pwd command
- it lets you print out the path of the current working directory
- pwd stands for print working directory
someone@zenbook-f13:~$ pwd
/home/someone
ls command
it lists files and directories(folders) inside current working directory except for hidden files
ls stands for list
someone@zenbook-f13:~$ ls
a b c d e test
someone@zenbook-f13:~$ ls test
a apple b banana c cactus test2
- you could also provide an argument for the ls command to list the contents of the argument folder
ls options
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-alists ALL files and directories and that means including hidden files. hidden files start with a dot.
someone@zenbook-f13:~$ ls -a
. .bash_history .bashrc .hushlogin .local .profile .sudo_as_admin_successful a c e
.. .bash_logout .cache .lesshst .motd_shown .python_history .zcompdump b d test
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hlists contents in human-readable format
someone@zenbook-f13:~$ ls -lh
total 4.0K
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 a
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 b
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 c
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 d
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 e
drwxr-xr-x 3 someone someone 4.0K Oct 5 02:33 test
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llists contents in long format
someone@zenbook-f13:~$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 a
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 b
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 c
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 d
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 e
drwxr-xr-x 3 someone someone 4096 Oct 5 02:33 test
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--sort=someSortingCriteriaintuitive
someone@zenbook-f13:~$ ls -l --sort=time
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 someone someone 4096 Oct 5 02:33 test
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 d
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 e
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 a
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 b
-rw-r--r-- 1 someone someone 0 Oct 3 19:07 c
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