LS

LS command is used to list the files in a directory.

Task	Command
LS Color Code	Blue = Dir White = Files Red = Backups
Visual Classification of Files With Special Characters	ls -F / = directory nothing = normal file @ = 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
Useful ls Command Aliases	alias ll="ls -lh" alias lv="ls -F" alias ls="ls -F --color=auto"
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 -lhtr (Large, Human readable, Time sort, Reverse order)

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