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- You get the hidden files
- the
-l is the long listing
- this file is empty, it has no content.
- by default ls will list files anywhere it can find them.
- this is the Present Working Directory, it tell us where all these files are.
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sl is the most common typo, so it became a trick program, try it and see
Exercise: Focus only on directories
- Try postfixing the asterisk with a
/ and also give the -d option
ls -d */
- Once we find a file, and know its size and date, the poorly named
file command will give use more details. Try
file *
- It's a lot of information, can it be explained?
- Another useful companion command to
ls is wc -l, word counti iwht the line option. Try:
ls -l tes*[123].embl
wc -l tes*[123].embl
- What extra information are you getting?
