LS
LS command is used to list the files in a directory.
- LS Color Code:
Blue = Dir White = Files Red = Backups
- Visual Classification of Files With Special Characters
ls -F
Details:
/ = directory @ = link file * = Executable file
- Display One File Per Line
ls -1
- To view hidden files
ls -a
- Display File Size in Human Readable Format
ls -lh
- Display Directory Information
ls -ld /etc
- Order Files Based on Last Modified Time
ls -lt
- Order Files Based on Last Modified Time (In Reverse Order)
ls -ltr
- Display Files Recursively
ls -R
- To view a long list of all the files + directories and sub-directories recursively
ls -lR
- To view a list of all the files with extensions only
ls *.*
- more is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time
ls -a | more
- List only directories
ls -l | grep ^d
- List file sorted by modification time
ls -t ls -tr (in Reverse Order) ls -lhtra (Large, Human readable, Time sort, Reverse order,hidden)
- List file sorted by Size
ls -lS ls -lSr (in Reverse Order) ls -lhSra (Large, Human readable, Time sort, Reverse order,hidden)
- References
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