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ls

List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is specified.

List of commands for ls:

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chcon:tldr:b3ffa chcon: View security context of a file.

$ ls -lZ ${filename}

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debootstrap:tldr:c3e04 debootstrap: List available releases.

$ ls /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/

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dmenu:tldr:2a8ea dmenu: Launch dmenu on a specific monitor.

$ ls | dmenu -m ${1}

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dmenu:tldr:f1ad8 dmenu: Display dmenu at the bottom of the screen.

$ ls | dmenu -b

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files:permission This command will list the permissions and other details of the file.

$ ls -l ${filename}

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git-column:tldr:c0bf0 git-column: Format the standard input as multiple columns with a maximum padding of `30`.

$ ls | git column --mode=column --padding=${30}

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git-column:tldr:f1d9b git-column: Format the standard input as multiple columns with a maximum width of `100`.

$ ls | git column --mode=column --width=${100}

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git-column:tldr:f4815 git-column: Format the standard input as multiple columns.

$ ls | git column --mode=${column}

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ls:tldr:48011 ls: Long format list of all files, sorted by modification date (oldest first).

$ ls -ltr

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ls:tldr:5f7f4 ls: List all files, with trailing `/` added to directory names.

$ ls -F

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ls:tldr:79e2f ls: Long format list with size displayed using human-readable units (KiB, MiB, GiB).

$ ls -lh

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ls:tldr:7f9e5 ls: Only list directories.

$ ls -d */

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ls:tldr:a2da9 ls: Long format list (permissions, ownership, size, and modification date) of all files.

$ ls -la

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ls:tldr:c52fd ls: List all files, including hidden files.

$ ls -a

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ls:tldr:de51c ls: Long format list sorted by size (descending).

$ ls -lS

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ls:tldr:f52d3 ls: List files one per line.

$ ls -1

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numfmt:tldr:5daf7 numfmt: Convert 5th field (1-indexed) to IEC Units without converting header.

$ ls -l | numfmt --header=${1} --field=${5} --to=${iec}

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parallel:tldr:7ae52 parallel: Read arguments from `stdin`, run 4 jobs at once.

$ ls *.txt | parallel -j4 gzip

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pridecat:tldr:56731 pridecat: List directory contents in pride flag colors.

$ ls | pridecat --${flag}

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sftp:tldr:44ba5 sftp: Get list of files on remote machine.

$ ls

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xcowsay:tldr:609e2 xcowsay: Display a cow with output from another command.

$ ls | xcowsay

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