Date format of `ls` via ssh

kea_kea · 11-30-2009, 06:48 AM

Hi,

I'm sorry to say that but I was not able to find how to set a default format for `ls -l` to have the same format a) on my local machine, at bash prompt; b) on my remote machine after logging in via ssh; c) at remote command execution via ssh. So

if I make an `ls -l` locally (a), the result is:
-rw------- 1 kea users 0 2009-11-30 13:38 somefile

if I log in remotely (b) the result is the same (TIMEFORMAT is set in /etc/profile in both machines)

but after an `ssh remotecomputer "ls -l somefile" the result is:
-rw-r--r-- 1 kea users 0 Nov 30 13:38 somefile

If I tell the required time-style to ls explicitly it works...:
`ssh remotecomputer "ls -l --time-style=+'%a %b %d %T %Y' somefile"`

...but I would like to have a default date format for this case, too.

The question is how to set up the same default date format for remote command execution?

Thx, KEA.

business_kid · 11-30-2009, 12:59 PM

Each shell loads defaults. Your ssh shell is simply loading different ones.
Try sourcing /etc/profile.d/*

kea_kea · 11-30-2009, 03:30 PM

Business_kid,

there are some (c)sh files in /etc/profile.d/, none of them contains a 'time-style' nor a 'format' string, and none of them has a file name which would be around ls or ssh (ati-fglrx.sh ... tetex.sh). In addition I'm not sure that in case of remote command execution ssh executes a .bashrc or any similar one.

business_kid · 12-01-2009, 05:18 AM

~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc, mebbe /etc/bashrc or /etc/environment /etc/sysconfig/* ? It's set somewhere. grep is great. I only have slackware here.

evo2 · 12-01-2009, 05:35 AM

Try running

Code:

echo $LANG

on both machines. The default is probably different. You can set it in you .bash_profile (or similar).

If it is the same look closely at the output of

Code:

env

on both machines.

Cheers,

Evo2.

kea_kea · 12-02-2009, 10:55 AM

$LANG is the same in both computers. TIMEFORMAT is the same (grepped from `env`) in bot machines. Timeformat is set in /etc/profile (I inserted the needed format string there). I suppose (but not tested exactly) that in case of remote command execution ssh does not run any of the common rc files (.bashrc & co.). But there must be the setting of the default date format of ls somewhere, but I cannot find it. At least by grepping recursively in /etc

Both machines run Slackware (same version).

I have no idea.

KEA.

business_kid · 12-03-2009, 03:20 AM

If this still bugs you, try
ls -l
ssh 127.0.0.1
ls -l
and see if it's some setting in ssh

kea_kea · 12-04-2009, 01:40 AM

I spoke about remote command execution not about remote login. In the latter case a normal login shell is used while in the first case NOT. So I think that the default behaviour of the command `ls` ought to be configured somehow because the lack of environment variables (in the first case).

business_kid · 12-05-2009, 02:56 AM

Okay.

I have slamd64-12.2(=64 bit slackware) and slackware-12.0(i486) on 2 separate boxes here. When I log log in or ssh in, I get this format

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx  1 dec  users      5 2009-01-22 19:03 winedir -> .wine
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dec  users  52572 2008-05-17 11:27 winetricks
dr-xr-xr-x  2 dec  users   4096 2006-05-14 19:17 words-1.97
drwxr-xr-x  2 dec  users   4096 2008-07-09 16:41 xantia
-rw-r--r--  1 dec  users   1970 2009-09-25 19:14 xorg.start

So wherever you deviate from that is the unusual setting. Can we take it there? Because you can solve this without digging by inserting one alias in bash_profile

alias ll="ls -l <desired date format> and use ll instead of ls