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In Unix(mac), Change Permissions Of A File(sample) From “444″ To “664″. What Command Will Do This?

chmod a+w sample
chmod g+w sample
chmod u+w sample
chmod ug+w sample
??

What Is The Output Of The Command ‘^$’ In Unix?

I came across this command in one the the shell scripts (based on sun solaris) i am not able to understand what is does and what its output is…

When Using The Unix Find Command, It Generates Lot Of Nonsense?

saying “No such file or directory”. These useless stuff are actually scrolling the display too fast the real search results are not visible. Apart from having root access in the first place, as an ordinary user, how to make the find command stop the empty junk that it displays as “No such file or directory”? [...]

The UNIX and X Command Compendium: A Dictionary for High-Level Computing (Paperback)

From Library Journal
This book proves that there are more UNIX commands under the sun than grains of sand on a beach. Or at least 2000 or so. Like any good dictionary, Southerton and Perkins’s effort is organized alphabetically for easy access. Each entry includes rich examples, and, [...]

How To Output “the Command’s Output” To A Text File In Unix?

hi, i am working on solaris
trying to execute this command.
du -k /lpg
the command works ok but i want the output not to be displayed on screen but instead to be written in a text file.
i tried this but it didnt work.
du -k /lpg > /izmir1/output.txt
Somebody has an idea?

How To Output “the Command’s Output” To A Text File In Unix?

hi, i am working on solaris
trying to execute this command.
du -k /lpg
the command works ok but i want the output not to be displayed on screen but instead to be written in a text file.
i tried this but it didnt work.
du -k /lpg > /izmir1/output.txt
Somebody has an idea?

Unix Help: What Does The ‘ls -proc’ Command Do?

And is ‘proc’ standing for something here or is it a bunch of modifiers bunched together?
I’m running ubuntu dapper, I understand what the permissions and users means, but I don’t know why these specific files are listed. tia.

What Does It Mean In Unix When I Get A > Prompt?

i accidentally typed in the command “cd /mnt/tmp’” with an apostrophe at the end and now i get a > prompt. also i cant get out of it

What Command Would You Use To See What Processes Are Running On Unix?

ps
use man ps for all the possible switches
like % ps -aux

What Unix Command Do You Use To See All The Files That End With Java?

What i do is cd /; find | grep .java
That works for me (i guess i like using grep)

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