Ls

ls is a command to list files, directories and symbolic links in Linux and Unix-like operating systems include in the coreutils package in Ubuntu.

• Man page: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/ls.1.html

Linux Examples

• ls
• ls -lhaR
• One line listing with sizes using ls and find: ls -ldh $(find /path/to/search/)
• Sort by size:
  • ls -lR | grep '^-' | sort -rnk5 (sort will not work if ls is used with -h)
  • Including full path: ls -ld $(find ./) | sort -rnk5

-su: /bin/ls: Argument list too long

Related commands

• find
• du
• df

See also

• File system, du, df, find, ls, mkdir, touch, locate
• du, du -hs, Disk space usage, df, ls, tree, find, docker system df, journalctl --disk-usage, No space left on device, ENOSPC, sar -F, growpart, resize2fs, ncdu, duf, dua-cli