ls command in Unix | Linux Tutorial

ls command in Unix

ls command is used for listing of all files in the current working directory.

ls

File1    File2    File3

ls command has many attributes one of the most important is the l option.

Use option l for long listing of files, i.e, it also displays file attributes with the file names.

ls -l

it displays a long listing of files with their attributes including file type and permission, username, group name, number of lines, and date & time of last modification.

We can also display files starting with a specific character.

ls a*

it displays the file with the character 'a' as starting character.