From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 11 04:41:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA26651 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 04:41:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ime.net (ime.net [204.97.248.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA26637 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 04:41:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buxton-15.ime.net (buxton-15.ime.net [206.231.149.24]) by ime.net (8.7.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA22395; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 07:41:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <31BD5B9B.60EE@ime.net> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 07:42:19 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler Reply-To: tcg@ime.net Organization: The Computer Guy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4Gold (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Trencher CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help with freebsd. References: <31BB4C6A.2FDD@erinet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Trencher wrote: > > well i have a suggestion. why not make the ls command in freebsd > have a extra display to show if the file is executable or not. > > like maybe just a > (filename)+(for being able to run it) then the rest ... .. ... . .. . > > (fileanme)-(can't be run) then the rest... .. .. . > > and maybe something for dirs like > (dirname)> <-- that would mean it is a dir. the ` < ' > > these would help a newbie greatly like ME!!!!!! > > another thing when installing it for the first time. i think there > should be a display that says here are some of the commands you will > need to get around. > > ls > cd > etc... > > these were off the top of my head i hope they make sense? > > later. > Tr.Trencher.Matt Try: man ls lets see.. ls -l, ls -F, ls -FA just to name a few! Then theres the ones that are already aliased for ya! la, lf, ll.. (In FBSD 2.1) I find that I use ``ls -FA`` the most! Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848