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Bash ls
ls is a command on Unix-like operating systems to list contents of a directory such as folders and file names. For each file named other than a directory, ls displays its name as well as any other information.
Usage
ls [options] [file_names]
You can list the items in any directory without even entering the directory. Consider you are in a directory with folders- Test1,Test2. You're in the parent directory you can list all files in Test1 as follows-
ls Test1
Most used options:
-a, all files and folders, including ones that are hidden and start with a.- -d , list directories themselves and not contents of directories
-l, List in long format-lh, Shows sizes in human readable format-lS, Displays file size in order, will display big in size first-G, enable colorized output.-s, List File Size.-t, Sorts the output by modification time-r, Reverses the order while sorting-R, displays the contents of the directory, and its subdirectories.
Example:
List files in freeCodeCamp/guide/
ls
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md bin package.json utils
CONTRIBUTING.md gatsby-browser.js plugins yarn.lock
LICENSE.md gatsby-config.js src
README.md gatsby-node.js static
assets gatsby-ssr.js translations
Example:
List files with details in home/user/docs
ls -la
total 4
-rwxrwx--- 1 root root 5514 Feb 4 2018 log1.txt
-rwxrwx--- 1 root root 1024 Feb 5 2018 colors.txt
-rwxrwx--- 1 root root 112 Feb 8 2018 output.txt
-rwxrwx--- 1 root root 514 Feb 9 2018 notes.txt