List files in a directory using the ls command, Linux Terminal

List files in a directory using the ls command

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Added: 22nd of July 2020

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The ls command is almost identical the dir command for listing files in a directory. From what I have seen the only difference is that the ls command can colourise the output

To use the ls command for example listing the contents of a directory use the folllowing command

The ls -l command will display the file permission, owner and group, filesize and modification date and the filename

ls -l

To list a specific file type, for example only .txt files, we could enter the following command

ls -l *.txt

We can also output the listing to a text file for example

ls -l *.jpg > output.txt

You can get furter information about the ls command by enterting the following command in the terminal

ls --help