ls
From Initq
ls is a command to list the files and directories in a filesystem.
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--color
On most distros when you su, your lose all your colorful directories. Here is the flag that does the color on files and directories.
qais:/# ls bin cdrom etc initrd.img lost+found mnt proc sbin srv tmp var boot dev home lib media opt root selinux sys usr vmlinuz qais:/# ls --color=always bin cdrom etc initrd.img lost+found mnt proc sbin srv tmp var boot dev home lib media opt root selinux sys usr vmlinuz
-a (absolutely all)
This flag will show the . and .. files also.
-l (long file name)
Show long file names and include, file flags (rwx), uid, gid, size, create date, create time.
--classify
append indicator (one of */=>@|) to entries.
- * executable
- @ link
-q
--hide-control-chars switch displays any unprintable characters in the filename as question marks.
-t
sort by modification time
[root@initq test]# ls -lt total 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 lexiana lexiana 133 2007-10-02 00:06 file.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 lexiana lexiana 365 2007-09-23 14:23 validstring.sh* -rw-r--r-- 1 lexiana lexiana 31 2007-09-23 13:59 hello -rwxr-xr-x 1 lexiana lexiana 305 2007-09-23 13:50 loggedin.sh*
Directory Listings
# ls -d */ books/ classes/ droid/ index_icons/ languages/ phone/ templates/ weather/ webcam/
Sort By Size
- ls -laSh
h = human readable
