ls
List directory contents. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ls.
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List files one per line:
ls -1
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List all files, including hidden files:
ls -a
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List all files, with trailing
/
added to directory names:
ls -F
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Long format list (permissions, ownership, size, and modification date) of all files:
ls -la
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Long format list with size displayed using human-readable units (KiB, MiB, GiB):
ls -lh
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Long format list sorted by size (descending):
ls -lS
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Long format list of all files, sorted by modification date (oldest first):
ls -ltr
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Only list directories:
ls -d */
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