject a mounted network volume.
4 total

On This Page:

  1. 1 Human Readable ls and df commands
  2. 2 Get all files in ftp server directory using WGET
  3. 3 Reverse DNS from command line
  4. 4 Search for open files that won't allow you to unmount a server volume