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ls

command to list files in Unix and Unix-like operating systems
Creative Work Standard Unix Utility Or Command Q283503

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
standard UNIX utility or command, Plan 9 utility[2]
Part of
GNU Core Utilities[3]
Has command line option
A, C, F, H, L, R, S, a, c, d, f, g, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, x, 1[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Reads environment variable
COLUMNS, LANG, LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, LC_TIME, NLSPATH, TZ[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ls example.png ↗
Described at URL
pubs.opengroup.org
Freebase ID
/m/014ycz
GitHub topic
ls
Man page
ls.1
Namuwiki ID
ls(UNIX)

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Summary

ls is a standard UNIX utility or command[1].

Related Entities

GNU Core Utilities

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  1. [2] ↑ . man.cat-v.org. Retrieved . man.cat-v.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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