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Learn Linux Shell Scripting - Fundamentals of Bash 4.4
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Learn Linux Shell Scripting - Fundamentals of Bash 4.4

by Sebastiaan Tammer
December 2018
Beginner
452 pages
12h 17m
English
Packt Publishing
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ls

Description

List directory contents.

Syntax

ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Practical uses

  • ls -a: Do not ignore entries starting with dots (. and ..).
  • ls -l: Use a long listing format.
  • ls -h: With -l and/or -s, print human readable sizes (for example, 1K 234M 2G).
  • ls -R: List subdirectories recursively.
  • ls -S: Sort by file size, largest first.
  • ls -t: Sort by modification time, newest first.
  • ls -ltu: Sort by, and show, access time.
  • ls -Z: Print any security context of each file.
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