LS Commands Cheat Sheet

Here is a cli commands cheat sheet for LS command, you can use this as a quick reminder for basic commands with a brief description for each of the commands.

What is LS command?

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        # To display everything in , excluding hidden files:
ls 

# To display everything in , including hidden files:
ls -a 

# To display all files, along with the size (with unit suffixes) and timestamp
ls -lh 

# To display files, sorted by size:
ls -S 

# To display directories only:
ls -d */ 

# To display directories only, include hidden:
ls -d .*/ */ 

# To display all files sorted by changed date, most recent first:
ls -ltc 

# To display files sorted by create time:
ls -lt

# To display files in a single column:
ls -1

# To show ACLs (MacOS):
# see also `cheat chmod` for `/bin/chmod` options for ACLs
/bin/ls -le
    

Check out the LS command documentation .


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