The ls command
Yaser Rahmati | یاسر رحمتی
Last updated
Yaser Rahmati | یاسر رحمتی
Last updated
The ls command lets you see the files and directories inside a specific directory (current working directory by default). It normally lists the files and directories in ascending alphabetical order.
To show the files inside your current working directory:
To show the files and directory inside a specific Directory:
| Short Flag | Long Flag | Description |
|---|---|---|
-l
-
Show results in long format
-S
-
Sort results by file size
-t
-
Sort results by modification time
-r
--reverse
Show files and directories in reverse order (descending alphabetical order)
-a
--all
Show all files, including hidden files (file names which begin with a period .)
-la
-
Show long format files and directories including hidden files
-lh
-
list long format files and directories with readable size
-A
--almost-all
.(current working directory) and .. (parent directory)
-d
--directory
Instead of listing the files and directories inside the directory, it shows any information about the directory itself, it can be used with -l to show long formatted information
-F
--classify
Appends an indicator character to the end of each listed name, as an example: / character is appended after each directory name listed
-h
--human-readable
like -l but displays file size in human-readable unit not in bytes
