The Joy of Penguins : Linux System Administration

Linux System Administration

Basic Commands

ls (Listing)

This command will show you the contents of a directory.

ls --> will show you the contents of the current directory.
ls /dir/name --> will show you the contents of a specified directory.
ls -l --> will show you a long listing containing ownership, permissions, time last modified, and size.
ls -a --> will show you all of the files in the directory, including those starting with a .
ls -al --> What do you think?

                [mlevan@localhost BasicCommands]$ ls -al
                total 24
                drwxrwxr-x   2 mlevan mlevan 4096 Apr 30 17:43 .
                drwxr-xr-x 10 mlevan mlevan 4096 Apr 30 17:36 ..
                -rw-rw-r--   1 mlevan mlevan 1828 Apr 30 17:57 Basic_page1.html
                -rwxr-xr-x   1 mlevan mlevan 4542 Apr 30 17:37 logo2.gif
                -rw-rw-r--   1 mlevan mlevan 1409 Apr 30 17:36 template.html

Note that . stands for the current directory and .. refers to the parent directory

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