Is there any command in Unix, other than:ls, to list the
files in a directory?
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Is there any command in Unix, other than:ls, to list the files in a directory? The answer will be..

Answer / bikash kumar giri

Let the directory is /a

find /a -type f -print

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Is there any command in Unix, other than:ls, to list the files in a directory? The answer will be..

Answer / madhu

du command will list all the files in a directory with the
space used.

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Is there any command in Unix, other than:ls, to list the files in a directory? The answer will be..

Answer / dharmajit

Echo * is the right answer 2 this question

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Is there any command in Unix, other than:ls, to list the files in a directory? The answer will be..

Answer / guru

Hi All,

I have tried "ll" in HP-UX. It is as good as ls. But, I am
not sure how handy it is with Solatis & Linux.

Thanks,
Guru

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Is there any command in Unix, other than:ls, to list the files in a directory? The answer will be..

Answer / niranjan

To display filenames in direcory
1) ls -> basic command

2) echo *

3) ll -> in few unix versions u'll find this

To display only direcories :-

ls -lrt|grep ^d -> useful command if u want to display only directories:):):)

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Is there any command in Unix, other than:ls, to list the files in a directory? The answer will be..

Answer / yankee

Hi Dhina,

I know that my question is a bit strange, but believe me, i
too was as confused as u r seeing this question...LOL

Anywayz just wanted to know how can one add alias
for ls in linux boot files? Tell me the steps in details
plz.
Will check it out at my end if u answer this.

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Is there any command in Unix, other than:ls, to list the files in a directory? The answer will be..

Answer / deepika dadhich

dir | grep -v ^d

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Is there any command in Unix, other than:ls, to list the files in a directory? The answer will be..

Answer / dinesh

du -sk *

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Is there any command in Unix, other than:ls, to list the files in a directory? The answer will be..

Answer / rocky

find . -name *.* -print

this will print all files in the current directory. For any
other directory give the full path on place of .(dot)

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Is there any command in Unix, other than:ls, to list the files in a directory? The answer will be..

Answer / narendra

ll
long listing (or)

echo *

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