Listing Files and Directories
The ls command shows you the contents of a directory. By default, it only shows you part of the story. You can get a more descriptive listing by passing some additional arguments to the command. In your home directory, execute the command ls -l. (That’s a lowercase L.)
| | $ ls -l |
| | total 36 |
| | drwxr-xr-x 2 brian brian 4096 Mar 2 11:59 Desktop |
| | drwxr-xr-x 2 brian brian 4096 Mar 2 11:59 Documents |
| | drwxr-xr-x 2 brian brian 4096 Mar 2 11:59 Downloads |
| | drwxr-xr-x 2 brian brian 4096 Mar 2 11:59 Music |
| | drwxr-xr-x 2 brian brian 4096 Mar 2 11:59 Pictures |
| | drwxr-xr-x 2 brian brian 4096 Mar 2 11:59 Public |
| | drwxr-xr-x 2 brian brian 4096 Mar 2 15:48 sharptools |
| | drwxr-xr-x 2 brian brian 4096 Mar 2 11:59 Templates |
| | drwxr-xr-x ... |
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