ls

Question 1

How to list the contents of the home directory of the user logged in?

Answer 1

ls ~

Question 2

How to list contents of multiple directories?

Answer 2

ls dir1 dir2

Question 3

List the content in long format

Answer 3

ls -l

Question 4

list the content in long format and also sort by time

Answer 4

ls -lt

Question 5

Reverse the long list ordered by time

Answer 5

ls -lt –reverse

Question 6

How to give option and long option in Linux command respectively

Answer 6

• and – resp

Question 7

What is the general format of Linux command

Answer 7

Command -option arguments

Question 8

Option to list all the files including hidden

Answer 8

-a or –all

Question 9

Option to list all files except . and ..

Answer 9

-A or –almost-all

Means almost all

Question 10

Option to list directory itself

Answer 10

-d or – directory

Question 11

Option to list with classification

Answer 11

-F or – classify

Example: appends / for directory

Question 12

Option to list in human readable for

Answer 12

-h

File size in human readable format

Question 13

Option to list in long format

Answer 13

-l

Question 14

Option to reverse the list

Answer 14

-r or – reverse

Question 15

Option to sort the list by file size

Answer 15

-S

Question 16

Option to sort by time

Answer 16

-t

Question 17

Option for colour

Answer 17

–color