How To Install lsfrom on Fedora 34

lsfrom is List directory files starting from a specific name

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsfrom on Fedora 34.

What is lsfrom

lsfrom lists all files in a directory that start with a particular sequence of characters and those after it with respect to locale collation. This can be useful for example for continuing a script on the files in a directory after a failure.

We can use yum or dnf to install lsfrom on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lsfrom.

Install lsfrom on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install lsfrom using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lsfrom

Install lsfrom on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install lsfrom using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lsfrom

How To Uninstall lsfrom on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the lsfrom package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lsfrom

lsfrom Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/lsfrom
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/42ab9881e1cd65f711b612b7dc075bcf475084
/usr/share/doc/lsfrom
/usr/share/doc/lsfrom/ChangeLog.md
/usr/share/doc/lsfrom/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/lsfrom
/usr/share/licenses/lsfrom/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsfrom on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.