06-01-2012
Check whether a Directory is empty or not
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
1.pls tell me the command for checking whether a given directory is empty or not .
2. can i check what is the last copied item in a directory .
and i yes , i want to move that last copied item in another directory .
pls help me with shell code for these two tasks
thanks
2. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:
ls -l displays it on terminal
3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):
ls - l does it , but i dont know how to use it for getting last entry
4. Complete Name of School (University), City (State), Country, Name of Professor, and Course Number (Link to Course):
its a part of research on analysing executables.
professor M.S. gaur
MNIT jaipur
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
synce-pls
PLS(1) http://synce.sourceforge.net/ PLS(1)
NAME
pls - list directory contents
SYNOPSIS
pls [-a] [-R] [-d LEVEL] [-p DEVNAME] [-h] [DIRECTORY]
DESCRIPTION
pls list the contents of a directory on a device connected through SynCE.
Forward slashes ('/') on the command line are converted to backward slashes ('').
File attributes
A Archive
C Compressed
D Directory
H Hidden
I In ROM
M ROM module (can only be executed, not read!)
N Normal
R Read-only
S System
T Temporary
OPTIONS
-d LEVEL
Set debug log level:
0 - No logging (default)
1 - Errors only
2 - Errors and warnings
3 - Everything
-p DEVNAME
Use the device with the given name, instead of the default.
-a Show all files including those marked as hidden.
-R Recursively list subdirectories.
-h Display help message.
DIRECTORY
The full path name to the directory. Wild cards are allowed, but only for the trailing part of the path, and should be protected
from the shell. If this parameter is relative, it is assumed to be relative to the "My Documents" folder. Similarly, if this parame-
ter is omitted, the contents of the "My Documents" folder is listed.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by David Eriksson <twogood@users.sourceforge.net>.
SEE ALSO
synce(1) pcp(1) pls(1) prm(1) pmkdir(1) prmdir(1)
The SynCE project November 2002 PLS(1)