ls

List directory contents.

More information.

• List files one per line:

ls -1

• List all files, including hidden files:

ls -a

• List all files, with trailing `/` added to directory names:

ls -F

• Long format list (permissions, ownership, size, and modification date) of all files:

ls -la

• Long format list with size displayed using human-readable units (KiB, MiB, GiB):

ls -lh

• Long format list sorted by size (descending):

ls -lS

• Long format list of all files, sorted by modification date (oldest first):

ls -ltr

• Only list directories:

ls -d */

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