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WLUG Meeting: Wed May 9, Morgan Hall
by Chuck Anderson May 10, 2012

May 10, 2012

Hi folks, This month, the Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) monthly meeting is back to our usual Wednesday and our old location: Wednesday, May 9, 7:00 - 9:00 PM WPI Morgan Hall What do people want to talk about this month? I can demo Fedora 17 and some of its new features, including one fairly controversial change: moving everything to /usr. Afterwards, we will go out for pizza and continue our discussions. See you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

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Re: [Wlug] list filenames within directory > output to text file?
by Aljerin Butler,Jr. May 10, 2012

May 10, 2012

You can also try: ls | sort > /home/EJ/Directory/CurrentList.txt >________________________________ > From: "wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org" <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 12:00 PM >Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 103, Issue 3 > >----- Forwarded Message ----- > >Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: list filenames within directory > output to text file? > SOLVED (E Johnson) > 2. Re: list filenames within directory > output to text file? > SOLVED (Theo Van Dinter) > 3. Re: list filenames within directory > output to text file? > (kevin.paetzold) > 4. Re: list filenames within directory > output to text file? > SOLVED (E Johnson) > 5. Re: list filenames within directory > output to text file? > SOLVED (Theo Van Dinter) > 6. Re: list filenames within directory > output to text file? > SOLVED (E Johnson) >Wow! Perfect! Thanks to everyone! > >I used: > >(in the directory I need output from) > >ls -1 > /home/EJ/Directory/CurrentList.txt > >That text should now drop into an XL doc or something, from where we >can print it. > >Beautiful. Thanks guys! > >Liz > > >On 8 May 2012 17:52, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames >> within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text >> file? >> >> I need to list about 400 filenames, then drop these into an xl doc, in >> order to sort. >> >> Don't need to know permissions or anything else. >> >> I think sort might do it < http://ss64.com/bash/sort.html >, but >> probably I need help creating a command that will list only the file >> names, which I can then copy/paste to an xl doc. >> >> I am running Debian. I have one Squeeze and one Lenny here. >> >> Thanks extremely, >> Liz J > > >Even better, you don't need the "-1". ls determines if it's output is going to a tty and auto-enables the "-1" mode when it's not, such as when you're writing to a file. :) > > >I have to ask though, why would you put the list of files in a spreadsheet just to print it? Seems like something you could do via the machine itself (if printing is configured), or worst case you just print the text file. > > > >On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:22 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >Wow! Perfect! Thanks to everyone! >> >>I used: >> >>(in the directory I need output from) >> >> ls -1 > /home/EJ/Directory/CurrentList.txt >> >>That text should now drop into an XL doc or something, from where we >>can print it. >> >>Beautiful. Thanks guys! >> >>Liz >> >> >>On 8 May 2012 17:52, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames >>> within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text >>> file? >>> >>> I need to list about 400 filenames, then drop these into an xl doc, in >>> order to sort. >>> >>> Don't need to know permissions or anything else. >>> >>> I think sort might do it < http://ss64.com/bash/sort.html >, but >>> probably I need help creating a command that will list only the file >>> names, which I can then copy/paste to an xl doc. >>> >>> I am running Debian. I have one Squeeze and one Lenny here. >>> >>> Thanks extremely, >>> Liz J >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >i would do something like: >tree -f -i dirname > dirlist.txt > > >A text file containing 500 names would print on just the left-hand >side of who-knows how many pages. We need this in a word processor >doc, which we can make into columns, then print on only 2 or 3 sheets. >It's just for reference, so we know if we already have this file in >our directory. > >Or, I need a command which will print the filenames in several columns >(six, I think, with reasonlable space in between columns) on a series >of landscape-oriented pages. I probably need to define the font. I >think we used 8pt arial last time, which came out on one page. Now we >have 3x as many files in the directory but still need a printout for >reference. > >Liz > >On 8 May 2012 18:27, Theo Van Dinter <felicity(a)kluge.net> wrote: >> Even better, you don't need the "-1". ls determines if it's output is going >> to a tty and auto-enables the "-1" mode when it's not, such as when you're >> writing to a file. :) >> >> I have to ask though, why would you put the list of files in a spreadsheet >> just to print it? Seems like something you could do via the machine itself >> (if printing is configured), or worst case you just print the text file. >> >> >> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:22 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Wow! Perfect! Thanks to everyone! >>> >>> I used: >>> >>> (in the directory I need output from) >>> >>> ls -1 > /home/EJ/Directory/CurrentList.txt >>> >>> That text should now drop into an XL doc or something, from where we >>> can print it. >>> >>> Beautiful. Thanks guys! >>> >>> Liz >>> >>> >>> On 8 May 2012 17:52, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames >>> > within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text >>> > file? >>> > >>> > I need to list about 400 filenames, then drop these into an xl doc, in >>> > order to sort. >>> > >>> > Don't need to know permissions or anything else. >>> > >>> > I think sort might do it < http://ss64.com/bash/sort.html >, but >>> > probably I need help creating a command that will list only the file >>> > names, which I can then copy/paste to an xl doc. >>> > >>> > I am running Debian. I have one Squeeze and one Lenny here. >>> > >>> > Thanks extremely, >>> > Liz J >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > > >On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:59 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >A text file containing 500 names would print on just the left-hand >>side of who-knows how many pages. We need this in a word processor >>doc, which we can make into columns, then print on only 2 or 3 sheets. >>It's just for reference, so we know if we already have this file in >>our directory. >> > > >So you want something similar to the terminal ls output, ie: filenames in columns? >You can do something like "ls | pr -6tT" which will generate a 6 column output w/ the filenames. >You can further tweak pr with other options. > >OK. That produced an output such as: > >005p080_081 038p332_333 040p392_393 100p112_113 405p074_075 414p230_231 >005p082_083 038p372_373 040p414_415 1044p39v_14 405p092_093 414p338_339 >005p094_095 038p378_379 040p450_451 1052p211v_2 405p196_197 414p428_429 >005p118_119 038p400_401 040p472_473 105p076_076 405p232_233 414p467_468 >005p124_125 038p426_427 040p482_483 106p396_397 405p250_251 416p064_065 >005p126_127 038p438_439 041p010_011 107p504_505 405p322_323 416p174_175 >005p150_151 038p590_591 041p068_069 107p512_513 405p328_329 416p198_199 >416p212_213 424p174_175 433p248_249 457p314_315 504p204_205 762Ap254_25 >416p294_295 425p006_007 434p216_217 459p068_069 661Ap032_03 762Ap266_26 >417p052_053 426p034_035 434p256_257 459p164_165 661p028_029 762p130_131 > >it printed to terminal. > >The ls command with redirect into text file did work though! All it >needed then was to copy/paste into word processor, then format into >colums, select font & type size. We got 500 filenames on 2 pages >horizontal. > >That's our checklist --it's done. Looks good. We're happy. > >Thanks again, >Liz > > >On 8 May 2012 20:18, Theo Van Dinter <felicity(a)kluge.net> wrote: >> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:59 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> A text file containing 500 names would print on just the left-hand >>> side of who-knows how many pages. We need this in a word processor >>> doc, which we can make into columns, then print on only 2 or 3 sheets. >>> It's just for reference, so we know if we already have this file in >>> our directory. >> >> >> So you want something similar to the terminal ls output, ie: filenames in >> columns? >> You can do something like "ls | pr -6tT" which will generate a 6 column >> output w/ the filenames. >> You can further tweak pr with other options. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

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Re: [Wlug] list filenames within directory > output to text file? SOLVED
by E Johnson May 9, 2012

May 9, 2012

Wow! Perfect! Thanks to everyone! I used: (in the directory I need output from) ls -1 > /home/EJ/Directory/CurrentList.txt That text should now drop into an XL doc or something, from where we can print it. Beautiful. Thanks guys! Liz On 8 May 2012 17:52, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames > within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text > file? > > I need to list about 400 filenames, then drop these into an xl doc, in > order to sort. > > Don't need to know permissions or anything else. > > I think sort might do it < http://ss64.com/bash/sort.html >, but > probably I need help creating a command that will list only the file > names, which I can then copy/paste to an xl doc. > > I am running Debian. I have one Squeeze and one Lenny here. > > Thanks extremely, > Liz J

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Re: [Wlug] list filenames within directory > output to text file?
by kevin.paetzold May 8, 2012

May 8, 2012

i would do something like: tree -f -i dirname > dirlist.txt

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list filenames within directory > output to text file?
by E Johnson May 8, 2012

May 8, 2012

Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text file? I need to list about 400 filenames, then drop these into an xl doc, in order to sort. Don't need to know permissions or anything else. I think sort might do it < http://ss64.com/bash/sort.html >, but probably I need help creating a command that will list only the file names, which I can then copy/paste to an xl doc. I am running Debian. I have one Squeeze and one Lenny here. Thanks extremely, Liz J

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by Jason Couture May 6, 2012

May 6, 2012

Anyone know of any place hiring for entry level it? I'm fairly skilled with both linux system administration and have a good knowledge of windows system administration for small AD setups.

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Reminder: April WLUG Meeting: ZFS: Changed time/location
by Chuck Anderson April 10, 2012

April 10, 2012

Here is a reminder for this month's WLUG meeting. See you Thursday at 7PM sharp in the WPI Campus Center, Mid-Centry Room. ----- Forwarded message from Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> ----- From: Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> To: wlug(a)wlug.org Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 12:42:16 -0400 Subject: [Wlug] Announce: April WLUG Meeting: ZFS: Changed time/location Precedence: list Reply-To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Hi folks, This month, the Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) monthly meeting will be held on THURSDAY instead of the usual Wednesday, and the meeting will be starting promptly at 7PM since we must finish and be out of the room by 8PM. Additionally, the location is different this month: Thursday, April 12, 7:00 - 8:00 PM WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room (room 331) Longtime WLUG member Tim Keller will be talking about ZFS, the Zettabyte FileSystem for Oracle Solaris and FreeBSD (ports available for Linux too). I'm sure there will be a demo as well. Afterwards, we will go out for pizza and continue our discussions. See you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [Wlug] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Aljerin Butler,Jr. April 3, 2012

April 3, 2012

Hello all, This is a LinkedIn issue. I selected several people to connect to and LinkedIn "sneaked in" the rest of my address book contacts. On the original invitation presented by LinkedIn, I assumed that the half dozen or so contacts I saw were all there was. I didn't notice if there were any additional pages from which to select contacts ("Next" button). Al Butler >________________________________ > From: "wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org" <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:41 PM >Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 101, Issue 6 > >----- Forwarded Message ----- > >Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Jason Couture) > 2. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (E Johnson) > 3. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Eric Martin) > 4. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (E Johnson) > 5. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Eric Martin) > >Just need to be careful letting sites and apps go through your email contacts. >On Mar 23, 2012 6:59 PM, "Eric Martin" <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >It was sent to the wlug mailing list. My guess is somebody gave their address book to LinkedIn, the same thing happened with Facebook a few years back, IIRC (or was that on another mailing list?) >> >> >>On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:33 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>Noooo! >>> >>>Did anyone else from WLUG receive this? If so, let's fix it. >>> >>>Please don't use the private WLUG mailing list contact info for invitations to social sites! >>> >>>Al, please delete me from your Contacts immediately. >>> >>>WLUG: maybe some kind of Privacy statement should be posted on the WLUG website (link on main page). I looked for some statement about how the mailing list contacts should be private, but found none. Private mailing lists are not for mining. >>> >>>Wrong, bad, no, please, no. My contact is not to be shared, not at any time, for any reason. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Liz J >>> >>>If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, you are the product. -Jonathan Zittrain, professor of Internet law (b. 1969) >>> >>> >>>On 23 March 2012 18:14, Al Butler <albutlerjr(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From Al Butler >>>> >>>>Information Technology and Services Professional >>>>Greater Boston Area >>>> >>>> >>>> I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. >>>> >>>>- Al >>>> >>>> >>>>Confirm that you know Al >>>> >>>> >>>>You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Unsubscribe >>>>© 2012, LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct. Mountain View, CA 94043, USA >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Wlug mailing list >>>>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>>>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>>> >>>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Wlug mailing list >>>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >>> >> >> >> >>-- >>Eric Martin >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> My guess is somebody gave their address book to LinkedIn > >Obviously so. > >Jason also commented: > >> Just need to be careful letting sites and apps go through your email contacts > >Not just "be careful" but more like: "Do Not allow" sites and apps any access to your email contacts at all. > >Ppls contact info is not owned by whoever has the person in their Contacts list. > >Maybe a link could be added to the WLUG mailing list signup page, sending a proposed (requesting-to-join) WLUG mailing list member to a page stating Privacy policy (non-share contacts info). If a proposed (requesting) mailing list member must read Privacy policy, then agree (click Yes to Agree) before becoming a member of the mailing list, maybe it would prevent the idea that Contact lists can be so casually given away. > >Liz J > >To clarify Liz, Linked In doesn't have your email address. They have wlug(a)wlug.org, and that contact opened X hundred emails. > > >On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 7:21 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> My guess is somebody gave their address book to LinkedIn >> >>Obviously so. >> >>Jason also commented: >> >> >>> Just need to be careful letting sites and apps go through your email contacts >> >>Not just "be careful" but more like: "Do Not allow" sites and apps any access to your email contacts at all. >> >>Ppls contact info is not owned by whoever has the person in their Contacts list. >> >>Maybe a link could be added to the WLUG mailing list signup page, sending a proposed (requesting-to-join) WLUG mailing list member to a page stating Privacy policy (non-share contacts info). If a proposed (requesting) mailing list member must read Privacy policy, then agree (click Yes to Agree) before becoming a member of the mailing list, maybe it would prevent the idea that Contact lists can be so casually given away. >> >>Liz J >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > > > >-- >Eric Martin >I should have made that more clear. > >Mail-list address or not, Iit still is not okay to give the WLUG email >address to any other entities whatsoever. Someone shared the WLUG a >mailing address with a certain social/commercial website. Then >secondhandedly WLUG mailing list contacted x number of individual >contacts on behalf of the social/commercial website The message >included a direct link to this commercial website. List members were >invited to click on this link, or else to click on the UNsubscribe >link. > >Even sharing the WLUG contact address with outside entities is Non-OK. >We all got Spammed because someone decided it was okay to give our >email to ___.com.. > >Liz J > >If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, >you are the product. -Jonathan Zittrain, professor of Internet law (b. >1969) > >On 23 March 2012 21:09, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> To clarify Liz, Linked In doesn't have your email address. They have >> wlug(a)wlug.org, and that contact opened X hundred emails. >> > > > >I agree it's not ok to share your address book, but accidents happen. That, and I was more getting at the fact that X service doesn't have our individual email addresses. > > >On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:34 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >I should have made that more clear. >> >>Mail-list address or not, Iit still is not okay to give the WLUG email >>address to any other entities whatsoever. Someone shared the WLUG a >>mailing address with a certain social/commercial website. Then >>secondhandedly WLUG mailing list contacted x number of individual >>contacts on behalf of the social/commercial website The message >>included a direct link to this commercial website. List members were >>invited to click on this link, or else to click on the UNsubscribe >>link. >> >>Even sharing the WLUG contact address with outside entities is Non-OK. >>We all got Spammed because someone decided it was okay to give our >>email to ___.com.. >> >> >>Liz J >> >>If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, >>you are the product. -Jonathan Zittrain, professor of Internet law (b. >>1969) >> >> >>On 23 March 2012 21:09, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> To clarify Liz, Linked In doesn't have your email address. They have >>> wlug(a)wlug.org, and that contact opened X hundred emails. >>> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > > >-- >Eric Martin > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

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Announce: April WLUG Meeting: ZFS: Changed time/location
by Chuck Anderson April 2, 2012

April 2, 2012

Hi folks, This month, the Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) monthly meeting will be held on THURSDAY instead of the usual Wednesday, and the meeting will be starting promptly at 7PM since we must finish and be out of the room by 8PM. Additionally, the location is different this month: Thursday, April 12, 7:00 - 8:00 PM WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room (room 331) Longtime WLUG member Tim Keller will be talking about ZFS, the Zettabyte FileSystem for Oracle Solaris and FreeBSD (ports available for Linux too). I'm sure there will be a demo as well. Afterwards, we will go out for pizza and continue our discussions. See you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

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Talk for April...
by Tim Keller March 30, 2012

March 30, 2012

Hey Everybody, At the last meeting, there was some talk about ZFS... Would people be interested in me doing a talk about ZFS? Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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