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A Basic Guide to the ‘ls’ Command in Linux with Examples

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Nov 24, 2021

This guide will teach you how to use the ‘ls’ command in Linux. All the below examples of the ‘ls’ command are tested on RHEL/CentOS 7.6.

Linux/Unix platform ‘ls’ command is one of the most repeatedly used commands. This is typically one of the first commands you train when you get into the shell/command prompt.

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