NAME

ls - list contents of directories

SYNOPSIS

ls [ name1 [ name2 ... ]]

DESCRIPTION

For each directory named, ls lists information for each file in that directory. For each file named, ls lists information for that file. If name is /, ls lists the contents of the root directory. When the command has no arguments, ls lists the contents of the working directory.

file information includes read/write/execute permissions, potential size, actual size, byte count and filename. The permission are indicated as follows:

r
if the file is readable;

w
if the file is writable;

x
if the file executable;

-
if the permission is not set.
Potential size specifies the number of 512 byte blocks allocated, while actual size and byte count specify how many blocks and bytes are written.

SEE ALSO

chmod(1F), , chsize(1F) , create(1) , df(1F)