[ale] how do I list big files

[Scott Castaline]

On 03/20/2011 11:28 AM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Thanks for the tips.  I suspected it was something like that, but didn't
> know what.
>
> I'm learning all the time, but it's a slow process.  I've been learning
> DOS / Windows for 26 years, Linux for 1 year.  It will take a while to
> develop comprehensive knowledge.  The first part of the learning curve
> is the hardest.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron

I went the other way, UNIX first than DOS. It cost me a $5 LD call to 
find out that DOS didn't have a shutdown command. I later wrote a bat 
file that parked the heads and echoed "Safe to Power Down!"
> On 03/20/2011 10:21 AM, Michael Trausch wrote:
>> Yes,>  is the shell redirection operator. 2>  says to redirect CD
>> number two, which is the stderr stream.  Without an integer supplied,
>> the stdout stream (number 1) is the default.
>>
>> The<  operator is input redirection. Its default target is the
>> process' fd 0 (stdin), though again that can be changed. A program
>> that, for example, opened a socket connection as fd 5 and fd 6 could
>> be used with shell redirection (and even fancier pipelining) if desired.
>>
>> Again, I think you should spend some time getting familiar with "UNIX"
>> as a whole.  Even concepts from the late 60s and 70s are still
>> applicable on moden systems, and the basics are essentially unchanged.  :)
>>
>> --
>> Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!
>>
>>