001-the-ls-command.md

The ls command

The ls command lets you see the files and directories inside a Specific directory (current working directoy by default). It Normally Lists the files and directories in ascending alphabetical order.

Examples:

1. To Show the files inside your current working directory:

ls

2. To Show the files and directory inside a specfic Directory:

ls {Directory_Path}

Syntax:

ls [-OPTION] [DIRECTORY_PATH]

Interactive training

In this interactive tutorial, you will learn the different ways to use the ls command:

The ls command by Tony

Additional Flags and their Functionalities:

Short Flag	Long Flag	Description
-l	-	Show Results in long format
-S	-	Sort Results by file size
-t	-	Sort Results by modifictaion 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 period .)
-A	--almost-all	Shows all like -a but without Showing .(Current Working Directory) and .. (Parent Directory)
-d	--directory	Instead of listing the files and directores inside the directory, It Shows an information about the directory itself, Can be used with -l to show long formatted information
-F	--classify	Appends an indictaor 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