Dec 14, 2010 · The command ls with the argument --color=auto (on Ubuntu, ls is an alias for ls --color=auto) goes through all the file names and tries first to match different types, like …

Aug 30, 2019 · For example, try this: ls -dils ./* (Because ls sorts its output, as mentioned below, an even better comparison would be to many separate ls -dils ./ filename commands, one for …

Aug 7, 2023 · 3 My Ubuntu seems a bit weird. cd and mkdir work fine, but instructions other than ls and rm do not. I'm not sure what the problem is. Isn't there another way to initialize this …

I would like to run ls and exclude certain files in the output. When I run the following command, I get all files, each on a separate line: $ ls -1 file1 file2 file3 temp I would like to run this

Jul 27, 2018 · ls -R > filename1 this will make a file called filename1 in the current directory, containing a full directory listing of the current directory and all of the sub-directories under it.

Apr 9, 2025 · I tried to run ls -t grep -v / | tr ',' ' '. That command is intended to list all of the directories in that directory that are not hidden, dot or double dot directories. The question is …

When ls exists both as an alias and an external command, the alias takes precedence in simple, interactive commands. Alias definitions aren't expanded recursively--it's the external ls …

Nov 23, 2022 · I'm starting to learn how to use the terminal with Ubuntu on WSL (Windows). Just from the very beginning of the course it says that if you use the ls command it should show …

Jul 21, 2017 · $ ls block dm-1 hwrng It's hard to tell which one is a directory and which one is a file, right? So: $ ls -p block/ dm-1 hwrng Now I can tell the block is a directory.

Aug 12, 2012 · 27 To get the owner and group of a directory you need ls -ld /path/to/folder Otherwise you get the attributes of the contents of the directory.