Explain the ‘ls’ command in Linux
The ls command is used to list the files in a specified directory. The general syntax is:
$ ls <options> <directory>
For example, if you want to list all the files in the Example directory, then the command will be as follows:
$ ls Example/
There are different options that can be used with the ls command. These options give additional information about the file/ folder. For example:
-l lists long format (shows the permissions of the file)
-a lists all files including hidden files
-i lists files with their inode number
-s lists files with their size
-S lists files with their size and sorts the list by file size
-t sorts the listed files by time and date
