3.2. Basic Linux Commands

3.2.1. ls

• list storage/directory contents

• List the files (including directories and links; they are files, too) in the path. The syntax is: ls [OPTION] [PATH]

chen_user@vm:~$ ls               ### list the files in PRESENT directory
class  pets  public_html  tests
chen_user@vm:~$ ls -l            ### list with long (-l) format option
total 16
drwxrwxr-x 11 chen_user chen_user 4096 May 11 23:01 class
drwxrwxr-x  3 chen_user chen_user 4096 May 12 17:51 pets
drwxrwxr-x  2 chen_user chen_user 4096 May 11 18:37 public_html
drwxrwxr-x  2 chen_user chen_user 4096 May 14 23:12 tests
chen_user@vm:~$ ls class/        ### list the files in the class directory
a01  a01.tar.gz  a02  a03  a04  a05  a06  a07  done  done.sh  h01  h01.tar.gz
chen_user@vm:~$