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ls is a command that list files in a given directory. If no directory is given, it lists the files in the current working directory:

tweedleburg:~/svn/kdepim # ls
.emacs-dirvars       README.Kolab           kdgantt1           ktimetracker
.kateconfig          akonadi                kitchensync        lib
[...]

Contents 1 How to... 1.1 only list directories 1.2 Sort by date 1.3 find out the free disk space 1.4 find out the size of a directory 2 See also

[edit] How to...

[edit] only list directories

ls -d */

[edit] Sort by date

List with the latest changed files below:

ls -ltr

[edit] find out the free disk space

You do not use ls, but df:

df -h

tells you how much disk space is left.

[edit] find out the size of a directory

You do not use ls, but du:

du -sh directory

[edit] See also

• ls' man page
• stat -- date of last access, change and modification