The ls Command
The ls command brings with it a lot to discuss. I haven't yet described the options to ls, yet we have already used this command and the -l option as part of the file command discussion. You can't do much on a UNIX system without ls, so I'll cover it now. The best way to cover the most important options to ls is to show examples. I do just that in the upcoming description of the ls command.
ls
The following is an example of ls without any options other than the directory to list:
# ls /home/denise 27247b.exe 410pt1.exe 410pt2.exe 41ndir.exe 41nds1.exe 41nds4.exe 41nwad.exe 41rtr2.exe HPDA1.EXE Mail N3212B6.EXE SCSI4S.EXE clean clean2 clean3 content.exe dsenh.exe eg1 eg2 en0316bz.exe en0316tb.exe explore.exe flexi_cd.exe fred.h ...Get HP-UX 11i System Administration Handbook and Toolkit, Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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