From b97f40469b865e65ddb22d5e381d5dff3dfe0d6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:31:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] shell: added ls --- wiki/linux/shell.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/wiki/linux/shell.md b/wiki/linux/shell.md index 96df6e0..248081a 100644 --- a/wiki/linux/shell.md +++ b/wiki/linux/shell.md @@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ The following is a list of Unix shells that are POSIX compliant. This section addresses various different functions by and actions that can be taken with shell commands. +### `ls` and its Alternatives + +`ls` is a command to list files and directories. +Its most important flags are the `-l` option to create a list view and `-a` to show files that are +normally hidden. + +A popular alternative until its discontinuation was [exa](https://github.com/ogham/exa). +A fork of it called [eza](https://github.com/eza-community/eza) is still actively maintained. + ### Renaming Files Files can be renamed by using the `mv` command like in the following example.