ls

command to list files in Unix and Unix-like operating systems
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ls

Summary

ls is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. ls ranks in the top 7% of standard_unix_utility_or_command entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (193 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ls's image is recorded as Ls example.png[3].
  • ls's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[4].
  • ls's instance of is recorded as Plan 9 utility[5].
  • ls's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[6].
  • ls's Commons category is recorded as Ls[7].
  • ls's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014ycz[8].
  • ls's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/ls.html[9].
  • ls's reads environment variable is recorded as COLUMNS[10].
  • ls's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[11].
  • ls's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[12].
  • ls's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_COLLATE[13].
  • ls's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[14].
  • ls's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[15].
  • ls's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_TIME[16].
  • ls's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[17].
  • ls's reads environment variable is recorded as TZ[18].
  • ls's has command line option is recorded as A[19].
  • ls's has command line option is recorded as C[20].
  • ls's has command line option is recorded as F[21].
  • ls's has command line option is recorded as H[22].
  • ls's has command line option is recorded as L[23].
  • ls's has command line option is recorded as R[24].
  • ls's has command line option is recorded as S[25].
  • ls's has command line option is recorded as a[26].
  • ls's has command line option is recorded as c[27].

Body

Publication

ls's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[6].

Why It Matters

ls ranks in the top 7% of standard_unix_utility_or_command entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (193 views/month).[2] ls has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] ls is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . man.cat-v.org. Retrieved . man.cat-v.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . GNU.org. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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