ls --color Decorating Directory Listing

The change the colours for your directory listing
Edit file: /etc/DIR_COLORS, copy the only changed ones in ~/.dircolors.

Next login, you get it.

file: /etc/DIR_COLORS
# 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed
# Text color codes:
# 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white
# Background color codes:
# 40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white
#NORMAL 00 # no color code at all
#FILE 00 # normal file, use no color at all
RESET 0 # reset to "normal" color
DIR 01;34 # directory
LINK 01;36 # symbolic link (If you set this to 'target' instead of a
# numerical value, the color is as for the file pointed to.)

FTP GET remote file timestamp

Check the remote server file time
login to ftp server
ftp servername
do
ls -ltr

will show list of files say we have
ftp> ls -ltr

227 Entering Passive Mode (10,146,172,50,66,132)
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-r--r-- 1 50005 50005 5250 Mar 01 08:15 tech-talk
226 Directory send OK.


use modtime filename to check the file modified timestamp, ftp always shows in GMT time

ftp> modtime tech-talk

tech-talk 03/01/2010 08:15:00 GMT