A user issues a Linux command and the result is shown:
total 40 drwxr-xr-x 2 devasc devasc 4096 Mar 30 21:25 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 2 devasc devasc 4096 Apr 15 19:09 Documents drwxr-xr-x 2 devasc devasc 4096 Apr 15 19:09 Downloads drwxr-xr-x 5 devasc devasc 4096 Mar 30 21:21 labs drwxr-xr-x 2 devasc devasc 4096 Apr 15 19:09 Music drwxr-xr-x 2 devasc devasc 4096 Apr 15 19:09 Pictures drwxr-xr-x 2 devasc devasc 4096 Apr 15 19:09 Public drwxr-xr-x 5 devasc devasc 4096 Mar 30 21:24 snap drwxr-xr-x 2 devasc devasc 4096 Apr 15 19:09 Templates drwxr-xr-x 2 devasc devasc 4096 Apr 15 19:09 Videos devasc@labvm:~$
Which Linux command is used to display the contents of the current directory as shown?
- ls -a
- ls
- ls -l
- ls -lr
Answers Explanation & Hints: The Linux
ls
command with the -l option is used to display contents in the current directory with a long list’, which provides more information about each file or subdirectory, such as permissions, owner, size, and creation date.